Prom 18: Adams, Corigliano and Prokofiev

28th July 2005 Season 59 Episode 13

Conductor Marin Alsop and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra bring American composer John Corigliano's new concerto The Red Violin to the Proms following its successful world premiere in Baltimore last year. Violin superstar Joshua Bell (for whom the piece was written) will perform the concerto. Plus an excerpt from John Adams's opera Nixon in China and music from Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet.

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Season 59 · Episode 14

Prom 19: Russia Night

An all-Russian line-up, with excerpts from Tchaikovsky's The Snow Maiden, followed by Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No 1 played by the 20-year-old Armenian virtuoso Sergey Khachatryan. The concert concludes with Prokofiev's wartime Symphony No 5, written in support of the greatness of the human spirit. The BBC Philharmonic is led by their Russian-born principal guest conductor Vassily Sinaisky. Hosted by Charles Hazlewood.

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