BBC Proms S59E20 - Prom 57: Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for Peace
BBC Proms S59E20 - Prom 57: Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for Peace
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Live from the Royal Albert Hall, dynamic conductor Valery Gergiev leads the World Orchestra for Peace in a concert of opera and fantasy. Founded by the late Georg Solti for the 50th anniversary of the UN in 1995 the ensemble comprises players from leading professional orchestras around the world. Making its second visit to the Proms, to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, the orchestra plays music by Rossini, Debussy, Wagner, Rimsky-Korsakov and the world premiere of a new work by Esa-Pekka Salonen. During the interval presenter Verity Sharp talks to the orchestra's current music director, the lively Mr Gergiev.
Released Sep 13, 1947
Runtime 180min
Genre Documentary
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Production Livewire Pictures