Watch BBC Proms: Season 44 Episode 7 - Omnibus at the Proms: Sibelius's Violin Concerto and James MacMillan's The Confession of Isobel Gowdie

Overview

Witches are no longer burned at the stake, but 'witch-hunting tendencies can erupt in our own society'. So says James MacMillan whose work, inspired by the grisly events of 1662 - when Isobel Gowdie was burned as a witch - has its premiere at the Proms. Mark Wigglesworth, prize-winning conductor and a former student of MacMillan, introduces the programme. It also includes Sibelius's Violin Concerto, played by Korean Dong-Suk Kang with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk.

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First Night of the Proms: Mahler's Resurrection Symphony (No 2 in C minor) July 20, 1990
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Omnibus at the Proms: Liszt's Piano Concerto No 2 and Cesar Franck's Symphony in D Minor July 27, 1990
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Omnibus at the Proms August 03, 1990
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Omnibus at the Proms August 10, 1990
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Omnibus at the Proms August 17, 1990
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Omnibus at the Proms: Brahms's First Symphony August 24, 1990
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Omnibus at the Proms: Sibelius's Violin Concerto and James MacMillan's The Confession of Isobel Gowdie August 31, 1990
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Live from the Proms September 02, 1990
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Live from the Proms September 09, 1990
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Last Night of the Proms September 15, 1990
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Last Night of the Proms September 15, 1990

BBC Proms (1947) : 44x7

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