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Live at the ±«Óãtv Proms: The ±«Óãtv National Orchestra of Wales and Ariane Matiakh perform Ravel and Rimsky-Korsakov, plus harpist Catrin Finch joins for a Sally Beamish world premiere.

Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

7.00pm
Ravel: Shéhérazade – ouverture de féerie
Sally Beamish: Hive (±«Óãtv co-commission: world premiere)

7.50pm
Interval: Following Sally Beamish’s work Hive, commissioned for this year’s Proms, in the interval Nicola Heywood-Thomas will be joined by biologist Lars Chittka - author of the new book 'The Mind of a Bee' - whose work investigates the sensory experience of bee.

8.10pm
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op 35

Catrin Finch (harp)
±«Óãtv National Orchestra of Wales
Ariane Matiakh (conductor)

For composers in the 19th century, the pages of the One Thousand and One Nights were a portal to a new imaginative world: a place where fantastic stories and exotic images inspired sounds more sensuous, more colourful and more magical than anything that had been heard before. Ravel and Rimsky-Korsakov both drew inspiration from the tales of the beautiful Scheherazade, and both created music that lets a full symphony orchestra weave pure enchantment: a glorious showcase for the ±«Óãtv National Orchestra of Wales and its charismatic French guest conductor Ariane Matiakh. Sally Beamish, meanwhile, finds stories closer to home, in a beehive-inspired premiere for ‘Queen of Harps’ Catrin Finch.