BBC Proms Season 42 Episode 4

Overview:
From Art Nouveau to Australia

A triptych of exotically coloured music.

The heavily perfumed and sensuous music of Debussy and Scriabin frames the world premiere of a new orchestral work reflecting the harsher colours and history of Australia.

Debussy: La Damoiselle elue (to words by Dante Gabriel Rossetti) with Ann Murray, Elizabeth Laurence, BBC Singers (women's voices).

Michael Finnissy: Red Earth.

Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy.

BBC Symphony Orchestra led by Bela Dekany, conducted by Lothar Zagrosek

Sue Cook makes her debut as a Proms presenter and talks to Michael Finnissy about his new orchestral work, Red Earth:

There is a red-ochre soil the Aboriginals use as a body paint in ritual ceremonies. In homage to them, 'Red Earth' could be described as a ritual chant.

Release Date : 1988-08-05

Genre : Documentary

Duration : 180 menit

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