Poster First night of the 2016 BBC Proms
First night of the 2016 BBC Proms
Chris Christodoulou / BBC
Performance Today®

Festival of festivals: the BBC Proms

The BBC Proms in London is the biggest classical music festival on the planet. One of the highlights of the 2016 Proms was a return visit by the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela with their charismatic conductor, Gustavo Dudamel. Latin American music from the Proms on Thursday's Performance Today.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97: Movement 3
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Schumann the Complete Symphonies, Mahler Edition
London/Decca 4780037

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216
Nikolaj Znaider, violin; Danish Radio Chamber Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
Concert Hall, DR Concert House, Copenhagen, Denmark

Robert Schumann: Three Romances for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 94
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano
University of Georgia, Ramsey Concert Hall, Athens, GA

Anonymous: Jacaras
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA

Antonio Martin y Coll: El Villano
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA

Antonio Martin y Coll: Diferencias sobre las Folias
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA

Juan del Encina: Oy comamos y bebamos
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA

Hour 2

Frederic Chopin: Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"
Louis Lortie, piano
Chopin: The Complete Etudes
Chandos 8482

Gioachino Rossini (arr. Franz Liszt): Excerpts from "Soirees musicales"
Louis Lortie, piano
2016 BBC Proms, Cadogan Hall, London, England

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
2016 BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, England

Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Grand Teton Music Festival Chamber Musicians
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY

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