Live from the Royal Albert Hall, the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo. Szymanowski: Songs of a Fairytale Princess (with Anu Komsi: soprano). Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Penny Gore
The BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo live at the BBC Proms. Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, atmospheric Szymanowski songs & Ravel's Mother Goose Suite.
Princes, princesses, sailors, a sultan, Tom Thumb and the Sleeping Beauty form some of the cast of this concert based around story-telling. The BBC Symphony Orchestra is joined by soprano Anu Komsi for Szymanowski's Songs of a Fairytale Princess, and Jukka Tiensuu's Voice Verser, a virtuosic challenge for its singer. In Ravel's Mother Goose and Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade it's the orchestra that turns storyteller.
Ravel: Mother Goose - Suite
Jukka Tiensuu: Voice verser (UK premiere)
20.20pm Interval
8.40pm
Szymanowski: Songs of a Fairytale Princess (with three additional songs orchestrated by Sakari Oramo - UK premiere)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Anu Komsi (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
This Prom will be repeated on Friday 5th September at 2pm.
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade
Catherine Bott explores of Scheherazade, a work inspired by Tales of the Arabian Nights.
Music Played
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Karol Szymanowski
Songs of a Fairy Princess
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.![]()
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.Extra
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Leos Janáček
The Cunning Little Vixen Suite (2nd mvt)
Orchestrator: Václav Talich. Music Arranger: Václav Smetáček. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.- Janacek: Various.
- Chandos.
- 3-4.
Credit
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Performer | BBC Symphony Orchestra |
Broadcast
- Sat 23 Aug 201420:40BBC Radio 3
