{"id":47055,"date":"2024-09-03T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ee3ce01c-7867-469a-87f1-2039ea0a66f4"},"modified":"2024-09-03T10:07:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T08:07:16","slug":"tonight-at-the-bbc-proms-klaus-makela-conducts-a-tale-of-infatuation-and-self-destruction","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/tonight-at-the-bbc-proms-klaus-makela-conducts-a-tale-of-infatuation-and-self-destruction\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonight at the BBC Proms: Klaus M\u00e4kel\u00e4 conducts a tale of infatuation and self-destruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 03 September 2024 at 07:00 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Time again for your daily\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/bbc-proms\/\">BBC Proms<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0preview from <em>BBC Music Magazine<\/em>. Below you&#8217;ll find information on Prom 58, which takes place at London&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/who-designed-and-built-the-royal-albert-hall\">Royal Albert Hall<\/a><\/strong> at 7.30pm (BST) on Tuesday 3rd September.\u00a0It features conductor-of-the-moment <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/who-is-klaus-makela-a-guide-to-the-finnish-conductor\">Klaus M\u00e4kel\u00e4<\/a><\/strong> and the Orchestre de Paris, for which M\u00e4kel\u00e4 has <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/news\/finnish-conductor-klaus-makela-to-join-orchestra-de-paris-as-music-director\">served as music director<\/a><\/strong> since 2022. <\/p><p>Make sure you keep coming back to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/\">www.classical-music.com<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0all the way through to the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/bbc-proms\/last-night-of-the-proms-all-you-need-to-know\">Last Night of the Proms<\/a><\/strong>, which takes place this year on Saturday 14 September. Every day, we&#8217;ll have an informative guide to that evening&#8217;s Prom. And, if you want to see the whole lot of concerts in one place (which includes\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/what-is-chamber-music\">chamber music<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0concerts and weekend festivals in cities across the UK), visit our packed\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/bbc-proms\/2024-bbc-proms-listings\">2024 BBC Proms guide<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s on at the BBC Proms today?<\/h2><p>We begin with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/claude-debussy\">Claude Debussy<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s sultry, impressionistic orchestral masterpiece <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/debussy-prelude-lapres-midi-faune\">Pr\u00e9lude \u00e0 l\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi d\u2019un faune<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, a work that tore up the orchestral rule book. With its apparent lack of structure and almost improvisatory feel, the late 19th-century work deserves the epithet given by one famous fellow French composer&#8230; \u2018Modern music was awakened by\u00a0<em>L\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi d\u2019un faune<\/em>\u2019.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Debussy: Pr\u00e9lude \u00e0\u00a0 l'apr\u00e9s-midi d'un Faune | Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Roth &amp; London Symphony Orchestra\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jlLoXvamfZw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The London Symphony Orchestra performs Debussy&#8217;s <em>Pr\u00e9lude \u00e0 l&#8217;apr\u00e8s-midi d&#8217;un Faune<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Next up is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/igor-stravinsky\">Igor Stravinsky<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s tuneful and mischievous puppet-show ballet,\u00a0<em>Petrushka<\/em>. This is one of the most thrilling scores ever to have come out of Paris. It&#8217;s also one of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/stravinskys-ballets-a-guide-to-all-his-masterpieces\">Stravinsky ballets you need to hear<\/a><\/strong>. Composed in 1911, Stravinsky\u2019s music for\u00a0<em>Petrushka<\/em>\u00a0still sounds amazingly fresh and vibrant, even after more than a century. <\/p><p>After the interval comes <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/hector-berlioz\">Hector Berlioz<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/love-story-behind-berliozs-symphonie-fantastique\">Symphonie fantastique<\/a><\/strong><\/em> &#8211; a work particularly familiar to the Orchestre de Paris. The orchestra performed the work at its very first concert in 1967 and has done so at each of its significant milestones ever since.\u00a0Berlioz&#8217;s infatuation with actress Harriet Smithson led him to compose his <em>Symphonie fantastique<\/em> \u2013\u00a0only to be distracted by another woman!<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique - Christoph Eschenbach\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OHEO4Sjkd7Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Orchestre de Paris performs Berlioz&#8217;s <em>Symphonie fantastique<\/em> conducted by Christoph Eschenbach<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is performing at the BBC Proms today?<\/h2><p>Today&#8217;s Prom is performed by the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/philharmoniedeparis.fr\/en\/institution\/orchestre-de-paris\">Orchestre de Paris<\/a><\/strong>, France&#8217;s most illustrious orchestra. Leading the ensemble is its music director, Klaus M\u00e4kel\u00e4. The young Finnish conductor is one of classical music&#8217;s busiest maestros. Alongside his role at Orchestre de Paris, he is also chief conductor of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/news\/oslo-philharmonic-announces-its-new-chief-conductor\">Oslo Philharmonic<\/a><\/strong>. And in 2027 he will become chief conductor of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/klaus-makela-to-become-concertgebouws-next-chief-conductor\">Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra<\/a><\/strong> and music director of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/news\/klaus-makela-named-chicago-symphony-orchestra-music-director\">Chicago Symphony<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How much are tickets to the BBC Proms today?<\/h2><p>Tickets to Prom 58 are priced between \u00a315 and \u00a364. <\/p><p>You also have the option of joining the legendary\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/bbc-proms\/prommer-guide\">Prommers<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for the day, and queuing outside the Royal Albert Hall for the chance of an \u00a38 ticket.<\/p><p\/> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Tuesday, 03 September 2024 at 07:00 AM Time again for your daily\u00a0BBC Proms\u00a0preview from BBC Music Magazine. 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