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BBC Proms: 2018: Beethoven, Brahms and Tansy Davies

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Beethoven, Brahms and Tansy Davies

05/08/2018

2018

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2018, Beethoven, Brahms and Tansy Davies

An exploration of life and loss through the music of Beethoven, Brahms and Tansy Davies.

The BBC Philharmonic led by guest conductor Ben Gernon performs Beethoven's Emperor Concerto, Brahms's Second Symphony and Tansy Davies's orchestral suite What Did We See?

Exploring light and dark, life and loss, through the music of Beethoven, Brahms and the contemporary composer Tansy Davies, this Prom sees the BBC Philharmonic led by youthful principal guest conductor Ben Gernon.

Proms regular Paul Lewis returns for Beethoven's evergreen final piano concerto, the Emperor, having played the complete cycle of five concertos in the 2010 season. And Beethoven's influence is strong in Brahms's sunny, pastoral Second Symphony that follows. Opening the evening in contemplative mode, the world premiere of Tansy Davies's orchestral suite What Did We See? reframes material from her acclaimed opera Between Worlds. Inspired by the events of 9/11 and the ordinary people caught up in it, this is a work of both remembrance and healing.

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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.

All broadcasts from the 2018 season of the BBC Proms.

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