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Prom 14: Elgar¡¯s ¡®Enigma¡¯ Variations

Live at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms: the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra & conductor Elim Chan perform Elgar, Noriko Koide, and, with pianist Jan Lisiecki, Beethoven's sparkling Piano Concerto No.3.

Live at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms: the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra & conductor Elim Chan perform Elgar, Noriko Koide, and, with pianist Jan Lisiecki, Beethoven's sparkling Piano Concerto No.3.

Presented by Ian Skelly, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Noriko Koide: Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ commission: European premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Edward Elgar: ¡®Enigma¡¯ Variations

Jan Lisiecki (piano)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Elim Chan (conductor)

¡®The Enigma I will not explain ¨C its ¡°dark saying¡± must be left unguessed ¡­¡¯ So wrote Edward Elgar of his career-making ¡®Enigma¡¯ Variations. What¡¯s not in question, however, is the tender playfulness of orchestral variations inspired by the composer¡¯s friends and family, including the noble, much-loved ¡®Nimrod¡¯. Pianist Jan Lisiecki joins Elim Chan and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO for Beethoven¡¯s Piano Concerto No. 3 ¨C a Romantic tussle between conflict and lyricism. The concert opens with the European premiere of Noriko Koide¡¯s silkworm-inspired Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain, commissioned for last year¡¯s ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Japan.

2 hours, 14 minutes

Music Played

  • С³öÖÉ×Ó

    Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 3

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.
  • Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Chopin

    Nocturne Op 9 No 2 In E flat Major

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.
  • Billy Joel

    Suite for piano, Op 8, 'Star-crossed'

    Performer: Richard Hyung©\ki Joo.
    • Billy Joel: Op. 1-10, Fantasies & Delusions for solo piano: Richard Joo.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C sharp minor 'Moonlight', Op.27`2

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata and other Piano Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Tue 25 Jul 2023 19:00

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