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Live at 麻豆社 Proms: Edward Gardner conducts the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra, Crouch End Festival Chorus and violinist Vadim Gluzman in a new work by Lera Auerbach. Plus Debussy's La Mer.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Ian Skelly

Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Lera Auerbach: The Infant Minstrel and His Peculiar Menagerie (Symphony No.3 for violin, choir and orchestra)
(麻豆社 co-commission with the Bergen Philharmonic and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande: UK premiere)

c. 20.35 INTERVAL: Proms Extra
Shakespeare - Law and Lawyers
What did Shakespeare know of the law? Geoffrey Robertson QC in conversation with Anne McElvoy, with readings performed in front of the audience at Imperial College Union.

c. 20.55
Debussy orch. Roger-Ducasse: King Lear - incidental music
Debussy: La Mer

Vadim Gluzman, violin
Nina Bennett, soprano
Helen Neeves, soprano
Andrew Watts, countertenor
Tom Raskin, tenor
Andrew Rupp, bass
Crouch End Festival Chorus
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner conductor

Russian-American composer Lera Auerbach's The Infant Minstrel and His Peculiar Menagerie is her Symphony No.3 - for solo violin, vocal soloists, choir and orchestra. Violinist Vadim Gluzman is the travelling musical storyteller who introduces a collection of wondrous tales by the mysterious author Erroneous Anonymous and Lera Auerbach herself. This voyage of imagination is inspired by the tradition of 'nonsense' poems, and has characters such as the Common Corporant, the Moon-Rider, and the Flying Pig, who enjoys sitting on a cloud watching the crowd.

There's also Ravel's shimmering fairy-tale suite, Debussy's glinting portrait of the sea and - in this Shakespeare anniversary year - Debussy's aborted incidental music for King Lear.

PROMS EXTRA: Shakespeare - Law and Lawyers
Continuing our exploration of the ways in which Shakespeare portrayed aspects of professional life, Geoffrey Robertson QC talks about the law and lawyers, contending that Shakespeare must either have studied at the Inns of Court or was close friends with those who did. Highlights of a discussion hosted by Anne McElvoy and recorded at Imperial College Union earlier this evening.

Producer: Luke Mulhall.