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Prom 18: Sirens and Scheherazade

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2017

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, James Gaffigan and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra take you on a maritime journey, starting with Korngold's stirring film score for The Sea Hawk.

Live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Gaffigan perform Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Anders Hillborg's Sirens with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Chorus and soloists.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Ian Skelly

Korngold: The Sea Hawk - overture
Anders Hillborg: Sirens (UK premiere)

8.10pm INTERVAL - Proms Extra
Emeritus Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford, Sir Barry Cunliffe and Professor Edith Hall will consider epic sea journeys and the role of the sea in Greek myth and legend with presenter Rana Mitter. Recorded earlier as a Proms Extra with an audience at Imperial College.
Producer: Craig Smith

8.30pm
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

Hannah Holgerrson (soprano)
Ida Falk Winland (soprano)
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Chorus
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan (conductor)

James Gaffigan and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra take you on a maritime journey from the exotic oceans of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade to the siren-filled waters of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔr's Odyssey as imagined by Swedish composer Anders Hillborg - with two Swedish sopranos and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Chorus - and the stormy seas of Korngold's stirring film score for The Sea Hawk.

2 hours

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Fri 28 Jul 2017 19:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music and featured items

  • Anders Hillborg

    Sirens

    Performer: Hannah Holgersson. Performer: Ida Falk Winland. Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Gaffigan.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    The Sea Hawk

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Performer: James Gaffigan.

  • Interval

    Proms Extra: The Sea in Greek Mythology

    Duration: 20:47

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Gaffigan.

Credits

Performer Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Performer Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Chorus

Broadcast

  • Fri 28 Jul 2017 19:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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