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Ravel's La Valse (extract) celebrates 150th birthday of Proms founder/conductor (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2019)

Proms founder/conductor Henry Wood programmed the UK premiere of Maurice Ravel's La Valse in 1921.
It's performed here by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra conducted by Bramwell Tovey during 2019's Prom 56 celebrating Sir Henry Wood's 150th birthday.

Watch on iPlayer /iplayer/episode/m00084zf
Listen on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds /sounds/play/collection:p07hbtcr/m00084c3

You can read details of the 1921 Prom at which this work was premiered in the Proms performance archive
/events/e6r4wh

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47 seconds

Credits

Role Contributor
Composer Maurice Ravel
Performer Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra
Conductor Bramwell Tovey