BBC Symphony Orchestra
23 Aug 2014, Royal Albert Hall
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BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Proms Prom 49: Russian Fairy Tales

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Prom 49: Russian Fairy Tales
19:30 Sat 23 Aug 2014 Royal Albert Hall
Ice-maidens, pirates and princesses form the cast of this fairy-tale concert
Ice-maidens, pirates and princesses form the cast of this fairy-tale concert

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Prom 49: Russian Fairy Tales

Ice-maidens, pirates and princesses form the cast of this fairy-tale concert. The BBC Symphony Orchestra is joined by soprano Anu Komsi to perform Szymanowski’s atmospheric Songs of a Fairy Princess. Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade sees the orchestra turn storyteller.