BBC Proms 2023

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BBC Proms: 2023: Prom 13: Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony

Prom 13: Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony

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Live at the BBC Proms: Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC SSO in Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony.

Live at the BBC Proms: Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a new work by Catherine Lamb and Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony in B minor, ‘Pathétique’.

Live at the BBC Proms: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ilan Volkov perform a new piece by Catherine Lamb alongside Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony.

Presented by Kate Molleson, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Catherine Lamb: Portions Transparent/Opaque

c. 8.10 Interval: Nigel Simeone visits the Radio 3 Presenter's box, to talk to Kate Molleson about his pick of the Proms coming up in the next few days.

c. 8.30 Part Two
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra pair a classic 19th-century symphony with the world premiere of a newly completed orchestral triptych. Premiered just days before the composer’s sudden death, Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony, with its evocative subtitle, is entangled with its author’s own struggles and emotions. Its passionate outpourings meet the intricate play of proportion, density and energy in American composer Catherine Lamb’s mesmerising Portions Transparent/Opaque – a trio of movements inspired by colour theory that move gradually from sonic expansion to collapse.

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