BBC Symphony Orchestra - Debussy, Anders Hillborg, Ravel

Live from the Barbican. Soprano Renée Fleming joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Sakari Oramo. Works by Debussy, Anders Hillborg and Ravel.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Debussy, Arr. Robin Holloway: C'est l'extase - 10 settings of Paul Verlaine (UK Premiere)

Interval: Germaine Tailleferre's Partita (Hommage a Rameau)

Anders Hillborg: The Strand Settings (UK Premiere)
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé - suite no. 2

Renée Fleming soprano
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor

An evening of intoxicating sonorities starring one of the world's most celebrated sopranos, Renée Fleming. Two ballets; Debussy's sensual sylvan evocation and Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe, frame two works for soprano and orchestra. Robin Holloway's luminous arrangement of the composer's Verlaine settings, C'est l'extase, was hailed as 'a revelatory exploration of Debussy's musical style' at its premiere. Anders Hillborg's bewitching Strand Settings, expressly composed for Fleming in 2013, delve into the nocturnal world of the sea and secret desire: 'At once atmospheric, elegiac and unsettling' (New York Times).