BBC Proms 2018, Prom 28, National Youth Orchestra performs Mussorgsky, Benjamin, Ravel, Ligeti and Debussy (320kbps .mp3)

BBC Proms 2018, Prom 28, National Youth Orchestra performs Mussorgsky, Benjamin, Ravel, Ligeti and Debussy (320kbps .mp3)

Live at the BBC Proms: The National Youth Orchestra under George Benjamin with pianist Tamara Stefanovich with music by Mussorgsky, Benjamin, Ravel, Ligeti and Debussy.

The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain return to conjure a series of vivid worlds, both real and imagined.

The sea roars and shimmers in Debussy's La mer, Mussorgsky paints eerie visions of a Witches' Sabbath, while Ligeti's Lontano summons the 'dream worlds of childhood'.

Ravel's brooding Concerto for the Left Hand was commissioned by a pianist who lost an arm in the First World War.

01. Mussorgsky, arr. Rimsky-Korsakov - A Night on the Bare Mountain
01i. General introduction to BBC Proms 2018, Proms 28
02. George Benjamin - Dance Figures
02i. Introduction to Benjamin’s Dance Figures
03. Ravel - Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
03i. Interview with George Benjamin
04. Oliver Knussen - Prayer Bell Sketch (encore)
05. Ligeti - Lontano
06. Debussy - La mer
06i. Introduction to Debussy’s La mer

Tamara Stefanovich (piano)
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
George Benjamin (conductor)

07. BBC Proms 2018, Prom 28 interval
During the interval, Tom Redmond is joined live by members of the National Youth Orchestra and tonight's soloist, Tamara Stefanovich, and finds out about some of the NYO's activities behind the scenes. Tom also gets some reaction to tonight’s Prom from the ex-NYO and now Berlin Philharmonic horn player, Sarah Willis.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Tom Redmond

Broadcast: 4 August 2018, BBC Radio 3