Celebrating BBC Proms Premieres
Episode m000y7m8, broadcast at Friday 30th July 2021, 7:00pm.
“An imaginative, eclectic mix celebrating some of the best-loved classical gems that received their first ever UK performance at the BBC Proms in years gone by. The BBC Proms have a longstanding tradition of commissioning and premiering new music, dating back to Proms founder-conductor Henry Wood's 'novelties'. This In Tune Mixtape contains nine of the best UK and world premieres from this great British classical music institution. 1912: Frank Bridge – The Sea (world premiere) 1914: Gustav Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde (UK premiere) 1909: Maurice Ravel - Rapsodie espagnole (UK premiere) 1943: Ralph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No 5 (world premiere) 1930: Leoš Janáček - Glagolitic Mass (UK premiere) 1995: Harrison Birtwistle - Panic (world premiere) 1914: Edward Elgar - Sospiri (world premiere) 2018: Joby Talbot - Ink Dark Moon (world premiere) 1913: Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird Suite (UK premiere)”
Track listing
- 0:00 – The Sea (track 9-12, Frank Bridge: Orchestral Works Vol.2)
- Composer Frank Bridge
- Orchestra BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor Richard Hickox
- 2:18 – Das Lied von der Erde: 3. Von Der Jugend
- Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic
- Composer Gustav Mahler
- Singer Jonas Kaufmann
- Conductor Jonathan Nott
- 5:21 – Habanera (Rapsodie espagnole for 2 pianos) (track , Maurice Ravel Katia Et Marielle Labeque)
- Composer Maurice Ravel
- Ensemble Katia Labèque
- 8:11 – Symphony no.5 in D major (2nd mvt) (track 6, Vaughan williams: Symphonies nos. 4 & 5: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Davis)
- Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Conductor Andrew Davis
- 13:05 – Glagolitic Mass (Kyrie) (track , Simon Rattle on EMI Classics)
- Conductor Sir Simon Rattle
- Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Composer Leos Janáček
- Singer Felicity Palmer
- Singer Ameral Gunson
- Singer John Mitchinson
- Singer Malcolm King
- Choir CBSO Chorus
- 16:11 – Panic
- Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Sir Andrew Davis
- Composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle
- Performer John Harle
- Performer Paul Clarvis
- 16:54 – Sospiri, Op 70
- Composer Edward Elgar
- Performer Nicola Benedetti
- Performer Peter Limonov
- 20:56 – Ink Dark Moon - Allegro energico
- Composer Joby Talbot
- Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Performer Miloš Karadaglić
- Conductor Ben Gernon
- 25:07 – The Firebird (Finale)
- Composer Igor Stravinsky
- Conductor Bernard Haitink
- Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra