BBC Proms 2018 Prom 22, A London Symphony (320kbps .mp3)
Live at BBC Proms: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Andew Manze perform two 'London' symphonies: by Haydn and Vaughan Williams.
Following on from the Hallé's Paris-inspired programme (Prom 16) comes a corresponding focus on London.
Andrew Manze and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra open with Haydn's lively, assertive final symphony - composed and first performed in London during the composer's second triumphant residency.
First performed in March 1914, Vaughan Williams's A London Symphony evokes the chimes of Westminster, a chilly November in Bloomsbury and the bright lights of the Strand in a city that would soon be scarred by war.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Kate Molleson
01. Haydn - Symphony No. 104 in D major, 'London'
01i. BBC Proms 2018, Prom 22 - general introduction
02. Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2)
02i. Introduction to Vaughan Williams’ London Symphony
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze (conductor)
02. BBC Proms 2018, Prom 22, Interval, Proms Plus
Novelists John Lanchester and Diana Evans discuss depicting contemporary London in their fiction with presenter Rana Mitter.
Broadcast: 31 July 2018, BBC Radio 3
