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Prom 8: Impressions of Spain (Part 1)

Live at the ѿý Proms: Josep Pons conducts the ѿý Symphony Orchestra in Debussy, Ravel and Falla. They are joined by violinist María Dueñas for Lalo's Symphonie espagnole.

Live at the ѿý Proms: Josep Pons conducts the ѿý Symphony Orchestra in Debussy, Ravel, and Falla, and are joined by violinist María Dueñas in Lalo's Symphonie espagnole.

Presented by Ian Skelly, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Manuel de Falla: La vida breve – Interlude and Dance
Édouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21

c. 8.25
INTERVAL: Tasmin Little meets soloist Maria Dueñas, and in a candid conversation they share experiences about their respective music careers.

c. 8.45 Part 2
Claude Debussy: Images – Ibéria
Maurice Ravel: Boléro

María Dueñas (violin)
ѿý Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons (conductor)

Josep Pons and the ѿý Symphony Orchestra present a Spanish-themed Prom with a French accent. Debussy and Ravel paint Spain in their own distinctive colours: Ravel with the raw heat and insistent thrum of his Boléro and Debussy in the vivid musical vignettes of Ibéria. Meanwhile Spanish violinist María Dueñas – a ѿý Radio 3 New Generation Artist and winner of the 2021 Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition – is the soloist in Édouard Lalo’s most famous work, the Symphonie espagnole, which marks the French Romantic composer’s 200th anniversary. The concert opens in Andalusia, with music from Falla’s tragic opera La vida breve, set in sun-soaked Granada.

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Manuel de Falla

    La Vida Breve - Lyric Drama In 2 Acts

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Josep Pons.
  • Édouard Lalo

    Symphonie Espagnole Op.21

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Josep Pons.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Apres Un Reve Op.7 No.1

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Josep Pons.
  • Claude Debussy

    Iberia

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Josep Pons.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Bolero

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Josep Pons.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Trio in A minor

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • DECCA.

Broadcast

  • Thu 20 Jul 2023 19:30

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