19:30 Tuesday 29 August 2017
Royal Albert Hall
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)
Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor (revised version, 1941)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No 12 in D minor 'The Year 1917'
Leif Ove Andsnes piano
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko conductor
It would be impossible to mark this year's centenary of the Russian Revolution without a performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 12 - subtitled 'The Year 1917'. Its sweeping, filmic music paints a portrait of Lenin, both as a man and a political force.
Acclaimed Shostakovich interpreter Vasily Petrenko conducts the Oslo Philharmonic in an all-Russian programme also featuring Stravinsky's ever-popular suite from The Firebird and Rachmaninov's mercurial Fourth Piano Concerto (continuing our cycle of the composer's complete piano concertos).
Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, whose Beethoven concerto cycle was a highlight of the 2015 Proms, returns as soloist.
Royal Albert Hall
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)
Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor (revised version, 1941)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No 12 in D minor 'The Year 1917'
Leif Ove Andsnes piano
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko conductor
It would be impossible to mark this year's centenary of the Russian Revolution without a performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 12 - subtitled 'The Year 1917'. Its sweeping, filmic music paints a portrait of Lenin, both as a man and a political force.
Acclaimed Shostakovich interpreter Vasily Petrenko conducts the Oslo Philharmonic in an all-Russian programme also featuring Stravinsky's ever-popular suite from The Firebird and Rachmaninov's mercurial Fourth Piano Concerto (continuing our cycle of the composer's complete piano concertos).
Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, whose Beethoven concerto cycle was a highlight of the 2015 Proms, returns as soloist.
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