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11/09/2008

Presented by Louise Fryer. With 大象传媒 Proms 2008: Stephane Deneve conducts The RSNO in works by Roussel, Rachmaninov and Debussy. Plus Chamber Music: Includes music by Beethoven.

Presented by Louise Fryer

大象传媒 Proms 2008

A Prom in which celebrated French conductor Stephane Deneve conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in a programme dominated by the theme of the sea. The erotic Bacchus et Ariane Suite No 2 by mariner-turned-composer Albert Roussel opens the concert, which ends with Debussy's famous symphonic sketches, La mer.

In between, there is a performance of Rainbow by Thea Musgrave, who celebrates her 80th birthday this year. The piece charts a musical journey from an approaching storm, through the appearance of a rainbow to a sunny chorale of thanksgiving. And to complete the Proms cycle of Rachmaninov concertos, award-winning pianist Stephen Hough plays the most popular concerto of them all.

Stephen Hough (piano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stephane Deneve (conductor)

Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane - Suite No 2
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor
Thea Musgrave: Rainbow
Debussy: La mer

Plus Chamber Music

Beethoven: String Quartet in F, Op 59 No 1 (Rasumovsky)
Psophos Quartet.

2 hours, 40 minutes

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Thu 11 Sep 2008 14:20

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  • Thu 11 Sep 2008 14:20