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Wed 18 Jul 2012

• 17:15

  Proms Plus Literary

  Royal College of Music

  Conductor Jane Glover begins a four-part series in which musicians from this year’s Proms season reveal their literary passions and talk about what they are reading this summer.

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• 19:00

  Prom 6: Lam, Rachmaninov & Prokofiev

  Royal Albert Hall

  Russian-born Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in one of tonight’s two Russian classics: Rachmaninov’s romantic Piano Concerto No. 2.

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  Russian-born Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in one of tonight’s two Russian classics: Rachmaninov’s romantic Piano Concerto No. 2.

  Programme

  • • • Fung Lam
      • Endless Forms(9 mins)´óÏó´«Ã½ commission: world premiere
    • • Sergey Rachmaninov
      • Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor(35 mins)
    • • Earl Wild
      • Seven Virtuoso Études – I got rhythm(2 mins)Encore
    • • interval
    • • Sergey Prokofiev
      • Symphony No 6 in E flat minor(43 mins)

  Performers

  • Sakari Oramo

    conductor
    conductor
  • ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
  • Kirill Gerstein

    Piano
    Piano

  Composers

  • Fung Lam
  • Sergey Rachmaninov
  • Earl Wild
  • Sergey Prokofiev

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• 22:15

  Prom 7: Handel – Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks

  Royal Albert Hall

  Handel’s resplendent Water Music suites and Music for the Royal Fireworks get an upsized French period-instrument treatment.

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  Handel’s resplendent Water Music suites and Music for the Royal Fireworks get an upsized French period-instrument treatment.

  Programme

  • • • George Frideric Handel
      • Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major(26 mins)
      • Water Music – Suite No. 2 in D Major(10 mins)
      • Water Music – Suite No. 3 in G major(10 mins)
      • Music for the Royal Fireworks(17 mins)

  Performers

  • Hervé Niquet

    Proms debut artist
    Proms debut artist
  • Le Concert Spirituel

  Composers

  • George Frideric Handel

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