Prom 10: Debussy / Ravel / Falla

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Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom

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Programme

Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)	Images, for orchestra: Gigues
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Rapsodie espagnole
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)	Images, for orchestra: Rondes de printemps
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso
Falla, Manuel de (1876-1946)	Noches en los jardines de España (Nights in the Gardens of Spain)
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)	Images, for orchestra: Ibéria

Performers

Steven Osborne	Piano
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Juanjo Mena	Conductor

Basque-born Juanjo Mena, recently named Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, makes his Proms debut with this dazzling Franco-Spanish evening. Debussy’s three orchestral Images are interspersed with evocations of an idealised South filled with the rhythms of Gypsy dancing and the scent of jasmine. The brilliant showpieces of Ravel are complemented by Falla’s Impressionistic Andalusian concerto, in which the orchestra is joined by pianist Steven Osborne.

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Prom 10: Postcards from Spain

Frances Wilson, 23rd July

Prom 10 was a heady mix of Franco-Spanish music, from Debussy’s evocative Images for orchestra to Manual de Falla’s exotic Nights in the Gardens of Spain, all under the baton, appropriately, of Basque-born conductor Juanjo Mena, who takes over as Chief Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in September.

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