BBC Proms · SEASON 64
Sibelius's Second Symphony
Episode 17 · 2010-08-26
- Documentary
Episode overview
Sibelius's powerful and expansive Second Symphony is performed at the Royal Albert Hall by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under American conductor David Robertson. Israeli-American virtuoso Gil Shaham joins them in Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto, and the evening also includes the world premiere of a new work by leading British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage, entitled Hammered Out.
Season 64 episodes
1. Mahler's Symphony No 8 - Symphony of a Thousand2010-07-16
2. Bryn Terfel Sings Wagner's Meistersinger2010-07-17
3. Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony2010-07-22
4. Beethoven Night with the BBC Symphony Orchestra2010-07-23
5. Miracle on the Mersey2010-07-24
6. Dvorak's New World Symphony with the CBSO2010-07-29
7. Mark Elder Conducts Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony2010-07-30
8. Sondheim's Eightieth Birthday Celebration2010-07-31
9. Mahler's Third Symphony with the BBC SSO2010-08-05
10. Paul Lewis Plays Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto2010-08-06
11. World Orchestra for Peace2010-08-07
12. Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto2010-08-12
13. Bach Day2010-08-14
14. Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony2010-08-19
15. The Philharmonia Play Ravel and Arvo Part2010-08-20
16. The National Youth Orchestra2010-08-21
17. Sibelius's Second Symphony2010-08-26
18. Jamie Cullum Night2010-08-27
19. Rodgers and Hammerstein2010-08-29
20. Pictures at an Exhibition with the BBC NOW2010-09-02
21. Bruckner's Ninth Symphony2010-09-03
22. Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic2010-09-03
23. Doctor Who at the Proms2010-09-06
24. Last Night of the Proms 1910 Style2010-09-09
25. Doctor Who at the Proms Extended2010-09-10
26. Monteverdi's Vespers2010-09-10
27. Last Night of the Proms2010-09-11
28. Chopin and Ravel2010-10-29
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