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6 Aug 2023, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2023 Prom 30: Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto

Prom 30: Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto
Prom 30: Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto
19:30 Sun 6 Aug 2023 Royal Albert Hall
John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London perform Rachmaninov’s famous Second Piano Concerto with soloist Alim Beisembayev. Bookending the Prom are Lili Boulanger’s tone-poem D’un matin de printemps and Walton’s First Symphony.
John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London perform Rachmaninov’s famous Second Piano Concerto with soloist Alim Beisembayev. Bookending the Prom are Lili Boulanger’s tone-poem D’un matin de printemps and Walton’s First Symphony.

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John Wilson and his orchestral supergroup the Sinfonia of London return to the Proms to perform Rachmaninov’s famous Second Piano Concerto with pianist Alim Beisembayev. The concert opens with Lili Boulanger’s mercurial tone-poem D’un matin de printemps, composed shortly before her tragically early death at the age of only 24. Walton’s First Symphony provides the arresting conclusion: a young man’s musical manifesto, composed between the two World Wars, it’s a white-hot outpouring of personal conflict that resolves (or does it?) into a glowing ceremonial finale.

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Unfortunately, Benjamin Grosvenor has had to withdraw from this Prom. We are grateful to Alim Beisembayev for stepping in as soloist.

Image: John Wilson © Astrid Ackermann