19:00 Wednesday 24 Aug 2016 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall
Marlos Nobre: Kabbalah (UK premiere)
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No 4 – Prelude
Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
Gabriela Montero piano
São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conductor
This year's Proms focus on Latin America in the year when the Olympic Games go to Rio de Janeiro heats up with a visit from the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, under its chief conductor Marin Alsop. Their concert is bookended by infectious, furious dances from Marlos Nobre and Rachmaninov. In between comes music from the doyen of South American composers, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and a performance of Grieg's Piano Concerto for which the orchestra is joined by Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero.
Royal Albert Hall
Marlos Nobre: Kabbalah (UK premiere)
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No 4 – Prelude
Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
Gabriela Montero piano
São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conductor
This year's Proms focus on Latin America in the year when the Olympic Games go to Rio de Janeiro heats up with a visit from the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, under its chief conductor Marin Alsop. Their concert is bookended by infectious, furious dances from Marlos Nobre and Rachmaninov. In between comes music from the doyen of South American composers, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and a performance of Grieg's Piano Concerto for which the orchestra is joined by Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero.
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