Prom 41: Borodin, Glazunov, Gubaidulina & Mussorgsky

13 Aug 2013, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Tue 13 Aug 2013 Next Event

Proms 2013 Prom 41: Borodin, Glazunov, Gubaidulina & Mussorgsky

19:30 Tue 13 Aug 2013 Royal Albert Hall

Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra play Ravel鈥檚 vivid orchestration of Mussorgsky鈥檚 Pictures at an Exhibition and the UK premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina鈥檚 The Rider on the White Horse. Daniil Trifonov is the soloist in Glazunov鈥檚 Second Piano Concerto.

Programme

- - Alexander Borodin
  - Symphony No 2 in B minor(28 mins)
- - Alexander Glazunov
  - Piano Concerto No. 2 in B major(20 mins)
- - interval
- - Sofia Gubaidulina
  - The Rider on the White Horse(13 mins)UK premiere
- - Modest Mussorgsky
  - Pictures at an Exhibition (orch Maurice Ravel)(32 mins)

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About this event

Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a concert that justaposes the UK premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina鈥檚 The Rider on the White Horse with Ravel鈥檚 celebrated orchestration of Mussorgsky鈥檚 Pictures at an Exhibition.

Works by Mussorgsky鈥檚 contemporary Alexander Borodin and by Alexander Glazunov, whose career as composer and conductor began in Tsarist Russia and ended in exile in Paris, add further colour to a programme steeped in history. Daniil Trifonov makes his Proms debut in Glazunov鈥檚 rarely heard Piano Concerto No. 2, premiered in the first concert in Petrograd (St Petersburg) after the 1917 Revolution.

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