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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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.

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BBC Proms: 2015 Season

Sir Mark Elder

Katie Derham

Peter Jones

Kerry Clark

Aurora Orchestra

Nicholas Collon

Francesco Piemontesi

BBC Proms: 2015: BBC Proms Sunday Symphony: Pastoral Symphonies

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09/08/2015

BBC Proms Sunday Symphony: Pastoral Symphonies

2015

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Brett Dean's and Beethoven's Pastoral Symphonies, and Anna Meredith's Smatter Hauler.

Sir Mark Elder introduces Australian composer Brett Dean's Pastoral Symphony. The Aurora Orchestra also perform Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony and Anna Meredith's Smatter Hauler.

Nature has always been a source of inspiration for composers, and in this Prom two great pastoral symphonies meet from across the ages. The Australian composer Brett Dean explores the destructive relationship we have with nature in his Pastoral Symphony from 2000. Sir Mark Elder explains how this complex score works - he describes Dean as 'one of the most important composers of his time.' 

It was written as a companion piece to Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony from 200 years earlier, a work which the Aurora Orchestra and conductor Nicholas Collon perform from memory. The programme also includes another new work - the world premiere of Anna Meredith's Smatter Hauler, commissioned especially by the BBC for this concert. 

Presented from the Royal Albert Hall by Katie Derham.

BBC Proms: 2015

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