Tue 12 Aug 2014

• 17:15

  Proms Plus Intro

  Royal College of Music

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• 19:00

  Prom 35: Sibelius, Walton & Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

  Royal Albert Hall

  The BBC Proms welcomes back Canadian violinist James Ehnes as soloist in Walton’s virtuosic yet intimate Violin Concerto. Søndergård and the BBC NOW continue with a suite from Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s ballet Caroline Mathilde and two great orchestral works by Sibelius – his soaring Fifth Symphony and the more delicate, mystical Swan of Tuonela.

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  The BBC Proms welcomes back Canadian violinist James Ehnes as soloist in Walton’s virtuosic yet intimate Violin Concerto. Søndergård and the BBC NOW continue with a suite from Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s ballet Caroline Mathilde and two great orchestral works by Sibelius – his soaring Fifth Symphony and the more delicate, mystical Swan of Tuonela.

  Programme

  • • • Peter Maxwell Davies
      • Caroline Mathilde(22 mins)– suite from Act 2
    • • William Walton
      • Violin Concerto(31 mins)
    • • Johann Sebastian Bach
      • Violin Sonata No 2 in A minor(3 mins)Andante (encore)
    • • interval
    • • Jean Sibelius
      • The Swan of Tuonela(9 mins)
      • Symphony No. 5 in E flat major(32 mins)

  Performers

  • Mary Bevan

    soprano
    soprano
  • Kitty Whately

    mezzo-soprano
    mezzo-soprano
  • BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Thomas Søndergård

    conductor
    conductor
  • James Ehnes

    violin
    violin

  Composers

  • Peter Maxwell Davies
  • William Walton
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Jean Sibelius

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