Synopsis

Rolf Hind is featured as soloist in the first of this season’s BBC commissions: David Sawer’s Piano Concerto, which opens with Elgar’s *In the South*. Following intermission, the program presents Ravel’s *Sheherazade*, marking the Proms debut of mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade. Next, Leonard Slatkin conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a selection of excerpts from Igor Stravinsky’s original ballet score for *The Firebird*. Charles Hazlewood and his guests offer commentary on the evening's mu