The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs music by Honneger, Coll and Prokofiev

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Spanish passion, flying tackles and comedy at its juiciest: it’s all about the sensations, as composer-conductor Francisco Coll and pianist Elisabeth Brauss join the BBC Symphony Orchestra, in this free concert live in Croydon.

They call it 'Duende' -  the untamed passion at the heart of flamenco. For the poet Gabriel Garcia Lorca, it was “that mysterious power that everyone feels but no philosopher can explain”, and it’s the driving spirit behind Coll’s extraordinary Ciudad sin sueño (“The city that never sleeps”), a piano concerto inspired by an impossible dream, played today by the superb Elisabeth Brauss with the composer himself conducting.

A composer always hears things differently, and Coll has made his concerto the centrepiece of a whole concert inspired by fantasy at it most thrillingly physical. He opens with Honegger’s uninhibited sonic scrum-down before diving into the psychedelic imagination of the young Prokofiev: a musical fairytale where princesses live inside giant oranges and laughter proves an alarmingly potent medicine. You’ll already know the tunes: now hear them in 3D and full colour with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Programme:
Arthur Honegger Rugby (Mouvement Symphonique No. 2)
Francisco Coll Ciudad sin sueño
Sergei Prokofiev Suite from 'The Love for Three Oranges'

Francisco Coll conductor
Elisabeth Brauss piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra

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How to be in the audience

Step 1: Apply for tickets

Tickets for this show are being allocated on a first-come first-served basis, so when we receive your ticket request your details are added to the list of applicants. Tickets are usually dispatched from approximately three weeks ahead of the recording date.

Step 2: Receive a message

All eligible requests are allocated tickets in the order they are received, up to the maximum number of available tickets. If successful, we notify you by text message and send your e-ticket(s) to your email address. If unsuccessful you will be kept on the waiting list in case anyone cancels their tickets.

Step 3: Bring your tickets and ID

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