BBC Proms 2025: Joshua Bell and Górecki's "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"

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Dalia Stasevska leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra with Joshua Bell performing the UK premiere of Thomas de Hartmann's violin concerto at the Proms. The second half of the concert is Górecki's stunning and powerful third symphony, his "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" with soprano Francesca Chiejina. Jonathan Swain presents. 12:31 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), orch. Ottorino Respighi Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BBC Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska (conductor) 12:37 AM Thomas de Hartmann (1885-1956) Violin Concerto Joshua Bell (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska (conductor) 01:08 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849), arr. Joshua Bell Nocturne in E flat, Op 9 no 2 (encore) Joshua Bell (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska (conductor) 01:14 AM Henryk Górecki (1933-2010) Symphony no 3 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' Francesca Chiejina (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska (conductor) 02:04 AM Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703) Der Mensch von Weibe geboren Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier (director) 02:09 AM Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) Piano Sonata no 3, Op 36 Jerzy Godziszewski (piano) 02:31 AM Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Symphony no 1 in D minor, Op 13 BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor) 03:15 AM Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Timon of Athens, the man-hater - incidental music, Z.632 Lynne Dawson (soprano), Gillian Fisher (soprano), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Paul Elliott (tenor), Michael George (bass), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) 03:37 AM Maya Le Roux-Obradovic Ballade de la vallée magique Maya Le Roux-Obradovic (guitar), Sinfonietta Belgrade, Aleksandar Vujic (conductor) 03:53 AM Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) Alma Redemptoris Mater & Ave Maria, O auctrix vite Sequentia, Elizabeth Gaver (medieval fiddle), Elisabetta de Mircovich (medieval fiddle) 04:05 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Prelude and Fugue in G minor Ligita Sneibe (organ) 04:12 AM Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016) A Sad paven for these distracted tymes for string quartet Pavel Haas Quartet 04:20 AM Leif Strand (1942-2021), arr. Øivind Westby Men går jag över engarna (But I Walk Across the Meadows) Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Argovia Philharmonic, Rune Bergmann (conductor) 04:26 AM Alessandro Piccinini (1566-c.1638) Toccata VI Axel Wolf (lute) 04:31 AM Otto Nicolai (1810-1849) Overture, The Merry Wives of Windsor Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz (conductor) 04:40 AM Camilla de Rossi (fl.1707-1710) Cielo, pietoso Cielo (Sant' Alassio) Agnieszka Kowalczyk (soprano), Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci (director) 04:44 AM Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) Sonata in C major, K.86 Eduardo Lopez Banzo (harpsichord) 04:51 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Constanze's aria "Martern aller Arten" from 'Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail Act 2 Cyndia Sieden (soprano), Prima La Musica, Dirk Vermeulen (conductor) 05:01 AM Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (1566-1613), arr. Peter Maxwell Davies 2 Motets arr. Maxwell Davies for brass quintet Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble 05:10 AM Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) Wind Sinfonietta, Op 73 BBC National Orchestra of Wales (conductor), Jonathan Bloxham (conductor) 05:28 AM Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Variations on an original theme 'Enigma', Op.36 Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green (conductor) 05:59 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) String Quartet no 10 in E flat major, Op 74 "Harp" Florian Kellerhals (violin), Harald Grimsrud (violin), Elisabeth Sijpkens (viola), Hjalmar Kvam (cello)