Prom 8: Impressions of Spain (Part 2)
Live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Josep Pons conducts the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra in Debussy and Ravel.
Live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Josep Pons conducts the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra in Debussy and Ravel.
Presented by Ian Skelly, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Claude Debussy: Images – Ibéria
Maurice Ravel: BolΓ©ro
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons (conductor)
Josep Pons and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra present a Spanish-themed Prom with a French accent. Debussy and Ravel paint Spain in their own distinctive colours: Ravel with the raw heat and insistent thrum of his BolΓ©ro and Debussy in the vivid musical vignettes of IbΓ©ria. Meanwhile Spanish violinist MarΓa DueΓ±as – a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 New Generation Artist and winner of the 2021 Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition – is the soloist in Γ‰douard Lalo’s most famous work, the Symphonie espagnole, which marks the French Romantic composer’s 200th anniversary. The concert opens in Andalusia, with music from Falla’s tragic opera La vida breve, set in sun-soaked Granada.
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- Thu 20 Jul 2023 20:48Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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