BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 18: Widmann, Mozart and Bruckner - Part 1

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Tom Service. The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra returns to the Proms after its successful 2006 debut and is led again by its British-born principal conductor Jonathan Nott. In this compelling Austro-German programme stretching across two and-a-half-centuries, composers acknowledge their debt to older masters. With German composer Jorg Widmann's Con brio, a short orchestral showpiece inspired by Beethoven, followed by the third of Mozart's five violin concertos, featuring award-winning young German soloist Arabella Steinbacher, making her much-awaited Proms debut. Arabella Steinbacher (violin) Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Nott (conductor) Jorg Widmann: Con brio (UK premiere) Mozart: Violin Concerto No 3 in G, K216.