BBC Proms (1947) : 41x8
Overview
Introduced by Jane Glover who also talks to tonight's soloist, the soprano Felicity Lott , and to Bernard Haitink , who conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra leader RODNEY FRIEND Solo pianist John Alley This week's programme features two 20th-century masters of instrumental colour. Ravel: Sheherezade is a sumptuous evocation of the Orient. Originally planned as an opera, it crystallised into a ravishing song-cycle for soprano and orchestra. In Stravinsky: Petrushka the composer had in mind 'a distinct picture of a puppet, suddenly endowed with life.' His richly-scored ballet - set in the 1830s at a bustling Shrovetide fair in St Petersburg - reflects the dance theme of this year's Prom season, and is being performed in the original concert version Stravinsky made in 1911.
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41 - 1First Night of the Proms July 17, 1987 -
41 - 2First Night of the Proms July 17, 1987
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41 - 3Omnibus at the Proms July 31, 1987
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41 - 4Live from the Proms August 03, 1987
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41 - 5Omnibus at the Proms August 07, 1987
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41 - 6Omnibus at the Proms August 14, 1987
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41 - 7Omnibus at the Proms August 21, 1987
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41 - 8Omnibus at the Proms August 28, 1987
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41 - 9Omnibus at the Proms September 04, 1987
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41 - 10Live from the Proms: Part 1 September 07, 1987
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41 - 11Omnibus at the Proms September 11, 1987
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41 - 12Last Night of the Proms September 12, 1987
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41 - 13Last Night of the Proms September 12, 1987
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41 - 14Omnibus September 25, 1987