Plot: From the Royal Albert Hall, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, under their charismatic French-Canadian conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin, bring a programme of ill-fated love to the BBC Proms. Tchaikovsky's fantasy overture Romeo and Juliet is followed by Wagner's Wesendonck Leider, a song cycle inspired by the composer's infatuation with the wife of one of his wealthy patrons
BBC Proms - Season 67 - Proms on Four: Orchestras of the World - Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (Episode 16)
Episode Aired On:
Thursday, August 22 2013
11 years ago
Thursday, August 22 2013
11 years ago