BBC Proms 2019 Prom 08 Invitation to the Dance (320kbps .mp3)



Live at BBC Proms: The BBC SO conducted by Péter Eötvös in Stravinsky's Firebird, and works by Debussy and Bartók. Violinist Isabelle Faust joins for Eötvös's Alhambra Concerto.



01. Debussy - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

01a. General introduction to BBC Proms 2019 Prom 08

02. Péter Eötvös - Alhambra (violin concerto) UK premiere

02a. Introduction to Eötvös’ Alhambra

03. Bartók - Dance Suite

04. Stravinsky - The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)

04a. Introduction to Stravinsky’s Firebird

Isabelle Faust (violin)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Péter Eötvös (conductor)



Dance – whether in the exotic pulse of Bartók’s Dance Suite, the insistent Russian folk rhythms of Stravinsky’s The Firebird or the languorous ballet of Debussy’s faun – runs right through tonight’s Prom.



Peter Eötvös, celebrating his 75th birthday this year, conducts his new violin concerto Alhambra – performed here by the work’s original soloist, award-winning German violinist Isabelle Faust.



05. Proms 2019 Prom 08, Proms Plus Talk

INTERVAL: Proms Plus: Hannah Conway hosts a discussion about Bartók with musicologist and broadcaster Erik Levi and Nigel Simeone, recorded earlier this evening at Imperial College Union. Producer Helen Garrison.





Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

Broadcast: 24 July 2019