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Prom 46: Holst’s The Planets

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2024

Live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: The Royal College of Music and Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestras, conducted by Sakari Oramo, with soprano soloist Anu Komsi.

Live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: The Royal College of Music and Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestras, conducted by Sakari Oramo, with soprano soloist Anu Komsi.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Sibelius: The Wood Nymph

Lara Poe: Laulut maaseudulta (Songs from the Countryside) - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ commission world premiere

c. 8.15pm
INTERVAL: The Listening Service - Gustav Holst: Everything but The Planets
Remembered by many as the man who wrote The Planets suite, Holst was much more than that. From the Hymn of Jesus to Beni Mora, Tom Service and conductor Sakari Oramo discuss the English composer's life and works, proving there is more to explore than just his cosmic-inspired masterpiece.

Holst: The Planets

Anu Komsi (soprano)
Royal College of Music Chamber Choir
Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra
Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Some phenomena only music can depict. From an age before space travel, Gustav Holst’s orchestral suite evoking the astrological associations of the planets represents one of classical music’s most extraordinary acts of imagination. Before heading into space, we are lured into the wilderness courtesy of music from conductor Sakari Oramo’s home country of Finland. The looping repetitions of Sibelius’s The Wood Nymph lead us shaman-like into a seductive woodland, while Lara Poe’s brand-new work for soprano and orchestra channels haunting Nordic cow-calling traditions. Student musicians from Helsinki and London unite for a Prom all about music’s conjuring power.

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2 hours, 29 minutes

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Sun 25 Aug 2024 19:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Wood Nymph

    Orchestra: Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Lara Poe

    Laulut Maaseudulta

    Performer: Anu Komsi. Orchestra: Sibelius Academy of Music Orchestra. Orchestra: Royal College of Music Orchestra.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets

    Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: Sibelius Academy Orchestra. Orchestra: Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra.

  • Claude Debussy

    Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut (Images, Set 2)

    Performer: Pascal RogΓ©.
    • A Debussy Recital: Pascal Roge.
    • Decca.
    • 15.

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune

    Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • EMI Classics.

Broadcast

  • Sun 25 Aug 2024 19:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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