Prom 30: National Youth Orchestra of Scotland

7 Aug 2016, Royal Albert Hall

15:45 Sun 7 Aug 2016 Next Event

Proms 2016 Prom 30

15:45 Sun 7 Aug 2016 Royal Albert Hall

Ilan Volkov conducts Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 2 (soloist Pavel Kolesnikov) and Stravinsky鈥檚 The Firebird. Opening the programme is part 2 of Helen Grime鈥檚 new work (see also Prom 27).

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Programme

- - Helen Grime
  - Two Eardley Pictures 鈥� 2: Snow(8 mins)大象传媒 commission: world premiere
- - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  - Piano Concerto No 2 in G major(43 mins)
- - interval
- - Igor Stravinsky
  - The Firebird(44 mins)

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About This Event

The National Youth Orchestra of Scotland frames the turbulent and virtuosic Second Piano Concerto by Tchaikovsky with the final part of Helen Grime鈥檚 new two-part work for orchestra (see also Prom 27) and the second of this weekend鈥檚 trio of Stravinsky ballet scores.

With The Firebird of 1910, Stravinsky was immediately recognised as the most important musical voice of the new century. His relentless rhythmic drive and hypnotising orchestral colours are heard to full advantage in a performance of the complete ballet under the charismatic Ilan Volkov.