BBC Proms 2017

RADIO 3, 7.30PM

The Proms round off the week with an exotic maritime feel, as the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Gaffigan, perform Rimskykorsakov’s colourful

Scheherazade, based on the

One Thousand and One

Nights and the voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. It’s followed by the Swedish composer Anders Hillborg’s Sirens, inspired by Homer’s

Odyssey, as well as Korngold’s stormy film score for The

Sea Hawk. The sopranos performing are two Swedes, Hannah Holgersson and Ida Falk Winland, to complete the Scandinavian feel.