
Prom 30: Borodin, Prokofiev, Cowie, Tchaikovsky
A Prom featuring the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda. Borodin: Prince Igor (excerpts). Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 2. Cowie: Earth Music 1. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2.
with Louise Fryer - a second chance to hear the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic and Gianandrea Noseda heard at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms in Borodin, Edward Cowie and Tchaikovsky and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet joins them for Prokofiev's Piano Concerto no. 2
Presented at the Royal Albert Hall, London by Katie Derham
Borodin: Overture and Polovtsian Dances from 'Prince Igor'
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 2
at c.3pm
Edward Cowie: Earth Music 1: The Great Barrier Reef (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ commission: world premiere)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 in C minor, 'Little Russian'
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Borodin's overture to 'Prince Igor' opens a programme celebrating the 70th birthday of composer Edward Cowie and the close musical relationship between the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic, their Conductor Laureate Gianandrea Noseda and pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Bavouzet plays Prokofiev's brilliant Second Piano Concerto, its original score destroyed in the Russian Revolution and revised by the composer in Paris in 1923. The fragile beauty of the Great Barrier Reef is the subject of Edward Cowie's Earth Music 1, while the 'Little Russian' continues the season's Tchaikovsky symphony cycle.
Plus Igor Levit performs Beethoven's Piano Sonata no.30 in E major. Op.109.
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Music Played
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30
Broadcast
- Tue 6 Aug 2013 14:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3