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Swedish Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven and Baroque

BBC Proms 2026

Live at the BBC Proms: Swedish Chamber Orchestra under Martin Fröst with a programme exploring the evolution of dance, from Rameau to Mühlrad, and culminating with Beethoven.

Live at the BBC Proms: Swedish Chamber Orchestra under Martin Fröst with a programme exploring the evolution of dance, from Rameau to Mühlrad, and culminating with Beethoven.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Martin Fröst: Cradle Song
Jacob Mühlrad: Helix(BBC commission: world premiere)
Jean‐Philippe Rameau: Dardanus – Gigue (Act 5) orch. Hans Ek
George Frideric Handel: Dixit Dominus – ‘De torrente in via bibet’ orch. Hans Ek
Shai Wosner: Bulgarian gigue after J. S. Bach, French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 – Gigue; orch. Hans Ek
Jean‐Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes – Les sauvages arr. Shai Wosner, orch. Hans Ek
Göran Fröst & Martin Fröst: Nomadic Dances

c.11.30am
Interval: Sara-Mohr Pietsch talks to Swedish violist Göran Fröst (brother of clarinettist / conductor Martin, and member of the orchestra) about the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and musical life in Sweden.

c.11.50am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major

Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Martin Fröst (conductor/clarinet)

Maverick clarinet virtuoso Martin Fröst – praised for his ‘unsurpassed musicianship’ by The New York Times – explores the evolution of dance in a wide-ranging programme that contrasts the courtly with the rustic and climaxes in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7: dance unleashed as never before. The courtly dances of Rameau and Handel give way to Bach’s contrapuntal invention and folk music’s instinctive pulse, transformed into something provocative and dynamic in works by contemporary Swedish composers Hans Ek and Jacob Mühlrad.

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Music Played

  • Martin Frost

    Cradle Song

    Performer: Martin Frost.

  • Jacob Mühlrad

    Helix

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Dardanus - Tragedie En Musique ; Act 5; Gigue

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Dixit Dominus - Psalm 110 Hwv.232 ; No.7; De Torrente In Via Bibet (Soprano Duet With Chorus)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No. 5 In G Major Bwv.816 ; Gigue

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Indes Galantes - Opera-Ballet ; 4th Entree; Les Sauvages

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.

  • Göran Fröst

    Nomadic Dances

    Performer: Martin Fröst. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Composer: Martin Fröst.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance no.1

    Performer: Martin Frost. Music Arranger: Göran Fröst. Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 In A Major Op.92

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Frost.

  • Hugo Alfvén

    Dance of the Milkmaid

    Performer: Martin Frost. Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.

  • William Walton

    Facade Suite

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones.
    • Lambert: Horoscope – Bliss: Checkmate – Walton: Façade.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6-16.

  • Clemens von Franckenstein

    Saget Mir, Auf Welchem Pfade - 3 Lieder Op.11; No.1

    Performer: Ian Tindale. Singer: Santiago Sánchez.

  • Clemens von Franckenstein

    Is it too much to ask of you - Heisst Es Viel Dich Bitten - 3 Lieder Op.11; No.2;

    Performer: Ian Tindale. Singer: Santiago Sánchez.

  • Clemens von Franckenstein

    Meine Weissen Ara Haben Safrangelbe Kronen - 3 Lieder Op.11; No.3

    Performer: Ian Tindale. Singer: Santiago Sánchez.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday 11:00
    BBC Radio 3