Prom 30: Borodin, Prokofiev, Edward Cowie & Tchaikovsky

5 Aug 2013, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Mon 5 Aug 2013 Next Event

Proms 2013 Prom 30: Borodin, Prokofiev, Edward Cowie & Tchaikovsky

19:30 Mon 5 Aug 2013 Royal Albert Hall

Gianandrea Noseda conducts the 大象传媒 Philharmonic in Prokofiev鈥檚 Second Piano Concerto (with soloist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet), Borodin鈥檚 Prince Igor overture, Tchaikovsky鈥檚鈥楲ittle Russian鈥� Symphony and the world premiere of Edward Cowie鈥檚 Earth Music 1 鈥� The Great Barrier Reef.

Programme

- - Alexander Borodin
  - Prince Igor: Overture
  - Prince Igor 鈥� Polovtsian Dances(24 mins)
- - Sergey Prokofiev
  - Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor(32 mins)
- - interval
- - Edward Cowie
  - Earth Music I 鈥� The Great Barrier Reef(9 mins)大象传媒 commission: world premiere
- - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  - Symphony No 2 in C minor, 'Little Russian'(35 mins)

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Composers

About this event

Borodin鈥檚 overture to Prince Igor opens a programme celebrating the 70th birthday of composer Edward Cowie and the close musical relationship between the 大象传媒 Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda and pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.

Bavouzet plays Prokofiev鈥檚 brilliant Second Piano Concerto, its orchestral score destroyed in the Russian Revolution and revised by the composer in Paris in 1923. The fragile beauty of the Great Barrier Reef is the subject of Cowie鈥檚 Earth Music I, while the 鈥楲ittle Russian鈥� continues the season鈥檚 Tchaikovsky symphony cycle.

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