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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: 2016

Clarke Peters

Clemency Burton-Hill

Joe McCulloch

Matt Woodward

Marin Alsop

Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

Gabriela Montero

BBC Proms: 2016: Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

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24/08/2016

2016

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2016, Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

Works by Marlos Nobre, Grieg, Villa-Lobos and Rachmaninov are performed.

The Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra perform Marlos Nobre's Kabbalah, Grieg's Piano Concerto, Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras and Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances.

The Proms festival celebrates the Rio 2016 Olympics with a visit from Brazil's Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, conducted by their musical director Marin Alsop. 

In what is sure to be a vibrant night, the concert gets off the mark with the UK premiere of Marlos Nobre's Kabbalah, followed by one of the most cherished pieces of classical music in the world - Grieg's Piano Concerto, with soloist Gabriela Montero. 

A movement from Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras lends a distinctly Latin flavour to proceedings before the swirling sounds of Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances take us to the finishing line.

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