Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC SO and Martyn Brabbins perform Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, music by Anthony Payne, and Berlioz's Les nuits d'été with mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Andrew McGregor

Anthony Payne: Spring’s Shining Wake (18 mins)
Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été( 31 mins)

20.15 Interval - Anthony Payne discussing his life and career, in an archive interview with Radio 3. Then, fresh from performing in the first half, Dame Sarah Connolly joins Andrew McGregor live in the Radio 3 box to talk about her favourite Proms' artist, life under the pandemic and future plans.

20.35
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, 'Pastoral'(39 mins)

Sarah Connolly (mezzo)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

The BBC Symphony Orchestra is joined by conductor Martyn Brabbins for its second concert of the season. Anthony Payne’s Spring’s Shining Wake, which takes its inspiration from Frederick Delius’s In a Summer Garden, is followed by Berlioz’s dazzling song-cycle Les nuits d’été, featuring mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly. Beethoven's ‘Pastoral’ Symphony No. 6 rounds off the evening.