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BBC Proms - Season 42 Episode 4 Omnibus at the Proms
From Art Nouveau to Australia A triptych of exotically coloured music. The heavily perfumed and sensuous music of Debussy and Scriabin frames the world premiere of a new orchestral work reflecting the harsher colours and history of Australia. Debussy: La Damoiselle elue (to words by Dante Gabriel Rossetti) with Ann Murray, Elizabeth Laurence, BBC Singers (women's voices). Michael Finnissy: Red Earth. Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy. BBC Symphony Orchestra led by Bela Dekany, conducted by Lothar Zagrosek Sue Cook makes her debut as a Proms presenter and talks to Michael Finnissy about his new orchestral work, Red Earth: There is a red-ochre soil the Aboriginals use as a body paint in ritual ceremonies. In homage to them, 'Red Earth' could be described as a ritual chant.
- Year: 2025
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: BBC One, CBBC, BBC Four, CBeebies, BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Television
- Keyword: classical music, concert film
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