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Afternoon on 3: Proms 2015 Repeats

Afternoon Concert: Proms 2015 Repeats: Prom 28: Dukas, Turnage, Schuller and Scriabin

13/08/2015

Prom 28: Dukas, Turnage, Schuller and Scriabin

Proms 2015 Repeats

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Proms 2015 Repeats, Prom 28: Dukas, Turnage, Schuller and Scriabin

From Proms 2015: The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs Dukas, Turnage, Schuller and Scriabin

A Prom featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Turnage: On Opened Ground. Schuller: 7 Studies on Themes of Paul Klee. Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy.

Afternoon on 3 - with Jonathan Swain.

Another chance to hear Oliver Knussen conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in works by Dukas, Mark-Anthony Turnage, and Gunther Schuller, and Scriabin's thrilling Poem of Ectasy.

Presented from the Royal Albert Hall by Penny Gore.

2pm:
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice

2.15pm:
Mark-Anthony Turnage: On Opened Ground

2.40pm:
Gunther Schuller: Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee

3pm:
Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy

Lawrence Power (viola)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen (conductor)

Poetry, art and music itself inspire this programme. Scriabin's The Poem of Ecstasy fuses poetry and music in pursuit of sexual bliss and spiritual transcendence. Turnage's viola concerto On Opened Ground pays tribute to the poet Seamus Heaney. Schuller's Seven Studies explore Paul Klee's paintings in sound, while Dukas transforms a ballad by Goethe into a musical tale of magic and mischief.

[First heard on 6th August]

Followed by:

Pierné: Fantaisie-ballet for piano and orchestra 
Jean Efflam-Bavouzet, piano
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena, conductor

Pierné: Paysages franciscains
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena, conductor.

Afternoon Concert: Proms 2015 Repeats

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