麻豆约拍

Live at the 麻豆约拍 Proms: the 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra & conductor Elim Chan perform Elgar, Noriko Koide, and, with pianist Jan Lisiecki, Beethoven's sparkling Piano Concerto No.3.

Presented by Ian Skelly, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Noriko Koide: Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain (麻豆约拍 commission: European premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Edward Elgar: ‘Enigma’ Variations

Jan Lisiecki (piano)
麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra
Elim Chan (conductor)

‘The Enigma I will not explain – its “dark saying” must be left unguessed …’ So wrote Edward Elgar of his career-making ‘Enigma’ Variations. What’s not in question, however, is the tender playfulness of orchestral variations inspired by the composer’s friends and family, including the noble, much-loved ‘Nimrod’. Pianist Jan Lisiecki joins Elim Chan and the 麻豆约拍 SO for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 – a Romantic tussle between conflict and lyricism. The concert opens with the European premiere of Noriko Koide’s silkworm-inspired Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain, commissioned for last year’s 麻豆约拍 Proms Japan.