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The centrepiece of this Prom by the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra and Han-Na Chang is Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Symphony No. 5. Vivid with textural contrasts and sudden surging climaxes, it is matched for drama by Rachmaninov鈥檚 Second Piano Concerto 鈥� a Proms favourite, with a slow movement that burns with restrained passion.

The young British pianist performs a programme with a dance theme pulsing through it. Chopin鈥檚 stately Ballade No. 1 gives way to the dizzying virtuosity of Ravel鈥檚 Valses nobles et sentimentales, before the waltz returns, transfigured, in Liszt鈥檚 Waltz from 鈥楩aust鈥�. Mompou鈥檚 Paisajes transports us to Barcelona, and Grosvenor also premieres a new work by Judith Weir.

Pianist Louis Schwizgebel and the dynamic Royal String Quartet are the key players in a concert that culminates in Richard Strauss's richly nostalgic Metamorphosen, heard in an intimate arrangement for string septet. Alongside it are Mahler's contemplative Piano Quartet movement and Mozart's elegantly poised Piano Sonata in D major, K311.

Rameau鈥檚 opera Les Indes galantes and Strauss鈥檚 tone-poem Ein Heldenleben were notorious flops at their premieres, yet both are now recognised as peaks of their genre. The 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra take us from 18th-century France to fin-de-si猫cle Germany (with a quick stop-off in Chelsea, where the 8-year-old Mozart composed his First Symphony) in a concert that also includes the UK premiere of Bernard Rands鈥檚 Piano Concerto.

In the first of two concerts with the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales, Principal Conductor Thomas S酶nderg氓rd directs the first of two great Scandinavian symphonies. Nielsen鈥檚 Fifth Symphony explores a bleakness that is also at the core of Strauss鈥檚 great tone-poem Tod und Verkl盲rung. The 鈥榗omplicated nonsense鈥� of Strauss鈥檚 youthful Burleske and Mozart鈥檚 sunny Rondo in A major complete the concert, both featuring pianist Franceso Piemontesi.