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Prom 55 (part 1): Lutoslawski, Shostakovich & Panufnik

A Prom in which Antoni Wit conducts the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra. Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2 in F (soloist: Alexander Melnikov).

Antoni Wit and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra play Lutoslawski and Panufnik, with Alexander Melnikov in Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major

8.30pm Interval

8.50pm
Panufnik: Tragic Overture
Panufnik: Lullaby
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 in B minor

Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit (conductor)

Antoni Wit and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra make their Proms debuts as the festival continues its focus on Polish music during Lutoslawski's centenary year.
Written for the Warsaw Philharmonic in 1954, Lutoslawski's virtuosic folk-inflected Concerto for Orchestra creates a unique sound-world.
Lauded for his recording of Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues, pianist Alexander Melnikov is the soloist in the composer's buoyant Piano Concerto No. 2.
Andrzej Panufnik's Tragic Overture and Lullaby and Shostakovich's Sixth Symphony paint a vivid picture of two nations in parallel periods of anxiety.

An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Friday 30th August at 2pm.

1 hour

Last on

Fri 23 Aug 2013 19:30

Music Played

  • Witold LutosΕ‚awski

    Concerto for orchestra

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Concerto no. 2 in F major Op.102 for piano and orchestra

Broadcast

  • Fri 23 Aug 2013 19:30

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