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Berlioz’s ‘Symphonie fantastique’

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms 2025

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Anja Bihlmaier with guitarist Sean Shibe perform the world premiere of ZEBRA by Mark Simpson plus music by Strauss and Berlioz.

Live at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms: The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Anja Bihlmaier with guitarist Sean Shibe perform the world premiere of ZEBRA by Mark Simpson plus music by Strauss and Berlioz.

Presented by Tom Service, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
Mark Simpson: ZEBRA (or, 2-3-74: The Divine Invasion of Philip K. Dick) ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ commission: world premiere

c.8.30pm
Interval: Composer Mark Simpson joins cultural historian Matthew Sweet and presenter Tom Service to discuss the writing of Philip K Dick, the American science-fiction author whose work has inspired films including Blade Runner and Minority Report, and Simpson's piece ZEBRA

c.8.50pm
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

Sean Shibe, electric guitar
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra
Anja Bihlmaier, conductor

A concert of larger-than-life sounds, stories and characters has Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique at its heart. Heady, opium-fuelled visions create a kaleidoscopic sequence: a swirling ballroom, a march to the scaffold and a witches’ sabbath, all set to the obsessive pulse of unrequited love. Sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick inspires Mark Simpson’s ZEBRA, a new concerto for maverick guitarist and former ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 New Generation Artist Sean Shibe. The concert opens with Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration – no less than a musical struggle between life and death, climaxing in a promise of eternal peace.

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Tue 22 Jul 2025 19:30
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Richard Strauss

    Death and Transfiguration

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier.

  • Mark Simpson

    ZEBRA

    Performer: Sean Shibe. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    O sacrum convivium

    Performer: Sean Shibe.

  • Vangelis

    Blade Runner (Main Titles)

    • Blade Runner (Music From The Original Soundtrack).
    • EastWest U.K..
    • 1.

  • John Dowland

    Flow, my tears

    Performer: Thomas Dunford. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
    • Hyperion.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Violin Sonatina in G Major, Op. 100, B. 120: I. Allegro risoluto

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Roots (Deluxe Edition).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang. Lyricist: Ira Gershwin. Lyricist: DuBose Heyward. Lyricist: Dorothy Heyward.
    • Roots (Deluxe Edition).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang. Lyricist: Ira Gershwin. Lyricist: DuBose Heyward. Lyricist: Dorothy Heyward.
    • Roots (Deluxe Edition).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.

  • George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess: Bess, You Is My Woman Now

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang. Lyricist: Ira Gershwin. Lyricist: DuBose Heyward. Lyricist: Dorothy Heyward.
    • Roots (Deluxe Edition).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Tue 22 Jul 2025 19:30
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

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