Prom 55: Lutos艂awski, Shostakovich & Panufnik

23 Aug 2013, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Fri 23 Aug 2013 Next Event

Proms 2013 Prom 55: Lutos艂awski, Shostakovich & Panufnik

19:30 Fri 23 Aug 2013 Royal Albert Hall

Antoni Witt and the Warsaw Philharmonic make their 大象传媒 Proms debut with Witold Lutos艂awski鈥檚 Concerto for Orchestra, Andrzej Panufnik鈥檚 Lullaby and Tragic Overture and Shostakovich鈥檚 Sixth Symphony. Alexander Melnikov is the soloist in Shostakovich鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 2.

Programme

- - Witold Lutos艂awski
  - Concerto for Orchestra(30 mins)
- - Dmitry Shostakovich
  - Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major(19 mins)
- - interval
- - Andrzej Panufnik
  - Tragic Overture(9 mins)
  - Lullaby(8 mins)
- - Dmitry Shostakovich
  - Symphony No 6 in B minor(35 mins)

Performers

Alexander Melnikov
piano
piano
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Proms debut artist
Proms debut artist
Antoni Wit
Proms debut artist
Proms debut artist

Composers

About this event

Antoni Wit and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra make their Proms debuts as the festival continues its focus on Polish music during Lutos艂awski鈥檚 centenary year. Written for the Warsaw Philharmonic in 1954, Lutos艂awski鈥檚 virtuosic folk-inflected Concerto for Orchestra creates a unique sound-world.

Lauded for his recording of Shostakovich鈥檚 Preludes and Fugues, pianist Alexander Melnikov is the soloist in the composer鈥檚 buoyant Piano Concerto No. 2. Andrzej Panufnik鈥檚 Tragic Overture and Lullaby and Shostakovich鈥檚 Sixth Symphony paint a vivid picture of two nations in parallel periods of anxiety.

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