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Prom 29 (part 2): Stravinsky, Messiaen and Ravel

Nicholas Collon conducts the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Messiaen: Un oiseau des arbres de vie (Oiseau tui). Ravel: Oiseaux tristes (Miroirs); La valse. Stravinsky: Symphony in 3 Movements.

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic, conducted by Nicholas Collon, live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms. They are joined by pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Mozart: Idomeneo - ballet music
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major

7.30 pm
INTERVAL

7.50 pm
Messiaen: Un oiseau des arbres de Vie (Oiseau tui) (orch. Christopher Dingle) (world premiere)
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Ravel: Miroirs - Oiseaux tristes (arr. Colin Matthews) (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ commission) (world premiere)
Ravel: La valse

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic
Nicholas Collon (conductor)

Mozart's Idomeneo owes its ballet sequence to the influence of French opera, and it launches a programme featuring two Frenchmen who idolised Mozart: Ravel and Messiaen. Ravel's Piano Concerto in G adds a jazzy colouring to its Classical influences, while Oiseaux tristes and La valse contrast the doleful calls of lost forest birds with a dark, swirling portrait of the disintegration of Vienna. The world premiere of a recently rediscovered work by Messiaen - originally intended for the composer's Γ‰clairs sur l'au-delΓ  - brings more birdsong (that of the tui from New Zealand), while Stravinsky's urbane neo-Classical Symphony combines piquancy and elegance.

[This Prom will be repeated on Friday 14th August at 2pm].

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Fri 7 Aug 2015 19:50

Music Played

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Un oiseau des arbres de Vie (orch. Christopher Dingle)

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony in three movements

  • Maurice Ravel

    Oiseaux tristes (arr. Colin Matthews)

  • La Valse

Credit

Role Contributor
Performer Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic

Broadcast

  • Fri 7 Aug 2015 19:50

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