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Rachmaninov鈥檚 Second Piano Concerto

蜜芽传媒 Proms 2025

Live at the 蜜芽传媒 Proms: The 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales and Tadaaki Otaka are joined by Vadym Kholodenko to perform Rachmaninov鈥檚 Second Piano Concerto.

Live at the 蜜芽传媒 Proms: The 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales and Tadaaki Otaka are joined by Vadym Kholodenko to perform Rachmaninov鈥檚 Second Piano Concerto.

Presented by Hannah French, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Gra偶yna Bacewicz: Concerto for String Orchestra
Sergey Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor

c.8.20pm
Interval
Composer Roxanna Panufnik joins Hannah to put Lutos艂awsk's Concerto for Orchestra into context

c.8.40pm
Witold Lutos艂awski: Concerto for Orchestra

Vadym Kholodenko, piano
The 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka, conductor

A Romantic classic meets two 20th-century masterworks in a concert of widescreen orchestral drama. From its thunderous opening chords to its heartbreaking slow movement, Rachmaninov鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 2 is an emotional tour de force. Vadym Kholodenko joins the 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales and Conductor Laureate Tadaaki Otaka. Framing the concerto are two orchestral showpieces: Bacewicz鈥檚 vibrant Concerto for String Orchestra 鈥� whose motoric outer movements contrast with a sublime Andante 鈥� and the daring invention of Lutos艂awski鈥檚 folk-inspired Concerto for Orchestra.

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Wed 30 Jul 2025 19:30
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gra偶yna Bacewicz

    Concerto for String Orchestra

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Concerto No. 2 In C Minor Op.18

    Performer: Vadym Kholodenko. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Polka Of V. R. In A Flat Major

    Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.

  • Witold Lutos艂awski

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    O Mother of God (Arr. for Tenor & Bass Choir)

    Conductor: Vladimir Gorbik. Conductor: Vladimir Gorbik. Choir: PaTRAM Institute Male Choir. Choir: PaTRAM Institute Male Choir.
    • More Honourable Than the Cherubim.
    • Chandos.
    • 601.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Rondo in C major, Op 73

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 11.

Broadcast

  • Wed 30 Jul 2025 19:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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