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Prom 9: Stenhammer, Szymanowski and R Strauss

Another chance to hear Thomas Sondergard conduct the ±«Óãtv National Orchestra of Wales in pieces by Stenhammer, Szymanowski and R Strauss.

with Jonathan Swain - and a second chance to hear the ±«Óãtv National Orchestra of Wales and Thomas SøndergÃ¥rd at last Thursday night's ±«Óãtv Proms with three of the most colourful orchestral scores in the repertory
Presented by Petroc Trelawny at the Royal Albert Hall, London

Stenhammar: Excelsior!
Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, 'The Song of the Night'

approx 2.40pm
R Strauss: An Alpine Symphony

Michael Weinius (tenor)
±«Óãtv National Chorus of Wales
±«Óãtv Symphony Chorus
±«Óãtv National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Søndergård (conductor)
Imogen Cooper (piano)

Evocations of Nordic forests, Persian gardens and snow-capped mountains featured in Thomas SøndergÃ¥rd's first Prom as Principal Conductor of the ±«Óãtv NOW. Stenhammar's joyful Excelsior! is an upbeat to the opulent, exotic sound-world of Szymanowski's Symphony No. 3, 'The Song of the Night'. And Strauss's epic Alpine Symphony is as much a statement of the composer's personal philosophy as a description of the natural world at its most dramatic.

Plus highlights from the 2012 Cheltenham Festival.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Excelsior!

  • Karol Szymanowski

    Symphony No.3 'The Song of the Night'

  • Richard Strauss

    An Alpine Symphony

  • Théodore Dubois

    Concerto no. 2 for piano and orchestra

  • Claude Debussy

    Sonata in G minor for violin and piano

Broadcast

  • Mon 22 Jul 2013 14:00