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Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto

Alexandre Kantorow plays Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto at the ѿý Proms with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko.

Introduced by Penny Gore, and including another chance to hear French pianist Alexandre Kantorow play Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Vasily Petrenko. The music of Shostakovich also features, with a performance of his Tenth Symphony, and rounding off the programme is Ligeti's Lontano, music that has become a favourite of film directors.

Penny also has further highlights of the closing concert of this year's Queen Elisabeth Competition for solo voices.

Including:

Dukas: Fanfare to precede La Péri
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

Tchaikovsky: Meditation, Op 72 No 5
Alexandre Kantorow, piano

Massenet: Vision fugitive, Hérode's aria from 'Hérodiade'
Taehan Kim, baritone
Symphony Orchestra of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Alejo Pérez, conductor

c. 2:15pm
ѿý Proms (first broadcast live on Tuesday 15th August)
Presented by Martin Handley

Ligeti: Lontano
Beethoven: Piano concerto No 4 in E minor, Op 58
Alexandre Kantorow, piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor

c.3.10pm
Proms Artist choice: Vasily Petrenko

Britten: Storm (4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes)
London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn, conductor

c.3.20pm
ѿý Proms (first broadcast live on Tuesday 15th August)
Presented by Martin Handley

Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E minor, Op 93
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor

c. 4.20pm
Rossini: Cruda sorte, Isabella's aria from 'L'Italiana in Algeri'
Floriane Hasler, mezzo soprano
Symphony Orchestra of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Alejo Pérez, conductor

Donizetti: Pronto io son, Norina and Malatesta's duet from 'Don Pasquale'
Julia Muzychenko-Greenhalgh, soprano
Taehan Kim, baritone
Symphony Orchestra of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Alejo Pérez, conductor

R Strauss: Sextet from Capriccio
Gewandhaus Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

3 hours, 1 minute

Music Played

  • Paul Dukas

    Fanfare to La Péri

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • LPO.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Meditation (Op 72, No 5)

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.
    • À la russe.
    • BIS.
    • 4.
  • Jules Massenet

    Vision fugitive, Hérode's aria from 'Hérodiade'

    Singer: Taehan Kim. Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. Conductor: Alejo Pérez.
  • György Ligeti

    Lontano

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 4 in E minor, Op. 58

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Finale from The Firebird

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Storm (4 Sea interludes from Peter Grimes, No 4)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • EMI.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and Fugue in F minor, Op 87 No 18

    Performer: Keith Jarrett.
    • Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes And Fugues, Op. 87.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 18.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Cruda sorte, Isabella's aria from 'L'Italiana in Algeri'

    Singer: Floriane Hasler. Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. Conductor: Alejo Pérez.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Pronto io son, Norina and Malatesta's duet from 'Don Pasquale'

    Singer: Julia Muzychenko-Greenhalgh. Singer: Taehan Kim. Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. Conductor: Alejo Pérez.
  • Jean‐Féry Rebel

    Fantaisie

    Ensemble: La Petite Bande. Director: Sigiswald Kuijken.
    • Accent.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Lilacs Op.21`5

    Performer: Evgeny Kissin.
    • SONY.
  • Richard Strauss

    Sextet (Capriccio)

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Richard Strauss: Rosenkavalier Waltzes: Gewandhausorchester/Blomstedt.
    • Decca.

Broadcast

  • Thu 31 Aug 2023 14:00