Prom 40: Britten Sinfonia and Thomas Ades
Thomas Ades conducts the Britten Sinfonia. Beethoven: Symphony No 8. Francisco Coll: Four Iberian Miniatures. Thomas Ades: Lieux retrouves. Prokofiev: Symphony No 1 'Classical'.
Live at the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms: Thomas Adès conducts the Britten Sinfonia in his own music with cellist, Steven Isserlis and violinist, Augustin Hadelich in Beethoven, Francisco Coll and Prokofiev.
Presented by Penny Gore
Beethoven: Symphony No 8 in F major
Francisco Coll: Four Iberian Miniatures
8.00pm INTERVAL: Proms Extra - An Introduction to Beethoven's Eighth Symphony
Sarah Walker delves into Beethoven's Eighth Symphony with the musicologist John Deathridge.
Recorded earlier today at the Concert Hall of Imperial College Union.
8.20pm
Thomas Adès: Lieux retrouvés (UK premiere of version with orchestra)
Prokofiev: Symphony No 1 in D major, Classical
Augustin Hadelich (violin)
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Britten Sinfonia
Thomas Adès (conductor)
Thomas Adès's Lieux retrouvés was inspired by the cello's 'haunting sense of time and place'. Here, Steven Isserlis performs it in its new cello-and-orchestra guise. Francisco Coll's piquant Iberian miniatures for violin and orchestra contrast with 'Classical' symphonies by Prokofiev and Beethoven.
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Music Played
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 8 in F major
Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Thomas Adès. -
Francisco Coll
Four Iberian Miniatures
Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Thomas Adès. -
Thomas Adès
Lieux retrouvés
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Thomas Adès. -
Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony No 1 in D major, 'Classical'
Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Thomas Adès. -
Gabriel Fauré
Cello Sonata No 2 in G minor, Op 117
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Thomas Adès.- HYPERION.
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Johannes Brahms
Paganini Variations, Book 1
Performer: Julius Katchen.- DECCA.
Broadcast
- Mon 15 Aug 2016 19:30Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3
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