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Elgar's Symphony No 1 in A flat

Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms in Elgar's First Symphony, a Turnage premiere, and with Constantin Hartwig, Vaughan Williams's Tuba Concerto.

Presented by Ian Skelly. Including another chance to hear Prom 39 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo in Elgar's Symphony No.1, a Turnage premiere, and Vaughan Williams's Tuba Concerto with Constantin Hartwig. Plus today's Proms artist's choice.
Also featured,

Roland Szentpali Pearls III: I. Very Good Morning
Constantin Hartwig (tuba, and 3 ‘background tubas’)
Maria Lebed (piano)

Sibelius Luonnotar, Op.70
Karita Mattila (soprano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Handel Suite no. 2 in F major HWV.427 for keyboard
Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)

2.25pm
Prom 39 - Part 1
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Time Flies [BBC co-commission: UK premiere]
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto

3.15pm
Artist's choice: Constantin Hartwig
Holst 1st Suite for Military Band Op.28`1
RAF Central Band
Duncan Stubbs (conductor)

3.30 pm
Prom 39 - Part 2
Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A flat major
Constantin Hartwig (tuba)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

4.45
Listener's choice - brass concertos

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Thu 1 Sep 2022 14:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Roland Szentpáli

    Very Good Morning (Pearls III)

    Performer: Constantin Hartwig. Performer: Maria Lebed.
    • Klischee ade.
    • Genuin.
    • 1.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Luonnotar, Op.70

    Singer: Karita Mattila. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite No 2 in F, HWV427

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.

  • Mark-Anthony Turnage

    Time flies

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Tuba Concerto in F minor

    Performer: Constantin Hartwig. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Gustav Holst

    Suite no.1 in E flat major Op.28`1

    Ensemble: Central Band of the Royal Air Force. Conductor: Duncan Stubbs.
    • British Classics.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony no. 1 in A flat major Op.55

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Four Preludes for piano

    Performer: Hiroaki Takenouchi.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hansel & Gretel (Evening Prayer and Dream Pantomime)

    Singer: Jennifer Larmore. Singer: Ruth Ziesak. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
    • Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel.
    • TELDEC.
    • 17.

Broadcast

  • Thu 1 Sep 2022 14:00
    BBC Radio 3