{"id":47116,"date":"2024-09-08T13:51:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T11:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aec83e49-ab3b-4f3f-9667-b6eeee8fdafe"},"modified":"2024-09-08T14:07:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T12:07:14","slug":"bbc-proms-today-one-of-classical-musics-most-intense-emotional-experiences","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/bbc-proms-today-one-of-classical-musics-most-intense-emotional-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Proms today: one of classical music’s most intense emotional experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Sunday, 08 September 2024 at 11:51 AM<\/p>

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Welcome to your daily 2024\u00a0BBC Proms<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0preview from BBC Music Magazine<\/em>. Today’s Prom 66 introduces a captivating soundworld, where the great Romantic composer Tchaikovsky<\/a><\/strong> meets the jazz legend Duke Ellington.<\/p>

Keep coming back to\u00a0www.classical-music.com<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0every day during the 2024 Proms (which finishes, with the usual bang, this Saturday 14 September and the\u00a0Last Night of the Proms<\/a><\/strong>). Each day we’ll be previewing that evening’s Prom concert, running our eye across repertoire, performers and more. And, if you want an overview of all the Proms taking place this year, just head to our all-inclusive\u00a02024 BBC Proms guide<\/a><\/strong>, which lists all the Proms taking place both in London and at cities around the UK including Aberdeen, Belfast, Bristol, Gateshead, Newport and Nottingham.<\/p>

What’s on at the BBC Proms today?<\/h2>
We begin Prom 66 with a rather special version of Tchaikovsky’s much-loved\u00a0The Nutcracker Suite<\/a><\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0arranged as a jazz suite in 1960 by Billy Strayhorn and the legendary jazz pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington. With tracks such as ‘Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)’ and ‘Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)’, it’s very much a jazzed-up take on this best loved of all ballets, turning waltz into swing and Sugar Plum into heady rum.<\/p>
We named Duke Ellington one of the best jazz band leaders of all time<\/a>. He also features in our A-Z of American music<\/a><\/strong><\/li>
And Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite is one of the very best pieces for introducing children to classical music<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>
<\/div><\/figure>Next up is Callaloo\u00a0\u2013 Caribbean Suite for piano and orchestra<\/strong><\/em>, composed and performed by Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear<\/strong>. Interesting fact about Stewart: he’s perhaps best known for his remarkable feat of performing all 32 of the piano sonatas by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/ludwig-van-beethoven\">Beethoven<\/a><\/strong> in one day, an achievement he’s managed on five occasions to date.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/recordings\/five-best-recordings-beethovens-sonata-cycles\">Beethoven piano sonatas: the best recordings<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>For tonight’s main piece, the emotional barometer swings firmly towards drama and tragedy as we close with Tchaikovsky’s final, emotionally charged symphonic masterpiece: the\u00a0Symphony No. 6 in B minor, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/tchaikovskys-symphony-no-6-pathetique-brings-his-life-to-a-close\">Path\u00e9tique<\/a><\/strong>\u2019.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tragic themes and deep emotional intensity<\/h2>Tchaikovsky\u2019s Sixth Symphony is both one of his best known, and most emotionally powerful works. Completed in 1893, just a few weeks before the composer’s death, the Path\u00e9tique is often heard as Tchaikovsky\u2019s musical swan song, thanks to its tragic themes and deep emotional intensity. Suggested by Tchaikovsky\u2019s brother Modest, the title Path\u00e9tique<\/em> means something like ‘passionate’ or ’emotional’ although it is often taken to mean ‘tragic’ in the context of this nakedly emotional, often overwhelming symphony.<\/p><ul><li>Tchaikovsky’s Path\u00e9tique<\/em> features in our list of the<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/20-greatest-symphonies-all-time\">20 greatest symphonies of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>Each of the Path\u00e9tique<\/em>‘s four movements has its own particular emotional landscape. Its form takes a departure from traditional symphonic structures – that’s especially true of the final movement, which concludes not with the usual triumphant finale but rather with a slow, inexorable descent into despair. <\/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=\"Tschaikowsky: 6. Sinfonie (\u00bbPath\u00e9tique\u00ab) \u2219 hr-Sinfonieorchester \u2219 Lionel Bringuier\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SVnF3x44rvU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is performing at the BBC Proms today?<\/h2>Tonight’s orchestra is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/chineke-orchestra-what-the-bme-ensemble-is-doing-to-shine-a-light-on-the-lack-of-diversity-in-classical-music\">Chineke!<\/a><\/strong>, Britain\u2019s only orchestra of Black and ethnically diverse musicians. Chineke! performers past and present include bassoonist and BBC Radio 3 presenter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/linton-stephens\">Linton Stephens<\/a><\/strong>, Nigerian-Scottish trumpeter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/who-is-aaron-akugbo\">Aaron Akugbo<\/a><\/strong>, and members of the uniquely musical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/who-are-the-members-of-the-kanneh-mason-family\">Kanneh-Mason<\/a><\/strong> family including cellist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/sheku-kanneh-mason\">Sheku<\/a><\/strong>, pianist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/who-is-isata-kanneh-mason\">Isata<\/a><\/strong> and violinist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/braimah-kanneh-mason\">Braimah<\/a><\/strong>. Conducting Chineke! tonight is Andrew Grams.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When does today’s Prom start?<\/h2>Prom 66 begins at 7.30pm. Tickets are priced from \u00a311 to \u00a354.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Published: Sunday, 08 September 2024 at 11:51 AM Welcome to your daily 2024\u00a0BBC Proms\u00a0preview from BBC Music Magazine. Today’s Prom 66 introduces a captivating soundworld, where the great Romantic composer Tchaikovsky meets the jazz legend Duke Ellington. 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