BBC Proms 2017, Prom 7: Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique (320kbps .mp3)
Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Joshua Weilerstein perform Rebel, Berlioz and the UK premiere of Pascal Dusapin's Outscape at this year's BBC Proms.
01. Jean-Féry Rebel - Le Chaos from "Les Elémens"
02. Pascal Dusapin - Outscape* (BBC co-commission: UK premiere)
02i. Pascal Dusapin discusses ‘Outscape’
03. Béla Bartók - 44 Duos, No.44 Transylvanian Dance
04. Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14
04i. Joshua Weilerstein discusses Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique
05. Interval - Proms Extra, Opium
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.
Alisa Weilerstein (cello)
BBC 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-Féry 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.
Broadcast: 19 July 2017
Encoded as 320kbps .mp3
