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Afternoon Concert with Hannah French

Another chance to hear Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music and the Juilliard School with Edward Gardner and James Ehnes in works by Stravinsky, Britten and Anna Thorvaldsdottir.

Presented from the Royal Albert Hall by Ian Skelly

Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Metacosmos
(UK premiere)

Benjamin Britten: Violin Concerto

c. 2:55 Interval
Proms Plus Talk: In the first of a series of talks focusing on Proms founder-conductor Henry Wood, musicologist and broadcaster Hannah French explores his relationship with the Royal Academy of Music.

c. 3:20
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

James Ehnes (violin)
Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music and the Juilliard School
Edward Gardner (conductor)

Earthy, pagan dances meet the Music of the Spheres in this concert of 20th- and 21st-century orchestral works. Stravinsky鈥檚 infamous ballet score The Rite of Spring pulses with rhythmic energy and urgency, while Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir鈥檚 luminous and intricately textured Metacosmos travels deep into space. At the centre of the programme is Britten鈥檚 elegiac Violin Concerto, written on the cusp of the Second World War. Violinist James Ehnes joins Edward Gardner and musicians from both London鈥檚 Royal Academy of Music and New York鈥檚 Juilliard School.