Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: BBC Proms 2023: Friday - BBC Proms - Gerald Barry, Walton and Sibelius

Ian Skelly - Afternoon Concert

Friday - BBC Proms - Gerald Barry, Walton and Sibelius

BBC Proms 2023

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The BBC Philharmonic with music by Walton, Sibelius and a world premiere by Gerald Barry.

From the Proms, the BBC Philharmonic perform Walton's Violin Concerto with James Ehnes, Sibelius's First Symphony and the world premiere of Gerald Barry's Kafka's Earplugs.

Introduced by Ian Skelly, with another chance to hear the BBC Philharmonic and its Chief Conductor, John Storgårds, at the BBC Proms, performing William Walton's Violin Concerto with James Ehnes as soloist and Jean Sibelius's First Symphony, as well as the world premiere of Gerald Barry's Kafka's Earplugs, a BBC commission.

Including:

Falla (arr. Kreisler): Danse espagnole no.1, from La Vida Breve
James Ehnes, violin
Eduard Laurel, piano

Eric Coates: London Bridge – march
BBC Philharmonic
John Wilson, conductor

Brahms: Fest- und Gedenkspruche Op.109 - No.3; Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk, for 8 voices [2 choirs] 
Tenebrae
Nigel Short, director

14.15
BBC Proms (first broadcast live on Thursday 3rd August)
Presented by Tom McKinney

Gerald Barry: Kafka’s Earplugs / world premiere: BBC commission
Walton: Violin Concerto 
James Ehnes, violin
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds, conductor

c.2.55pm
Artist choice

c.3.15pm
Antoine de Lhoyer: Duo concertant No. 3, Op. 31: I. Allegro agitato
Duo Palisandre

c.3.20pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live on Thursday 3rd August)
Presented by Tom McKinney

Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds, conductor

c.4.00pm
JS Bach: Wie furchtsam wankten meine Schritte, [aria for counter-tenor], from cantata Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33
Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, countertenor
Ensemble Alia Mens
Olivier Spilmont, conductor

Nigel Hess: A Celebration Overture 
BBC Concert Orchestra
Richard Balcome, conductor

Afternoon Concert: BBC Proms 2023

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Every day during the summer, Afternoon Concert includes performances from a recent Prom.

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