:00:00. > :00:14.South America is taking centre stage in sport this summer and South
:00:15. > :00:21.America is taking centre stage at the Proms. Yes, the Sao Paulo
:00:22. > :00:22.Symphony Orchestra are bringing the spirit of Brazil to the Royal Albert
:00:23. > :00:56.Hall. Hello and a very warm welcome. I'm
:00:57. > :01:01.thrilled to be back here at the Royal Albert Hall, twice in one
:01:02. > :01:06.week, I must've lucked out. The Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra and
:01:07. > :01:10.conductor Marin Alsop, excellent. Marin Alsop has said as the world
:01:11. > :01:17.focuses on Brazil this summer she cannot wait to show us some of South
:01:18. > :01:25.Americafinest musicians. We will have some fantastic music to
:01:26. > :01:36.showcase that. I just adore this piece, it's been performed tonight
:01:37. > :01:40.by Brazilian pianist from Venezuela. Tonight we're kicking off
:01:41. > :01:48.proceedings with a piece composed in 2000 and four by one of Brazil's
:01:49. > :01:54.finest living composers. What a way to kick things off, the energy of
:01:55. > :01:57.this piece is immense, inspired by an ancient Jewish condition
:01:58. > :02:01.interpreting the Bible, more mystical than religious. And is a
:02:02. > :02:04.route and interesting when reflecting that in the music,
:02:05. > :02:09.especially with the mysticism placed on the number three, which becomes a
:02:10. > :02:12.guiding principle of the peace. He writes in triple meter rhythm with
:02:13. > :02:19.the main pieces of it being emphasised by Carol Bell 's, so
:02:20. > :02:25.listen out for that. Here is conductor, Marin Alsop. -- cowbells.
:02:26. > :11:42.To lead the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra.
:11:43. > :12:07.Marin Alsop conducting the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, and the
:12:08. > :12:17.Brazilian composer Marcus Nogueira. What did you make of that? -- Marlos
:12:18. > :12:21.Nobre. I can see how he takes elements and moves the whole
:12:22. > :12:28.momentum of life forward. It is a very wonderful piece, exciting,
:12:29. > :12:33.dramatic. Such a sense of Stravinsky through that as well. Coming up next
:12:34. > :12:45.Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra will be performing one the most popular
:12:46. > :12:48.pieces in the world, with soloist Gabriela Gabriela Montero.
:12:49. > :12:54.One of your favourites? Yes, emotions are huge, like a huge tidal
:12:55. > :12:57.wave. He was not that comfortable writing in large forms like this, he
:12:58. > :13:01.tended to write shorter pieces. In some ways it is incredible to have
:13:02. > :13:07.been written at all, but I guess if you're going to right one big one,
:13:08. > :13:10.this is it. I caught up with Gabriela Montero and asked her when
:13:11. > :13:15.her relationship with this piece began. I started learning it when I
:13:16. > :13:19.was about ten years old. Played it for the first time in public when I
:13:20. > :13:35.was about 11. I remember taking it very seriously.
:13:36. > :13:42.How does your relationship changed to a piece you have played so often
:13:43. > :13:47.since childhood? It's that wonderful aspect of getting to know the piece
:13:48. > :13:51.again, reinventing it, even if it's in your own language, and just
:13:52. > :13:56.somehow saying hello to it again in a different wide. Tell me about
:13:57. > :14:00.working with Marin Alsop and the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra? She is the
:14:01. > :14:05.ultimate professional, a wonderful artist and someone who has really
:14:06. > :14:09.made an incredible improvement in the classical music world. It's just
:14:10. > :14:15.really a pleasure to work with her again and be here with her. And the
:14:16. > :14:20.Sao Paulo Orchestra, the resilience they have, this incredible energy
:14:21. > :14:29.and this incredible vitality. It is a wonderful combination. I feel very
:14:30. > :14:33.close, because I'm there with a different country, but we're all in
:14:34. > :14:36.the same kind of melting pot. You studied at London at the Royal
:14:37. > :14:42.Academy of music on how good is it to be back and make your Proms
:14:43. > :14:46.debut? It is a very exciting platform. I think the Proms is very
:14:47. > :14:55.special, not just because of the size of it but the different
:14:56. > :14:56.audience, the diversity... It's a fantastically exciting and fun place
:14:57. > :15:13.to be. So the stage is set and here comes
:15:14. > :15:18.pianist Gabriela Montero and Marin Alsop to perform with the Sao Paulo
:15:19. > :46:51.Symphony Orchestra. The concerto in a minor.
