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Prom 32 (part 2): Lutoslawski & Holst

Edward Gardner conducts the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra and the women's voices of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Chorus in Holst's visionary suite, The Planets.

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra and Edward Gardner perform music by Holst, including The Planets, live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms. Louis Lortie is the soloist in Lutoslawski's Piano Concerto.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Suzy Klein

Lutoslawski: Symphonic Variations
Holst: Egdon Heath
Lutoslawski: Piano Concerto

8.35m Interval

8.55pm
Holst: The Planets

Louis Lortie (piano)
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Chorus (women's voices)
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)

Leading champion of Lutoslawski's music and Music Director of English National Opera, Edward Gardner conducts the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra in a programme contrasting one each of the Polish composer's earliest and latest works with music by the British composer Gustav Holst.

Completed shortly before the occupation of Poland, Lutoslawski's Symphonic Variations is juxtaposed with Holst's rarely heard tribute to Thomas Hardy, Egdon Heath. Louis Lortie is the soloist in Lutoslawski's monumental 1988 Piano Concerto in a concert that closes with Holst's extraordinarily visionary suite, The Planets.

An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Friday 9th August at 2pm.

1 hour, 15 minutes

Last on

Wed 7 Aug 2013 20:55

Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets

Broadcast

  • Wed 7 Aug 2013 20:55

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