BBC Proms (1947) : 42x4
Overview
From Art Nouveau to Australia A triptych of exotically coloured music. The heavily perfumed and sensuous music of Debussy and Scriabin frames the world premiere of a new orchestral work reflecting the harsher colours and history of Australia. Debussy: La Damoiselle elue (to words by Dante Gabriel Rossetti) with Ann Murray, Elizabeth Laurence, BBC Singers (women's voices). Michael Finnissy: Red Earth. Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy. BBC Symphony Orchestra led by Bela Dekany, conducted by Lothar Zagrosek Sue Cook makes her debut as a Proms presenter and talks to Michael Finnissy about his new orchestral work, Red Earth: There is a red-ochre soil the Aboriginals use as a body paint in ritual ceremonies. In homage to them, 'Red Earth' could be described as a ritual chant.
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42 - 1BBC at the Proms July 21, 1988 -
42 - 2First Night of the Proms July 22, 1988
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42 - 3Omnibus at the Proms July 29, 1988
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42 - 4Omnibus at the Proms August 05, 1988
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42 - 5Omnibus at the Proms August 12, 1988
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42 - 6Omnibus at the Proms August 19, 1988
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42 - 7Omnibus at the Proms August 26, 1988
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42 - 8Live from the Proms September 02, 1988
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42 - 9Omnibus at the Proms September 02, 1988
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42 - 10Live from the Proms September 11, 1988
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42 - 11Last Night of the Proms September 17, 1988
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42 - 12Last Night of the Proms September 17, 1988
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42 - 13The Phil at the Albert December 19, 1988
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42 - 14The Phil at the Albert December 27, 1988