:46:52. > :47:30.Gabriela Montero. What a fantastic performance of Grieg's Piano
:47:31. > :47:42.Concerto. She brought so much musicality. Both of them. Marion
:47:43. > :47:52.Allsop handling the orchestra, Gabriela Montero handling the piano.
:47:53. > :48:03.Tremendous. Here she is, Latin America and bringing fire to this.
:48:04. > :48:14.In Edvard Grieg's time, gave a performance of this piece and then
:48:15. > :48:19.he said, I didn't think my music that sounds so beautiful. He will be
:48:20. > :48:27.smiling down on her. How beautiful, I have heard that so many times. I
:48:28. > :48:33.have never felt that. The Proms audience wants her back. This is her
:48:34. > :48:38.Proms debut. She told me how thrilled she was to be back in
:48:39. > :48:43.London, she loves this city and she studied here. It looks like the
:48:44. > :48:56.Proms love her. She is coming out again. Taking a bow. Well deserved.
:48:57. > :49:02.Looks like we will get an encore. Good evening, it is such a pleasure
:49:03. > :49:08.to be in this exciting, energetic space with this orchestra from Sao
:49:09. > :49:11.Paulo and Marian Allsop. A dream team, really. What I would like to
:49:12. > :49:17.do now... APPLAUSE
:49:18. > :49:22.What I would love to do is improvise, which is something I have
:49:23. > :49:28.done all my life. It happens in the moment. It doesn't happen again, it
:49:29. > :49:33.is just now. I need your cooperation, I need one of you to
:49:34. > :49:39.sing me a well-known Schuhen. I will play it a few times and I will go
:49:40. > :49:45.off into the musical unknown. Sing me something, it can be British,
:49:46. > :49:49.anything at all. Yes? Maybe something typical of this moment.
:49:50. > :54:13.You be shy! Somebody suggested... Absolutely magnificent. Gabriela
:54:14. > :54:26.Montero, was Land Of Hope And Glory and then some Ragtime. She mixed so
:54:27. > :54:32.many unusual styles in the moment. You never see a classical artist
:54:33. > :54:38.doing that. I loved that. I think the theme of tonight is all about
:54:39. > :54:44.breaking down those barriers. What is classical, jazz, Latin and
:54:45. > :54:52.European. It is music. Here she comes again. Will she do another
:54:53. > :54:59.one? She has put on a fabulous pair of earrings in the colours of the
:55:00. > :55:04.Venezuelan flag. In May 2015 she was honoured in recognition of her
:55:05. > :55:08.sustained efforts to advocate for human rights in Venezuela, her home
:55:09. > :55:22.country where she hasn't been able to return for six years. Still to
:55:23. > :55:28.come this evening, music by the Brazilian legend, Heitor
:55:29. > :55:33.Villa-Lobos. Marian Allsop is not only music director of the Sao
:55:34. > :55:37.Paulo, but the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. It is a city a lot of
:55:38. > :55:48.people will feel they know from the TV series you starred in, At The
:55:49. > :55:56.Wire. Baltimore was my home while we were shooting that show. I love it.
