BBC Proms 2019 Prom 32 - An Alpine Symphony (320kbps .mp3)

Live at BBC Proms: The National Youth Orchestra of the USA with Sir Antonio Pappano and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato: Berlioz's Les nuits d'été and Strauss's Alpine Symphony

01. Benjamin Beckman - Occidentalis
01a. General introduction to BBC Proms 2019 Prom 32
02. Hector Berlioz - Les nuits d'été, Op 7
02a. Introduction to Berlioz’s Les nuits d'été
03. Richard Strauss - An Alpine Symphony
04. Elgar - Nimrod (encore)

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
Brass of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
The National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America
Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor)

Celebrated American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato is reunited with regular collaborator Sir Antonio Pappano to mark the 150th anniversary of Berlioz’s death with a performance of the composer’s sumptuous orchestral song-cycle Les nuits d’été – a musical journey from springtime love to cruellest loss.

The National Youth Orchestra of the USA undertakes a journey of quite a different kind in Strauss’s monumental An Alpine Symphony, whose vast orchestral forces and massive soundscapes conjure up the craggy drama of the Bavarian Alps.

The concert opens with a new work, by Benjamin Beckman, one of the NYO-USA’s two Apprentice Composers.

05. Proms 2019 Prom 31, Proms interval
Proms interval: Andrew McGregor looks at the work of the NYO USA and meets some of its players.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Andrew McGregor
Broadcast: 11 August 2019