Prom 29 - Part 1
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch, from the Royal Albert Hall, London. The Royal Philharmonic perform a concert featuring works by Chen Yi and Rachmaninov - with pianist Olga Kern.
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch, from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Leonard Slatkin conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert featuring diverse composers. With Chen Yi's Olympic Fire, commissioned to celebrate the 2008 opening of the Beijing Olympics and to look forward to the London Olympics four years later.
This is followed by a piece by Rachmaninov, performed by pianist Olga Kern, winner of the 2001 Van Cliburn Competition.
Olga Kern (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
Chen Yi: Olympic Fire (蜜芽传媒 commission: world premiere)
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
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- Fri 8 Aug 2008 19:00蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
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