BBC Proms 2019 Prom 08 Invitation to the Dance (320kbps .mp3)

Live at BBC Proms: The BBC SO conducted by Péter Eötvös in Stravinsky's Firebird, and works by Debussy and Bartók. Violinist Isabelle Faust joins for Eötvös's Alhambra Concerto.

01. Debussy - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
01a. General introduction to BBC Proms 2019 Prom 08
02. Péter Eötvös - Alhambra (violin concerto) UK premiere
02a. Introduction to Eötvös’ Alhambra
03. Bartók - Dance Suite
04. Stravinsky - The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)
04a. Introduction to Stravinsky’s Firebird
Isabelle Faust (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Péter Eötvös (conductor)

Dance – whether in the exotic pulse of Bartók’s Dance Suite, the insistent Russian folk rhythms of Stravinsky’s The Firebird or the languorous ballet of Debussy’s faun – runs right through tonight’s Prom.

Peter Eötvös, celebrating his 75th birthday this year, conducts his new violin concerto Alhambra – performed here by the work’s original soloist, award-winning German violinist Isabelle Faust.

05. Proms 2019 Prom 08, Proms Plus Talk
INTERVAL: Proms Plus: Hannah Conway hosts a discussion about Bartók with musicologist and broadcaster Erik Levi and Nigel Simeone, recorded earlier this evening at Imperial College Union. Producer Helen Garrison.


Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Broadcast: 24 July 2019