Prom 7: Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, ±«Óătv SO under Joshua Weilerstein. Rebel: Le chaos (Les elemens). Dusapin: Outscape (Alisa Weilerstein: cello). Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique.
Live at the ±«Óătv Proms: the ±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra and conductor Joshua Weilerstein perform Rebel, Berlioz and the UK premiere of Pascal Dusapin's Outscape at this year's ±«Óătv Proms.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Jean-Féry Rebel: Le Chaos from "Les Elémens"
Pascal Dusapin: Outscape* (±«Óătv co-commission: UK premiere)
8.00pm INTERVAL - Proms Extra
Richard Davenport-Hines - author of 'The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Social History of Drugs' - considers how opium became a stimulus to creativity in the 19th century for writers such as Baudelaire, Apollinaire and Mallarmé and in the plot underpinning Symphonie Fantastique. He's joined by historian and Radio 3 New Generation Thinker Dr Daisy Hay, author of 'Young Romantics: The Shelleys, Byron and Other Tangled Lives'. The presenter is Matthew Sweet.
Recorded earlier this evening as a Proms Extra with an audience at Imperial College
Producer: Jacqueline Smith
8.20pm
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14
Alisa Weilerstein (cello)*
±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Weilerstein (conductor)
Visions of chaos give way to a diabolical scene in a musical thrill-ride that takes us from creation itself to the wild dances of a Witches' Sabbath. Jean-FĂ©ry Rebel's suite The Elements is one of Baroque music's most unusual works, opening with a vivid portrait of Chaos. The same audacity surfaces a century later in Berlioz's quasi-autobiographical Symphonie fantastique, whose large orchestral forces and colourful textures make it a perfect fit for the Royal Albert Hall.
Star cellist Alisa Weilerstein is soloist for the UK premiere of Pascal Dusapin's nature-inspired concerto Outscape - a work written for her - while her brother, rising young star Joshua Weilerstein, conducts.
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Pascal Dusapin: Outscape - excerpt (2017)
Duration: 02:00
Music and featured items
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Part 1
Duration: 49:56
JeanâFĂ©ry Rebel
Chaos (from Les ĂlĂ©mens)
Orchestra: ±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Joshua Weilerstein.Pascal Dusapin
Outscape
Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: ±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein.BĂ©la BartĂłk
44 Duos No.44 Transylvanian Dance
Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Joshua Weilerstein.Interval
Proms Extra Intro: Richard Davenport-Hines & Daisy Hay on opium and 19-century creativity
Duration: 20:42
Part 2
Duration: 58:28
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique (Proms 2017)
Orchestra: ±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Joshua Weilerstein.Post-concert
Duration: 21:41
Francis Poulenc
Fiancailles pour rire (Light-hearted betrothal)
Performer: Tom Poster. Singer: Raphaela Papadakis.Credit
Role Contributor Performer ±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra Broadcast
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