BBC Proms 2019 Prom 06 - The Rite of Spring (320kbps .mp3)

Live at BBC Proms: Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music and the Juilliard School with Edward Gardner and James Ehnes in works by Stravinsky, Britten and Anna Thorvaldsdottir.

01. Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Metacosmos
(UK premiere)
01a. General introduction to BBC Proms 2019 Prom 06
02. Benjamin Britten - Violin Concerto
02a. Introduction to Britten’s Violin Concerto
03. Bach, J. S. -  Sonata no. 2 in A major BWV.1015 3rd movement; Andante un poco (encore)
04. Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
05. Oliver Knussen - Flourish with fireworks Op.22 for orchestra (encore)

James Ehnes (violin)
Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music and the Juilliard School
Edward Gardner (conductor)


06. Proms 2019 Prom 06, Proms Plus Talk: In the first of a series of talks focusing on Proms founder-conductor Henry Wood, musicologist and broadcaster Hannah French explores his relationship with the Royal Academy of Music, in discussion with Professor Tim Jones from the Academy, and presenter Petroc Trelawny.


Earthy, pagan dances meet the Music of the Spheres in this concert of 20th- and 21st-century orchestral works. Stravinsky’s infamous ballet score The Rite of Spring pulses with rhythmic energy and urgency, while Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s luminous and intricately textured Metacosmos travels deep into space. At the centre of the programme is Britten’s elegiac Violin Concerto, written on the cusp of the Second World War. Violinist James Ehnes joins Edward Gardner and musicians from both London’s Royal Academy of Music and New York’s Juilliard School.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Ian Skelly
Broadcast:  21 July 2019