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Prom 54: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, and Riccardo Chailly

From the Royal Albert Hall, Riccardo Chailly conducts the Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, with violinist Leonidas Kavakos in Brahms's Violin Concerto, followed by Respighi.

Live at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Filarmonica della Scala and Riccardo Chailly are joined by violinist Leonidas Kavakos to begin with Brahms's Violin Concerto, followed by music by Respighi

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major

c.19:15 INTERVAL: Proms Extra
Writer and classicist Natalie Haynes talks to Matthew Sweet about Ancient Rome and how its ruins and history have inspired writers and artists through the centuries. Recorded earlier as a Proms Extra with an audience at Imperial College. Producer: Zahid Warley.

c.19:35
Respighi: Fountains of Rome; Pines of Rome

Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Filarmonica della Scala
Riccardo Chailly, conductor

Riccardo Chailly returns to the Proms, this time as Music Director of the Filarmonica della Scala (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan), which makes its Proms debut. They bring with them a little piece of Italy in two of Respighi's Rome-inspired tone-poems. Richly vivid in orchestral colour, these works delight in the kind of huge sonorities that come into their own in the Royal Albert Hall. The concert opens with one of the great violin concertos - Brahms's joyous, virtuosic musical homage to his friend and mentor, the virtuoso violinist Joseph Joachim.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music and featured items

  • Part 1

    Duration: 48:20

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
  • Interval

    How the ruins and history of Ancient Rome have inspired writers and artists

    Duration: 17:45

  • Part 2

    Duration: 50:05

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Fountains of Rome (Proms 2017)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Performer: Riccardo Chailly.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Pines of Rome (Proms 2017)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Performer: Riccardo Chailly.

Broadcast

  • Fri 25 Aug 2017 18:30

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