Prom 34 - Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian [BBC Proms]

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01Part 120090810From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Rob Cowan.

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is conducted by its new principal conductor Kirill Karabits in Stravinsky's Hans Christian Andersen-inspired ballet, The Fairy's Kiss, a work paying tribute to the memory of Tchaikovsky.

Kirill Karabits (conductor)

Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss.

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Kirill Karabits in Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss.

02Part 220090810From the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Rob Cowan presents the conclusion of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's Prom under new principal conductor Kirill Karabits.

With Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, featuring celebrated Lithuanian-born violinist Julian Rachlin, followed by works by Khachaturian, including his colourful Soviet-era ballet Spartacus, which celebrates the Thracian gladiator whose rebel slave army almost defeated the might of Rome.

Julian Rachlin (violin)

Kirill Karabits (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

Khachaturian: Spartacus (excerpts); Hopak (Gayane).

Bournemouth SO in Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto. Khachaturian: Spartacus (excerpts).