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Prom 43: Pictures at an Exhibition

Live at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Kazuki Yamada conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Ravel and Mussorgsky, and Paul Lewis plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat.

Live at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Kazuki Yamada conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra performing Ravel and Mussorgsky, and Paul Lewis plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat.

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

Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose – suite
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major

c.8.20 pm
INTERVAL: Christine Riding is Director of Collections and Research at the National Gallery in London, which is celebrating its bicentenary this year. She joins presenter Ian Skelly to reflect on paintings in the gallery’s collection and the links between art and music.

c.8.50pm
Augusta HolmΓ¨s: Ludus pro patria – β€˜La nuit et l’amour’
Modest Mussorgsky (orch. Henry Wood): Pictures at an Exhibition

Paul Lewis (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada (conductor)

The pictures Modest Mussorgsky saw at an exhibition in 1874 were fantastical and surreal – uniting objects and animals, poetic atmosphere and architectural precision. The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s Prom under Kazuki Yamada presents a rare opportunity to hear the music those images inspired in Mussorgsky in the picturesque orchestration by Proms founder-conductor Henry Wood, which pre-dates Ravel’s by seven years. Ravel fans can revel in the enchanted world of his fairy-tale ballet Mother Goose. In addition, there’s Mozart’s probing final piano concerto and a welcome outing for Augusta HolmeΜ€s’s hypnotic interlude β€˜La nuit et l’amour’.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma Mere L'Oye - Suite

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto No. 27 In B Flat Major K.595

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
  • Augusta HolmΓ¨s

    Ludus Pro Patria - Symphonic Ode ; Interlude; La Nuit Et L'Amour

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
  • Modest Petrovich Musorgsky

    Pictures From An Exhibition

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65 (B130) - Allegretto grazioso (2nd mov)

    Performer: Lahav Shani. Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Kian Soltani.
    • Erato.
  • Claude Debussy

    Jeux de vagues (La Mer)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste.
    • Debussy - Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Danse gΓ©nΓ©rale (Daphnis et ChloΓ©)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Groot Omroepkoor. Conductor: Yannick NΓ©zet‐SΓ©guin.
    • BIS.

Broadcast

  • Thu 22 Aug 2024 19:30

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