BBC Proms 2019 Prom 23 - Swan Lake (320kbps .mp3)

Live at BBC Proms: BBC Philharmonic with Principal Guest Conductor Ben Gernon in Arnold, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky.

01. Arnold - Peterloo Overture
01a. General introduction to BBC Proms 2019 Prom 23
02. Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
02a. Introduction to Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
02b. Juan Perez Floristan addresses the audience (faint audio)
03. Ginastera - The Dance of the Arrogant Cowboy (encore)
04. Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake (excerpts)
04a. Introduction to Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake
Juan Perez Floristan (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Ben Gernon (conductor)

The BBC Philharmonic and Principal Guest Conductor Ben Gernon open with Malcolm Arnold’s dramatic Peterloo Overture in the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre at St Peter’s Fields in the orchestra’s hometown of Manchester.

Excerpts from Swan Lake, the first of Tchaikovsky’s great ballet scores, include the colourful sequence of national dances and the heartbreaking final scene in which Odette and her beloved Siegfried are united for ever in death, breaking the spell of the sorcerer Rothbart.

Juan Pérez Floristán is soloist in Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, with its famous lyrical 18th Variation.

05. Proms 2019 Prom 23, Proms Plus Talk Proms Plus
In 2017, Sacha Dench of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust flew the 7,000 mile migration route of Whooper Swans from Siberia to the UK in a paraglider. Drawing on her experience, the ‘Human Swan’ talks about the birds that have become symbolic of love, beauty, and mystery with dance critic Sarah Crompton, former Arts Editor-in-Chief at The Telegraph. Hosted by New Generation Thinker Hetta Howes. Produced by Torquil MacLeod.


Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Sarah Walker
Broadcast: 5 August 2019