:55:57. > :56:01.Marian Allsop said she used to binge watch the box set. If you want a
:56:02. > :56:05.crash course on how to negotiate that city, watch the box set. She
:56:06. > :56:11.believes in something passionately, which is music has the power to
:56:12. > :56:16.change lives. I couldn't agree more. It was something she put into
:56:17. > :56:21.practice in Baltimore in an initiative called orchids. I asked
:56:22. > :56:27.her what changing music looks and sounds like in Sao Paulo? It is a
:56:28. > :56:33.different city, over 20 million people. As you can imagine, to try
:56:34. > :56:36.to reach a lot of young people is a challenge. But the orchestra
:56:37. > :56:41.performs for over 100,000 young people every year. More specifically
:56:42. > :56:46.we have an academy where we train young brilliant musicians. Over ten
:56:47. > :56:51.years we have had 105 young musicians and 99 of them are
:56:52. > :56:56.employed in orchestras. Can you imagine? The other six are studying
:56:57. > :57:00.abroad. We are trying to make a difference. Your conviction that
:57:01. > :57:03.music can change lives is alive and well. You have worked with some of
:57:04. > :57:12.the finest orchestras all over the world, what makes the Sao Paulo said
:57:13. > :57:18.so unique? They are not a afraid to make music, be emotional, be
:57:19. > :57:23.passionate and show, really appeals to me. I like orchestras that move,
:57:24. > :57:28.that are engaged. Everyone will hear and see from the Brazilian
:57:29. > :57:36.musicians, everyone is giving 120%. Not just 100%, but more. You are
:57:37. > :57:42.there until 2019, what plans are for the future? We have worked on some
:57:43. > :57:49.fundamentals, but some pretty high ideals, in terms of colour, palate
:57:50. > :57:54.and emotional range, dynamic range. We want to keep doing that. The
:57:55. > :57:59.greatest gift is we can represent a country that is underrepresented in
:58:00. > :58:04.terms of sophistication and maturity and quality of art. Brazil is just
:58:05. > :58:10.so rich in terms of all these things, but especially music. Is
:58:11. > :58:14.that why you have featured two Brazilian composers on the programme
:58:15. > :58:19.tonight? I love these Brazilian composers. I didn't know much
:58:20. > :58:25.Brazilian music at all before I went there, which is a treasure chest I
:58:26. > :58:31.want to share with everyone. How is it performing at the Proms? It is
:58:32. > :58:39.the biggest stage in the world. The musicians are so excited to be here
:58:40. > :58:42.again. They know the hall a little bit better and they are excited
:58:43. > :58:47.about the public. Bringing Brazilian music feels like sharing their
:58:48. > :58:54.hearts with the public and I think everyone will like it. There she is,
:58:55. > :59:01.such an inspiring lady. I love talking to Marin, I love watching as
:59:02. > :59:10.well, the way she moves. Coming up is the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra
:59:11. > :59:20.bringing symphonic dances. This was the last piece he wrote. He said, it
:59:21. > :59:25.must have been my last spark. Originally he called the piece the
:59:26. > :59:29.fantastic dances, but the dances became symphonic. He wrote, it
:59:30. > :59:34.should have been called just dances, but I was afraid people would think
:59:35. > :59:38.I had written music for a jazz Orchestra. Not that would have been
:59:39. > :59:45.a bad thing and they do sound fantastic. Before we get to the
:59:46. > :59:51.Sergei Rachmaninov, there is classical composer of yours, Hayter
:59:52. > :59:58.Villalobos, favourite of yours? He was my introduction to classical
:59:59. > :00:02.music. It is the bomb. He put Brazilian classical music on the
:00:03. > :00:06.map. Bit of a game changer, a rebel and he took up the guitar when
:00:07. > :00:12.polite society disapproved of it and mix with Street musicians around Rio
:00:13. > :00:17.and Brazil, amassing himself. That makes sense now, as I love his
:00:18. > :00:22.guitar music. It is rebellious and full of romance. He was well versed
:00:23. > :00:28.in European classical music and like most musicians, he was obsessed with
:00:29. > :00:35.the music of Johann Sebastien Bassong. He wrote nine pieces, which
:00:36. > :00:40.he described as a whole Marge Judi James of him. We will listen to the
:00:41. > :00:42.fourth suite written for the strings. It has a distinctly
:00:43. > :00:59.Brazilian flavour. Conductor Marin Alsop. The Sao Paulo
:01:00. > :01:08.Symphony Orchestra. Leader, Emmanuelle Val Deeney. Performing
:01:09. > :05:14.Bachianas brasileiras No. Four - Prelude.
