Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen makes her Proms debut in excerpts from Grieg鈥檚 Peer Gynt and Sibelius鈥檚 tone-poem Luonnotar. The sophisticated orchestral textures and sensuous melodies of the latter couldn鈥檛 be further from the rough-hewn folk music of the composer鈥檚 buoyant Karelia Suite.

Linked to his opera about historical events at the time of the Protestant Reformation, Hindemith鈥檚 Mathis der Maler was denounced by the Nazi regime as 鈥榙egenerate鈥�. Alban Gerhardt is the soloist for Schumann鈥檚 Cello Concerto, which rejects overt solo virtuosity in favour of a dialogue between cello and orchestra.

Image: Lise Davidsen 漏 Charlotte Gundersen