BBC Proms Season 2022 Episode 11 - Elgar's Cello Concerto

Airdate: 2022-Aug-14

Episode summary:

Eva Ollikainen conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a Prom featuring three composers and three unique responses to the landscapes surrounding them.Elgar's much-loved cello concerto, rising from the autumnal woodlands of Sussex and performed by soloist Kian Soltani sits alongside Sibelius's mighty Second Symphony – a musical national awakening in the composer's homeland of Finland.A world premiere opens the concert, a brand new commission from Anna Thorvaldsdottir titled, its craggy, elemental soundscape reminiscent of her native Iceland.Presenter Petroc Trelawny is joined by special guests.

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