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Live at ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Jonathan Nott play music by Debussy and Ravel, and Stravinsky's Petrushka

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Katie Derham

Debussy: Jeux
Ravel: Violin Sonata in G major (orch. Yan Maresz)
(UK premiere of this orchestration)

c.7.40pm

Interval: Proms Plus: Martin Handley chairs a discussion about the life and work of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, which makes its Proms debut.

c.8pm
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1911)

Renaud Capuçon, violin
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Jonathan Nott, conductor

Geneva’s renowned Orchestre de la Suisse Romande celebrates its 100th anniversary by making its Proms debut under its English Music Director Jonathan Nott.

The orchestra continues this season’s strand of French music with works by Debussy and Ravel – the mercurial dance-fantasy Jeux, Debussy’s last orchestral work, and a new orchestration of Ravel’s jazz-infused Second Violin Sonata with soloist Renaud Capuçon – as well as a Russian piece synonymous with Paris: Stravinsky’s colourful folk-ballet Petrushka, heard here in its original version.