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BBC Proms: 2015 Season: Prom 36

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BBC Proms: 2015: Prom 36: Part 2: Prom 36 (part 2): Pierre Boulez, Ravel and Stravinsky

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Part 2 Part 2: Prom 36 (part 2): Pierre Boulez, Ravel and Stravinsky

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Prom 36 (part 2): Pierre Boulez, Ravel and Stravinsky

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Francois-Xavier Roth conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Ravel and Stravinsky.

BBC Symphony Orchestra under Francois-Xavier Roth. Ravel arr Boulez: Frontispice. Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (soloist: Marc-Andre Hamelin). Stravinsky: The Firebird.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Francois-Xavier Roth with Boulez and Stravinsky. Marc-André Hamelin plays Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Katie Derham

Pierre Boulez: Figures - Doubles - Prismes

6.55 pm 
INTERVAL

7.15 pm
Ravel (arr. Boulez): Frontispice
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Stravinsky: The Firebird

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
François-Xavier Roth (conductor)

Textures and colours are to the fore in this concert with a French accent. Our triptych of Stravinsky ballets continues with The Firebird - the work that seized the ears of Paris's elite with its urgent rhythms and evocative Russian folk melodies. We celebrate Boulez's 90th-birthday year with his first work for full orchestra, a sophisticated experiment in colours and timbres. Marc-André Hamelin joins the BBC SO for Ravel's jazz-influenced Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, commissioned by the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein.

This Prom will be repeated on Monday 24th August at 2pm.

BBC Proms: 2015

BBC Proms: 2015: Prom 36

Prom 36

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All broadcasts from the 121st season of the BBC Proms.

Francois-Xavier Roth conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Boulez, Ravel and Stravinsky

Francois-Xavier Roth conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a Prom with a French focus. With music by Boulez, Ravel and Stravinsky

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