BBC Proms 2016 First Night of the Proms Part 2: Prokofiev, Alexander Nevsky

Katie Derham presents the second half of the opening of the 2016 BBC Proms season from the Royal Albert Hall. Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the BBC National Chorus of Wales and mezzosoprano soloist Olga Borodina in a performance of Prokofiev s celebrated cantata Alexander Nevsky. Created from the soundtrack Prokofiev originally composed for Sergey Eisenstein s landmark film, the music is dramatic and evocative, including the famous musical depiction of Battle on the Ice.