大象传媒

Arvo P盲rt, Britten, Berlioz and Saint-Sa毛ns performed by the Orchestre de Paris and Paavo J盲rvi live at the 大象传媒 Proms with Janine Jansen as soloist in Britten's Violin Concerto

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

P盲rt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Britten: Violin Concerto

8.15pm Interval

8.35pm
Berlioz: Overture 'Le corsaire'
Saint-Sa毛ns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, 'Organ'

Janine Jansen (violin)
Thierry Escaich (organ)
Orchestre de Paris
Paavo J盲rvi (conductor)

The Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten was written by Arvo P盲rt in response to his sense of loss for a composer he had never met but whose music he describes as possessing the "unusual purity" he himself sought as a composer. Britten's own Violin Concerto was written during the composer's war-time years in New York, "I feel so deeply about this piece...one experiences the incredible strength of it" says tonight's soloist Janine Jansen. In the second half of the concert Paavo J盲rvi leads his Orchestre de Paris in two French works: firstly the Mediterranean swagger of Berlioz's overture 'Le corsaire' and then the weight of full orchestra and organ in Saint-Sa毛ns 'Third Symphony' which concludes a concert that journeys from Estonian introspection to Gallic extrovert display.

An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Friday 6th September at 2pm.