:05:15. > :38:46.Marin Alsop and the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra in the Symphonic
:38:47. > :38:55.Dances by Rachmaninov. What a fantastic way to bring this prom to
:38:56. > :39:06.a close. Absolutely beautiful. I loved the way Marin Alsop talks
:39:07. > :39:12.earlier about how the way it has the power to move, you can see it and
:39:13. > :39:20.feel it. Embracing the music, the rhythm, the vibration of it. Not
:39:21. > :39:27.only are their bones in sync, their bodies are also moving as one. What
:39:28. > :39:35.a terrific show they have put on. Marin Alsop as such drive in this
:39:36. > :39:40.Orchestra, as well. She said to me how much she wants people to
:39:41. > :39:44.recognise the quality of their musicians, these are world-class
:39:45. > :39:51.players. You can see the pride in her face as she brings the soloists
:39:52. > :39:56.in each section to their feet. They respect her as well, they are right
:39:57. > :40:03.along with her, they are one. Look at that.
:40:04. > :40:11.I think she just blew a kiss to the Proms audience, she loves it here
:40:12. > :40:17.and they love her. The performers treat Marin Alsop as one of their
:40:18. > :40:23.own. The first-ever woman to conduct the Last Night of the Proms in 2013.
:40:24. > :40:28.Then she came back again in 2015 for the last night, she will be here
:40:29. > :40:30.with one more from this season. What a fantastic show she has put on for
:40:31. > :40:40.us this evening. Are we going to get more? She's
:40:41. > :40:43.coming back, here she is, here she is. The Sao Paulo Symphony
:40:44. > :44:04.Orchestra. Heitor Villa-Lobos, performed by
:44:05. > :44:09.Marin Alsop and the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra. A much deserved
:44:10. > :44:17.Concord tonight. That deserved romance I was talking about. I am a
:44:18. > :44:19.sucker for romance. She talks about the emotions these players bring to
:44:20. > :44:23.music and I think that is something we have really heard tonight. Their
:44:24. > :44:29.hearts are on their sleeve, they are not ashamed to be romantic and
:44:30. > :44:35.generous. Yes, and you can see that when they are playing of a dance
:44:36. > :44:40.with it. They close their eyes, the eyebrows get turned down at the
:44:41. > :44:43.corners, they get all soppy. I think we might get another encore.
:44:44. > :48:16.Brilliant. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
:48:17. > :48:23.Sensational music. Before that, Marilyn Alsop and the Sao Paulo
:48:24. > :48:33.Symphony Orchestra with a second encore. She grew up with the love of
:48:34. > :48:40.music and is not ashamed to put classical music together with jazz
:48:41. > :48:47.and all sorts of music phones. You were dancing away. I couldn't help
:48:48. > :48:59.it, she just does it to you like that. I think The Royal Albert Hall
:49:00. > :49:06.were dancing. That is it for this prom, what an evening it has been so
:49:07. > :49:10.far. I say so far because the Sao Paulo sizzle continues at midnight.
:49:11. > :49:21.Press the Red Button, go to the iPlayer and get on the website to
:49:22. > :49:24.see Proms 52 when there will be a celebration Brazilian popular music
:49:25. > :49:33.from the last 100 years. We will definitely be sticking around to
:49:34. > :49:41.watch that. But now, goodbye. APPLAUSE