BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 24: Foskett, Beethoven, Berlioz - Part 1

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Penny Gore. Susanna Malkki conducts a Prom featuring a new work, From Trumpet, by young Paris-based British composer Ben Foskett. It precedes Beethoven's Fourth Symphony in which, after the great leap forward of the Eroica, the composer took a last look back at the more serene, Classical style of Haydn. Simon Preston (organ) Jorg Schneider (tenor) Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral Trinity Boys Choir BBC Symphony Chorus The Bach Choir Crouch End Festival Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Susanna Malkki (conductor) Ben Foskett: From Trumpet (BBC commission; world premiere) Beethoven: Symphony No 4 in B flat.