Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer. Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales. Simon Holt: Morpheus Wakes. Ravel: La valse.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Thierry Fischer live at the BBC Proms with music by Ravel, Duruflé's Requiem and a new flute concerto from Simon Holt for Emmanuel Pahud.
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Simon Holt: Morpheus Wakes (BBC commision: world premiere)
Ravel: La valse
8.15pm Interval
8.35pm
Duruflé: Requiem
Ruby Hughes (soprano)
Gerald Finley (baritone)
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
National Youth Choir of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)
Ravel's La Valse turns the Viennese waltz into a darkly tinged rhapsody, while his Valses nobles et sentimentales reflects the iconic dance in softer tones. Duruflé's Requiem is the musical cousin of Fauré's more familiar Requiem and anchors its warm 20th-century harmonies even more strongly in arching plainchant melody. Flute virtuoso Emmanuel Pahud joins the orchestra for the world premiere of Simon Holt's flute concert Morpheus Wakes - written for Pahud himself, who represents the god of dreaming 'as if slowly waking from a deep, troubled sleep'.
This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 29th July at 2pm.
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Full information about this Prom and the rest of the 2014 season.
Prom 14 (part 2)
Durufle, Ravel and Simon Holt
Music Played
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Maurice Ravel
Valses nobles et sentimentales (orchestral version)
Conductor: Thierry Fischer. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. -
Simon Holt
Morpheus Wakes (BBC commission: world premiere)
Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. -
Maurice Ravel
La valse
Conductor: Thierry Fischer. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Performer | BBC National Chorus of Wales |
Performer | BBC National Orchestra of Wales |
Broadcast
- Sun 27 Jul 2014 19:30BBC Radio 3