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The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

The world's greatest classical music festival. Stunning performances, unique collaborations and the sheer joy of live music. Relive 2023's highlights before the new season begins.

BBC Proms: 2014 Season: Prom 29

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BBC Proms: 2014: Prom 29: Part 2: Prom 29 (part 2): Chopin, Franck, Saint-Saens and Casella

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Prom 29 (part 2): Chopin, Franck, Saint-Saens and Casella

Part 2 Part 2: Prom 29 (part 2): Chopin, Franck, Saint-Saens and Casella

2014

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BBC Philharmonic in Franck: Symphonic Variations. Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda. Franck: Symphonic Variations. Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op 78 (Organ) (David Goode: organ).

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Andrew McGregor

The BBC Philharmonic and their Conductor Laureate, Gianandrea Noseda perform works by Casella, Chopin, Franck and Saint-Saëns. The orchestra is joined by a former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, pianist Benjamin Grosvenor.

Casella: Elegia eroica
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11

7.30pm Interval

7.50pm
Franck: Symphonic Variations
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, 'Organ', Op.78

Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
David Goode (organ)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)


Casella's powerful "Heroic Elegy", dedicated to the "unknown soldier", opens the concert and continues this year's Proms series of works written in the shadow of the First World War. Former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Benjamin Grosvenor joins the orchestra for Chopin's lyrical but virtuosic First Piano Concerto and, after the interval, returns as soloist in Franck's Symphonic Variations. Saint-Saëns's thrilling journey from darkness to blazing light, the "Organ" Symphony, closes the programme.

This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 14th August at 2pm.

BBC Proms: 2014

BBC Proms: 2014: Prom 29

Prom 29

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All broadcasts from the 120th season of the BBC Proms.

The BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda in Casella, Chopin, Franck and Saint-Saens

Andrew McGregor presents a Prom featuring a performance by the BBC Philharmonic and their conductor-laureate Gianandrea Noseda. With music by Casella, Chopin, Franck and Saint-Saens

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