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BBC Proms: 2015 Season: Prom 56

BBC Proms: 2015: Prom 56: Part 1: Prom 56 (part 1): Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Andrew Litton

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Prom 56 (part 1): Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Andrew Litton

Part 1 Part 1: Prom 56 (part 1): Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Andrew Litton

2015

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Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra under Andrew Litton in music by Orjan Matre and Mendelssohn.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall in London, Andrew Litton conducts the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Orjan Matre: preSage. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (soloist: Alina Ibragimova).

Live at BBC Proms: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Andrew Litton perform music by Ørjan Matre and, Mendelssohn (with violinist Alina Ibragimova), Alissa Firsova and Stravinsky.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London 
Presented by Penny Gore

Ørjan Matre: preSage (world premiere of this version) 
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor

20.15 pm INTERVAL

20.35 pm
Alissa Firsova: Bergen's Bonfire 
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)

Is there a better-known or better-loved violin concerto than Mendelssohn's? Following her two solo Late Night Proms and Proms Saturday Matinee appearance with Apollo's Fire, violinist Alina Ibragimova returns to perform this inventive and charming work with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra also presents music by the young Norwegian Ørjan Matre and a new work inspired by Norse mythology by Russian-British composer Alissa Firsova. This season's series of three Stravinsky ballets written for the Ballets Russes reaches a tumultuous climax with The Rite of Spring, as ferocious and exhilarating a musical assault now as it was at its notorious Paris premiere over a century ago.

BBC Proms: 2015

BBC Proms: 2015: Prom 56

Prom 56

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

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Orjan Matre, Mendelssohn, Alissa Firsova and Stravinsky

Andrew Litton conducts the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in music by Orjan Matre, Mendelssohn, Alissa Firsova and Stravinsky

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