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Schubert's Unfinished Symphony from the BBC Proms

Elizabeth Alker introduces highlights from the Proms including music by Schumann plus music from Imperial Hall Concerts, Füssen.

Elizabeth Alker introduces a week of highlights from the BBC Proms, featuring some of the festival's standout performances. Paweł Kapuła conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Schubert's Unfinished Symphony; the programme also includes Strauss's Four Last Songs, performed with the orchestra by the Welsh/Ukrainian soprano Natalya Romaniw.

From the German summer festival of Imperial Hall Concerts in Füssen, clarinettist Ib Hausmann and the Amatis Trio perform chamber works by Horovitz and Poulenc.

BBC Proms:
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)

Imperial Hall Concerts, Füssen:
Joseph Horovitz
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano
Ib Hausmann, (clarinet)
Lea Hausmann, (violin)
Mengjie Han (piano)

BBC Proms:
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor ('Unfinished')
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Paweł Kapuła (conductor)

Imperial Hall Concerts, Füssen:
Francis Poulenc
Incidental music from L’invitation au chateau
Ib Hausmann (clarinet)
Lea Hausmann (violin)
Mengjie Han (piano)

BBC Proms:
Richard Strauss
Four Last Songs
Natalya Romaniw (soprano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Paweł Kapuła (conductor)

BBC Proms:
Béla Bartók
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

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Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 2

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
  • Joseph Horovitz

    Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano

    Performer: Ib Hausmann. Performer: Mengjie Han.
  • Thomas Campion

    Never Weather-beaten Sail

    Choir: Stile Antico.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished'

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pawel Kapula.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Incidental music from 'L'Invitation au château'

    Performer: Ib Hausmann. Performer: Samuel Shepherd. Performer: Mengjie Han.
  • Richard Strauss

    Four Last Songs

    Singer: Natalya Romaniw. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paweł Kapuła.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 3 In C Major BWV.1009

    Performer: Andrei Ioniţă.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Largo al factotum (The Barber of Seville)

    Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Ion Marin.
    • Philips.
  • Béla Bartók

    Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta

    Performer: Matthew Higham. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

Broadcast

  • Fri 11 Sep 202613:00