Prom 19 - Berlioz and Mendelssohn

30th July 2009 Season 63 Episode 5

From the Royal Albert Hall, Clive Anderson introduces a special Prom marking the anniversaries of three great British composers, Delius, Elgar and Holst, who died 75 years ago. Sir Charles Mackerras conducts the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Holst's mystical Planets Suite, Elgar's spirited Cockaigne Overture, and Delius's evocative Song of the High Hills, with soloists Rebecca Evans and Toby Spence.

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Season 63 · Episode 6

Prom 20 - Stravinsky and Schumann

Stellar young conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin makes his Proms debut with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. The concert celebrates two anniversaries; the centenary year of Stravinsky's first collaboration with the Ballet Russes and the bicentenary of Mendelssohn's birth. The music from Pulcinella, one of Stravinsky's eleven ballets, will open the programme, followed by the ever popular Schumann Piano Concerto in A Minor played by Nicholas Angelich. Mendelssohn's Fifth Symphony provides the climax to the evening. Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

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