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Prom 09 (part 1): Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra

From the Royal Albert Hall, pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra begin a cycle of Beethoven piano concertos with No 1 in C. Plus Stravinsky's Apollon musagete.

Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra live at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms embark on the Beethoven piano concerto cycle, and Stravinsky's classically inspired ballet Apollon musagète

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 in C major
Stravinsky: Apollon musagète

8.40 Interval

9.00
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 in G major

Mahler Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes piano/director

Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes embarks on his Proms cycle of Beethoven piano concertos, directing the dynamic Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Each concert features a work by Stravinsky (in this case the composer's classically inspired ballet Apollon musagète ('Apollo, Leader of the Muses') - music, the impresario Diaghilev claimed, 'not of this world, but of somewhere above.'

[This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 26th July at 4pm].

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 23 Jul 2015 19:30

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 1 in C major

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Apollon musagete 1947 version

    Conductor: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

Broadcast

  • Thu 23 Jul 2015 19:30

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