BBC Proms: Season 2018, Episode 10

2018 - 10: Beethoven, Brahms and Tansy Davies

The BBC Philharmonic led by principal guest conductor Ben Gernon performs the music of Beethoven, Brahms and contemporary composer Tansy Davies. Proms regular Paul Lewis returns for Beethoven's evergreen final piano concerto, the Emperor, having played the complete cycle of five concertos in the 2010 season. And Beethoven's influence is strong in Brahms's sunny, pastoral Second Symphony that follows. Opening the evening in contemplative mode, the world premiere of Tansy Davies's orchestral suite What Did We See? reframes material from her acclaimed opera Between Worlds. Inspired by the events of 9/11 and the ordinary people caught up in it, this is a work of both remembrance and healing.