BBC Proms 2017 Prom 39 - Debussy, Ravel and Mark-Anthony Turnage (320kbps mp3)

After: Live at BBC Proms: BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kazushi Ono - Ravel's Piano Concerto, with soloist Inon Barnatan, and the European premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's Hibiki.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London 
Presented by Andrew McGregor

00. Introductory commentary
01. Debussy - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
02. Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major
02i. Introduction to Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major
03. Mendelssohn - Rondo Capriccioso, Op.14 (encore)
04. Mark-Anthony Turnage - Hibiki (European premiere)
04i. Introduction to Turnage’s Hibiki
05. Interval, Proms Extra, Mark-Antony Turnage talks to Kate Molleson

Inon Barnatan (piano)
Sally Matthews (soprano)
Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo)
New London Children's Choir
Finchley Children's Music Group
Kazushi Ono (conductor)

Sunlight and sensitivity dominate Debussy's ravishing Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune. The cooler shades of jazz shoot through Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major. Mark-Anthony Turnage's Hibiki (Japanese for "beautiful sound") makes reference to the earthquake and devastating tsunami which struck north-east Japan in 2011. A children's chorus and settings of Japanese poetry for soprano and mezzo-soprano soloists create a sequence of threnodies offering solace after loss. This is the European premiere.

Broadcast: 14 August 2017