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Friday - ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms - Budapest Festival Orchestra

The Budapest Festival Orchestra visit the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms to perform music by Weber, Mendelssohn and, with Sir András Schiff, Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto.

Presented by Ian Skelly, and featuring another chance to hear the first of the Budapest Festival Orchestra's appearances at this year's ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms. The orchestra, founded 40 years ago by conductor Iván Fischer, is joined by the celebrated Hungarian-born, British pianist Sir András Schiff in Robert Schumann's Piano concerto. Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony and Weber's Freischutz Overture complete the programme.

And Ian has more JS Bach from this year's Schwetzingen Festival in Germany, featuring the Art of Fugue performed by Les inAttendus.

Including:

J S Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 884
András Schiff, piano

Respighi: Danza rustica after Jean-Baptiste Besard (Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No 2)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor

c. 2.15pm
´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms (first broadcast live on Saturday 12th August)
Presented by Ian Skelly

Weber: Der Freischütz – overture
R Schumann: Piano concerto in A minor
András Schiff, piano
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer, conductor

c. 3.00pm
Proms artist choice: David Tobin (violin, Budapest Festival Orchestra)

Chausson: Piano quartet in A major, Op 30 (2nd mvt)
Quatuor Schumann

Proms artist choice: András Schiff

J S Bach: The Art of Fugue (selection)
Les Inattendus

c. 3.15pm
´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms (first broadcast live on Saturday 12th August)
Presented by Ian Skelly

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, ‘Scottish’ (40 mins)
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor

2 hours, 32 minutes

Music Played

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Danza rustica (Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No 2)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Mentr'io godo in dolce oblio (from La Santissima Vergine del Rosario)

    Singer: Elizabeth Watts. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Laurence Cummings.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Der Freischutz - Overture

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto In A Minor Op.54

    Performer: Sir András Schiff. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Liebe Schwalbe, Gypsy song Op 112, No 6`4

    Performer: Sir András Schiff. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
  • Robert Schumann

    The happy farmer, returning from work, (Album for the young, Op 68 No 10)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
  • Ernest Chausson

    Piano quartet in A major, Op 30 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Schumann.
    • Aeon.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080: Canon per augmentationem in contrario motu

    Performer: Alice Piérot. Performer: Marianne Muller. Performer: Vincent Lhermet. Ensemble: Les inAttendus.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 3 In A Minor Op.56 (Scottish)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in C major, Op 46 No 1

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080; Contrapunctus 14 a 4 - Fuga a tre soggetti

    Performer: Alice Piérot. Performer: Marianne Muller. Performer: Vincent Lhermet. Ensemble: Les inAttendus.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Flute Sonata in E flat Major (2nd mvt, Siciliano) arr. Kempff

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi. Music Arranger: Wilhelm Kempff.
    • Bach Nostalghia.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Fri 25 Aug 2023 14:00