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31 Aug 2024, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2024 Prom 55: Berliner Philharmoniker with Kirill Petrenko

Prom 55: Berliner Philharmoniker with Kirill Petrenko
Prom 55: Berliner Philharmoniker with Kirill Petrenko
20:00 Sat 31 Aug 2024 Royal Albert Hall
The first of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s two Proms this season sees Kirill Petrenko lead the orchestra in Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto – featuring soloist Víkingur Ólafsson – and Smetana’s majestic sequence of six symphonic poems, Má vlast.
The first of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s two Proms this season sees Kirill Petrenko lead the orchestra in Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto – featuring soloist Víkingur Ólafsson – and Smetana’s majestic sequence of six symphonic poems, Má vlast.

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The first of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s two Proms this season comprises a pair of musical love letters. One is to a person: Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto was written for his wife Clara (whose own concerto is performed on the First Night). It’s a work whose supple and sensual music offers touching insights into one of the most passionate musical romances of the 19th century. The other was written to a country. In Má vlast Bedřich Smetana – one of this year’s Czech anniversary composers, born 200 years ago – transferred all his love for his Bohemian homeland into a majestic sequence of six symphonic poems: pictures of his country’s landscape and history. With the exceptional pianist Víkingur Ólafsson for company, Kirill Petrenko conducts his illustrious orchestra in music that comes straight from the heart.

Broadcast live on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3

Image: Víkingur Ólafsson © Markus Jans

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