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Thursday - BBC Proms - Impressions of Spain

Afternoon Concert BBC Proms 2023

Josep Pons conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms in music from, and inspired by, Spain, including works by Debussy, Lalo and Ravel

Presented by Ian Skelly, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra's recent Spanish-themed Prom. Josep Pons conducts the orchestra in music from and inspired by his homeland, including Lalo's Symphonie espagnole with violinist María Dueñas, and works by Falla, Debussy and Ravel.

Plus the Spanish-born guitarist Anabel Montesinos in Barcelona, more Renaissance and Baroque music from the Schwetzingen Festival, and JS Bach performed on the organ of St Thomas' Church, Leipzig.

Including:

Rodrigo: Three Old Dance Tunes: no.3 Jiga
City of Granada Orchestra
Josep Pons, conductor

Mangore: Caazapa
Anabel Montesinos, guitar

Schelle: Komm, Jesu, komm
Chorwerk Ruhr
Florian Helgath, director
Capella de la Torre
Katharina Bauml, director

c.2.05pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live on Thursday 20th July)
Presented by Ian Skelly

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

María Dueñas, violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons, conductor

c.3pm
Proms Artist Choice

c.3.20pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live on Thursday 20th July)
Presented by Ian Skelly

Debussy: Images – Ibéria
Ravel: Boléro

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons, conductor

c.4pm
Gallus: Ecce quomodo moritur Justus
Chorwerk Ruhr
Florian Helgath, director

JS Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV 552
Johannes Lang, organ of St Thomas' Church, Leipzig

c.4.30pm
Sibelius: Valse Triste
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Eva Ollikainen, conductor

Smyth: Serenade (Symphonic serenade) in D major (4th movement)
BBC Philharmonic
Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Thu 27 Jul 2023 14:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Jiga (3 Viejos aires de danza)

    Orchestra: Orquesta Ciudad de Granada. Conductor: Josep Pons.
    • Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 19.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Caazapa

    Performer: Anabel Montesinos.

  • Johann Schelle

    Komm, Jesu, komm

    Choir: ChorWerk Ruhr. Director: Florian Helgath. Ensemble: Capella de la Torre. Director: Katharina Bäuml.

  • Manuel de Falla

    La vida breve - Interlude and Dance

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Josep Pons.

  • Édouard Lalo

    Symphonie Espagnole Op. 21

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Josep Pons.

  • François Leleux & Emmanuel Strosser

    Fantaisie pastorale, Op. 37

    • Bienvenue en France.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.

  • Tarquinio Merula

    Ciaccona

    Ensemble: Capella de la Torre. Director: Katharina Bäuml.

  • Claude Debussy

    Images - Ibéria

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Josep Pons.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Boléro

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Josep Pons.

  • Jacobus Gallus

    Ecce quomodo moritur justus

    Choir: ChorWerk Ruhr. Director: Florian Helgath.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV 552

    Performer: Johannes Lang.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse Triste

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eva Ollikainen.

  • Dame Ethel Mary Smyth

    Symphonic Serenade (Finale)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Odaline de la Martínez.
    • Chandos.

  • César Franck

    Violin Sonata in A major M.8

    Performer: María Dueñas. Performer: Evgeny SInaisky.

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Concerto in C Sharp Minor Op.45 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Danny Driver. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Thu 27 Jul 2023 14:00
    BBC Radio 3