Vikki on younger orchestras, science fiction, busking, and the first Proms Name That Tune
In Tune Highlights
'Webern should make you smile just like Schubert does' - Edward Gardner
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Picks from the first week of In Tune in 2017: Suzy's guests include conductor Edward Gardner, Aurora Orchestra's Max Baillie and Sebastian van Kuijk, and folk musician Ange Hardy. Show more
Dona nobis pacem' is a heartbreakingly beautiful exploration of the violence of war. The work is in six movements and includes texts by Walt Whitman and from the book of Jeremiah Show more
Elgar’s elegaic Cello Concerto, composed in the wake of the First World War, written in Sussex, where in previous years he'd heard the sounds of World War I from France. Show more
For the funeral of a soldier', her first extant choral piece written when she was just nineteen. Boulanger's text is taken from a poem by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset. Show more
Award-winning pianist Igor Levit's encore at First Night of the Proms 2017.
Award-winning pianist Igor Levit is the soloist in Beethoven’s groundbreaking Third Piano Concerto.
An intricate tapestry of sound, with bright vocal threads and driving brass and percussion rhythms. Featuring the BBC Proms Youth Choir.
A brief work from a Prom featuring 20th century orchestral showpieces. Show more
With the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain conducted by Edward Gardner. Show more
With the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain conducted by Edward Gardner. Show more
The depiction of astrological characters in The Planets, from the cheeky gameplay of Mercury to the impact of Mars, could be made for the resonance of the Royal Albert Hall. Show more
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With the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain conducted by Edward Gardner. Show more
A performance of Stravinsky’s vividly colourful ballet Petrushka Show more