BBC Proms 2022 - Prom 52 - Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra with Pekka Kuusisto (320kbps .mp3)

Live at the BBC Proms: Nicholas Collon conducts the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra with violinist Pekka Kuusisto, including music by Debussy, Vaughan Williams and Sibelius.

Presented by Katie Derham, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

01. Debussy - La mer
01a. introduction to Prom 52
02. Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
02a. Introduction to The Lark Ascending
02b. Interval, Prom 52
John Gallagher explores trends in gardening and attitudes towards outdoor life in the '20s.
And BBC Sounds Champion Keelan Carew drops in to tell Katie about his Proms highlights from the last few days.
03. Thomas Adès - Märchentänze
04. Sibelius – Humoresque No.4 [encore]
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major
04a. Introduction to Sibelius’ Humoresque
05. Sibelius - Symphony No. 5
05a. Introduction to Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5
06. Sibelius - Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1 [encore]

Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Collon (conductor)

‘Saw sixteen swans,’ wrote Jean Sibelius. ‘One of the greatest experiences in life. Oh god, what beauty!’ That dazzling vision became the mighty theme that crowns his Fifth Symphony and tonight it’s the climax of a whole evening of music inspired by nature, performed by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra – whether Debussy’s luminous musical seascape, or Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending. ‘I grew up with the idea that playing the violin was about being spontaneous,’ says soloist Pekka Kuusisto, and together with conductor Nicholas Collon, he’ll give the UK premiere of an enchanting new piece by Thomas Adès, as well as bringing fresh air to Vaughan Williams’s much-loved Lark.


First broadcast: 26 August 2022      
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