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Conductor Marin Alsop and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra bring American composer John Corigliano's new concerto The Red Violin to the Proms following its successful world premiere in Baltimore last year. Violin superstar Joshua Bell (for whom the piece was written) will perform the concerto. Plus an excerpt from John Adams's opera Nixon in China and music from Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet.
Introduced by Charles Hazlewood live from London's Royal Albert Hall.

(The concert is also broadcast on BBC Radio 3 from 7.30pm)

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Contributors

Presenter:
Charles Hazlewood
Musicians:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Marin Alsop
Violinist:
Joshua Bell

7/7. Concluding the acclaimed drama with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson. Writer Alan Plater , who dramatised Olivia Manning 's novels, is profiled next.
First shown on BBCI

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Branagh
Unknown:
Emma Thompson.
Unknown:
Alan Plater
Unknown:
Olivia Manning

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