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Prom 46: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne

Live at the Â鶹Éç Proms: Cristian Măcelaru conducts the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and Augustin Hadelich in Dvořák's Violin Concerto and Brahms's Third Symphony.

Live at the Â鶹Éç Proms: Cristian Măcelaru conducts the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and Augustin Hadelich in Dvořák's Violin Concerto and Brahms's Third Symphony.

Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Felix Mendelssohn: Overture ‘The Hebrides’ (‘Fingal’s Cave’)
c. 19:45 Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor

c. 20:20
Interval: Music Director and film composer Jeremy Sams joins Martin Handley to look ahead to the week's forthcoming highlights at the Â鶹Éç Proms.

c. 20:45 Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major

Augustin Hadelich (violin)
WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
Cristian Măcelaru (conductor)

The composers of the Romantic generation saw the world differently, and they heard it differently, too. A stormy voyage off the Scottish coast set music playing in Mendelssohn’s head: music that grew into the overture The Hebrides. Brahms launches his Third Symphony in heroic style – but brings it to a close in the most radiant of sunset glows. Dvořák, meanwhile, fused classical forms with Czech folklore and his own deeply poetic spirit to create a violin concerto that dances as joyfully as it sings. Grammy Award-winner Augustin Hadelich is its champion tonight, as the Proms welcomes the Cologne-based WDR Symphony Orchestra and its energetic Chief Conductor Cristian Măcelaru.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Prom 46

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture Op.26

      Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru. Performer: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne.
    • Antonín Dvořák

      Concerto in A minor Op.53 for violin and orchestra

      Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru. Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Performer: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne.
    • Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

      Louisiana Blues Strut: A Cakewalk

      Performer: Augustin Hadelich.
    • Carlos Gardel

      Por una cabeza

      Performer: Augustin Hadelich.
    • Johannes Brahms

      Symphony no. 3 in F major Op.90

      Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru. Performer: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne.
    • Antonín Dvořák

      Legends Op.59, orch. composer [orig. for piano duet]

      Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru. Performer: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne.

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Aug 2022 19:30

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