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The Sunday Prom: The Cleveland Orchestra

The Cleveland Orchestra performs Brahms's First Symphony and his Academic Festival Overture. Plus the UK premiere of a flute concerto by clarinettist and composer Jorg Widmann.

Katie Derham is live at the world's biggest classical music festival as the legendary Cleveland Orchestra perform at the ±«Óătv Proms. This is a rare chance to hear one of America's best orchestras in a huge Proms favourite, Brahms's First Symphony. The concert opens with Brahms in a lighter mood in his Academic Festival Overture and also includes the UK premiere of an elegant, dance-like flute concerto by German clarinettist and composer Jorg Widmann.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.
  • Jörg Widmann

    Flûte en suite (UK premiere)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 1 in C minor

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Katie Derham
Producer Peter Jones
Director Jonathan Haswell
Orchestra Cleveland Orchestra
Conductor Franz Welser-Most
Musician Joshua Smith
Composer Johannes Brahms
Composer Jörg Widmann

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