BBC Proms - 2010 - Prom 35 - Ligeti, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius - Part 2

BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Thomas Dausgaard conducts his Danish orchestra and choirs in an expansive, almost cosmic, programme. Three short choral pieces by György Ligeti - including Lux aeterna, heard in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey - take us to ethereal heights, while Ligeti himself recognised the mesmeric, free-floating character of Rued Langgaard's 1918 Music of the Spheres as prefiguring his own style. Tchaikovsky's captivating concerto and Sibelius's Fifth Symphony, overwhelming in its nobly expansive final-movement 'Swan Hymn' climax, complete the evening. Ligeti: Lux aeterna Langgaard: Music of the Spheres (UK premiere) Henning Kraggerud (violin) Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano) Danish National Concert Choir Danish National Vocal Ensemble Danish National Symphony Orchestra Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 16th August at 2pm.