Prom 63: Yuja Wang plays Rachmaninov

5 Sep 2019, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Thu 5 Sep 2019 Next Event

Proms 2019 Prom 63: Yuja Wang plays Rachmaninov

19:30 Thu 5 Sep 2019 Royal Albert Hall

Yuja Wang is the soloist in Rachmaninov鈥檚 emotionally expansive and technically demanding Third Piano Concerto. She joins conductor Myung-Whun Chung and the Staatskapelle Dresden for a Prom that also includes Brahms鈥檚 genial Symphony No. 2.

Programme

- - Sergey Rachmaninov
  - Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor(41 mins)
- - interval
- - Johannes Brahms
  - Symphony No. 2 in D major(43 mins)

Performers

Yuja Wang
piano
piano
Staatskapelle Dresden
Myung-Whun Chung
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

Explosively virtuosic and a thrilling live performer, Yuja Wang is the soloist in Rachmaninov鈥檚 emotionally expansive and technically demanding Third Piano Concerto 鈥� one of the most challenging in the repertoire.

She joins conductor Myung-Whun Chung and the Staatskapelle Dresden 鈥� the second of this week鈥檚 visiting European orchestras 鈥� for a concert that also includes Brahms鈥檚 genial Symphony No. 2, whose freshness and spontaneity have drawn comparisons with Beethoven鈥檚鈥楶astoral鈥� Symphony.

Approx. end time: 21:40

Image: Yuja Wang 漏 Norbert Kniat