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From the 麻豆约拍 Proms 2021: Sir George Benjamin conducts the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in the premiere of his Concerto for Orchestra and Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Ravel's Piano Concerto.

Presented by Penny Gore, from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Oliver Knussen: The Way to Castle Yonder
Henry Purcell: Three Consorts (1680) transcr. Benjamin; world premiere
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
George Benjamin: Concerto for Orchestra (World Premiere - 麻豆约拍 co-commission with Mahler Chamber Orchestra)

Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard (piano)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Sir George Benjamin (conductor)

When the 20-year-old George Benjamin鈥檚 Ringed by the Flat Horizon was performed at the Proms in 1980, it marked an arrival for a precociously talented young composer. Now established as one of the greats of his generation, he returns to conduct regular collaborators, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, in a concert featuring Ravel鈥檚 jazz-infused Piano Concerto, an operatic 鈥榩ot-pourri鈥� by his friend, the late Oliver Knussen, the world premiere of his own Concerto for Orchestra and his new reworkings of Fantasias by Purcell, the 鈥楨nglish Orpheus鈥�.