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The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Symphony Orchestra with conductor Sakari Oramo in Nielsen, Mozart, Sibelius and Walton launch this year's Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Proms.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Nielsen: Overture to Maskarade
Gary Carpenter: Dadaville (Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ commission: world premiere)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K466

8.30pm Interval

8.50pm
Sibelius: Belshazzar's Feast suite
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast

Lars Vogt (piano)
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Singers
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ National Chorus of Wales
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Symphony Chorus
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Lars Vogt, Christopher Maltman, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo launch this year's Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Proms.
Two Nordic anniversaries launch this year's Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Proms: Denmark's Carl Nielsen and Finland's Jean Sibelius both celebrate their 150th-birthday years.
Two exotic musical retellings of the story of the Babylonian king Belshazzar include the first of this summer's feast of choral works.
Celebrated German pianist Lars Vogt is soloist in the first of six late great Mozart piano concertos, and British composer Gary Carpenter spearheads the 32 premieres this season - a musical taste of things to come.