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Prom 55: Gershwin’s Piano Concerto

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2023: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet joins the Boston Symphony Orchestra and conductor Andris Nelsons for Gershwin’s Piano Concerto. Plus, Carlos Simon, Stravinsky and Ravel.

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2023: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet joins the Boston Symphony Orchestra and conductor Andris Nelsons for Gershwin’s Piano Concerto. Plus Carlos Simon, Stravinsky and Ravel.

Presented by Kate Molleson from the Royal Albert Hall.

Carlos Simon: Four Black American Dances (European premiere)
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 version)
Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F major
Ravel: La valse

Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (piano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons (conductor)

Dance pulses through this concert from Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.. Jean-Yves Thibaudet is the soloist in Gershwin’s Piano Concerto, with its bluesy slow movement and hot, frenzied finale. Ravel’s La valse dances to the edge of the abyss, while Stravinsky’s ballet Petrushka projects the earthy rhythms and bold colours of Russian folk music. The concert opens with the European premiere of US composer Carlos Simon’s Four Black American Dances, drawing on dances that chart the Black American experience from slavery through to today.

2 hours, 4 minutes

Music Played

  • Carlos Simon

    Four Black American Dances

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Petrushka (1947 version)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
  • George Gershwin

    Piano Concerto In F major

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
  • Bill Evans

    Waltz for Debby

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
  • Maurice Ravel

    La Valse

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.

Broadcast

  • Thu 28 Dec 2023 18:15

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