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Prom 20: Stravinsky and Schumann

Conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin makes his Proms debut with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. The music from Pulcinella, one of Stravinsky's eleven ballets, opens the programme.

Stellar young conductor Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin makes his Proms debut with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

The concert celebrates two anniversaries; the centenary year of Stravinsky's first collaboration with the Ballet Russes and the bicentenary of Mendelssohn's birth.

The music from Pulcinella, one of Stravinsky's eleven ballets, will open the programme, followed by the ever popular Schumann Piano Concerto in A Minor played by Nicholas Angelich. Mendelssohn's Fifth Symphony provides the climax to the evening.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

2 hours, 15 minutes

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Role Contributor
Presenter Petroc Trelawny
Presenter Miranda Krestovnikoff
Director Pati Marr

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