BBC Proms 2024 - The Glasshouse 01 - Tailleferre, Sibelius and Dvořák (320kbps .mp3)


BBC Proms from The Glasshouse: Dinis Sousa conducts the Royal Northern Sinfonia in music by Tailleferre, Sibelius & Dvorak.

01. Tailleferre - Little Suite
01a. Introduction to BBC Proms 2024 - The Glasshouse 01
02. Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D minor
02a. Introduction to Sibelius’ Violin Concerto
02b. BBC Proms 2024 - The Glasshouse 01 - interval
03. Dvořák - Symphony No. 8 in G major

Alena Baeva (violin)
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Dinis Sousa (conductor)

Orchestras all over the world commissioned symphonies from the pre-eminent Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. But there was no such commission for one of his most popular, the Symphony No. 8, which he wrote for nobody but himself. For the opening of this weekend-long Proms residency in the North-East, the Gateshead-based Royal Northern Sinfonia brings us the symphony that one conductor described as ‘a work singing of the joy of green pastures’. It’s the climax of a programme also featuring the song of fire and ice that is Sibelius’s captivating Violin Concerto. The concert opens with the charming and typically French Little Suite by Germaine Tailleferre, the only female member of the group of composers known as ‘Les Six’ that emerged in 1920s Paris.

Presented by Elizabeth Alker, from The Glasshouse International Centre for Music.

First broadcast: 27 July 2024
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