BBC Proms · SEASON 41

Omnibus at the Proms

Episode 8 · 1987-08-28

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Episode overview

Introduced by Jane Glover who also talks to tonight's soloist, the soprano Felicity Lott , and to Bernard Haitink , who conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra leader RODNEY FRIEND Solo pianist John Alley This week's programme features two 20th-century masters of instrumental colour. Ravel: Sheherezade is a sumptuous evocation of the Orient. Originally planned as an opera, it crystallised into a ravishing song-cycle for soprano and orchestra. In Stravinsky: Petrushka the composer had in mind 'a distinct picture of a puppet, suddenly endowed with life.' His richly-scored ballet - set in the 1830s at a bustling Shrovetide fair in St Petersburg - reflects the dance theme of this year's Prom season, and is being performed in the original concert version Stravinsky made in 1911.

Season 41 episodes

1. First Night of the Proms1987-07-17 2. First Night of the Proms1987-07-17 3. Omnibus at the Proms1987-07-31 4. Live from the Proms1987-08-03 5. Omnibus at the Proms1987-08-07 6. Omnibus at the Proms1987-08-14 7. Omnibus at the Proms1987-08-21 8. Omnibus at the Proms1987-08-28 9. Omnibus at the Proms1987-09-04 10. Live from the Proms: Part 11987-09-07 11. Omnibus at the Proms1987-09-11 12. Last Night of the Proms1987-09-12 13. Last Night of the Proms1987-09-12 14. Omnibus1987-09-25