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Prom 27: Yuja Wang plays Rachmaninov

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2023

Live ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Klaus MΓ€kelΓ€ conducts the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra and chorus in Walton's Belshazzar's Feast. Pianist Yuja Wang joins them for Rachmaninov's Paganini Rhapsody.

Live at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Klaus MΓ€kelΓ€ in Walton's Belshazzar's Feast. Pianist Yuja Wang joins for Rachmaninov's Paganini Rhapsody.

Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Jimmy LΓ³pez Bellido: PerΓΊ negro (UK premiere)
Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

c.20.25 INTERVAL: Katharine Dell, Professor of Old Testament Literature and Theology at Cambridge, joins Martin Handley in the Radio 3 box to discuss the theological significance of Belshazzar's great doom-laden feast.

c.20.45
William Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast

Yuja Wang (piano)
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Chorus
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Klaus MΓ€kelΓ€ (conductor)

After an β€˜extraordinary’ Proms debut last season, rising-star conductor Klaus MΓ€kelΓ€ is reunited with sensational pianist Yuja Wang for Rachmaninov’s glittering Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini – its mercurial moods and technical demands a tour de force for any soloist. American baritone Thomas Hampson joins forces with the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for Walton’s biblical blockbuster Belshazzar’s Feast – a choral symphony with an epic impact. Orchestral colour is also on display in Jimmy LΓ³pez Bellido’s PerΓΊ negro – a vibrant homage to the songs, dances and traditions of Afro-Peruvian music.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Fri 4 Aug 2023 19:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jimmy LΓ³pez Bellido

    Peru Negro

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus MΓ€kelΓ€.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini Op.43

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus MΓ€kelΓ€.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Polka Of V. R. In A Flat Major

    Performer: Yuja Wang.

  • Vincent Youmans

    Tea for Two

    Performer: Yuja Wang.

  • Michel‐Richard de Lalande

    Super flumina Babilonis

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Director: William Christie.
    • Harmonia Mundi: HMX2908717.26.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 17.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Belshazzar - Chorus Β« Ye Tutelar Gods of Our Empire, Look Down Β»

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Les Arts Florissants Editions.

  • William Byrd

    Sing joyfully unto God

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 13.

  • William Walton

    Belshazzar's Feast - Oratorio

    Performer: Thomas Hampson. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus MΓ€kelΓ€. Choir: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Chorus.

  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op.47

    Orchestra: National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Seaman.
    • Elgar: Falstaff Etc...
    • IMP.
    • 1.

  • Clara Schumann

    Scherzo no.2 in C minor Op.14

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Romance.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

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  • Fri 4 Aug 2023 19:30
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