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Proms 2024
18 Aug 2023, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2023 Prom 44: Stravinsky’s The Firebird

Prom 44: Stravinsky’s The Firebird
Prom 44: Stravinsky’s The Firebird
19:30 Fri 18 Aug 2023 Royal Albert Hall
New Zealand-born conductor Gemma New makes her Proms debut leading the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Stravinsky’s The Firebird, Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and the European premiere of Samy Moussa’s Symphony No. 2.
New Zealand-born conductor Gemma New makes her Proms debut leading the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Stravinsky’s The Firebird, Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and the European premiere of Samy Moussa’s Symphony No. 2.

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New Zealand-born conductor Gemma New makes her Proms debut with a colourful programme of 20th- and 21st-century orchestral masterworks. The graceful charm of Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 – a birthday gift for the composer’s talented teenage son – meets the dazzling dances and acerbic brilliance of Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird. We move into the present with the European premiere of Canadian composer Samy Moussa’s Symphony No. 2. Prize-winning pianist Pavel Kolesnikov joins the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Image: Gemma New © Roy Cox