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2 Aug 2016, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2016 Prom 24

Prom 24
Prom 24: Ginastera, Britten and Schubert
19:30 Tue 2 Aug 2016 Royal Albert Hall
Pianist Steven Osborne is the soloist in Britten’s Piano Concerto, sandwiched between Ginastera’s Ollantay and Schubert’s ‘Great’ Symphony. Juanjo Meno conducts the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic.
Pianist Steven Osborne is the soloist in Britten’s Piano Concerto, sandwiched between Ginastera’s Ollantay and Schubert’s ‘Great’ Symphony. Juanjo Meno conducts the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic.

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In his bittersweet Piano Concerto, Britten set out to exploit the piano’s ‘enormous compass, percussive qualities and suitability for figuration’. The result is a true bravura piece whose razor-sharp edge conceals a gregarious smile.

Alongside the first London performance of Alberto Ginastera’s very Argentine view of the symphony orchestra comes the inexorable momentum of Schubert’s most invigorating symphony, his ‘Great’ Ninth.