Barber, Bartok
Andrew Litton conducts the Royal Philharmonic in music by composers linked to Serge Koussevitzky. Barber: Adagio for Strings. Bartok: Piano Concerto No 2 (soloist - Yuja Wang).
大象传媒 PROMS 2011
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Andrew Litton and the RPO perform a programme by composers who have something, or someone, in common: Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Serge Koussevitzky. Copland's Fanfare was later incorporated into his Third Symphony, written for the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, which also commissioned Bart贸k at a time when he found himself in grave financial difficulty. Tonight, Yuja Wang makes her Proms debut in his fiendishly difficult Concerto No 2. Koussevitzky also championed Barber's music in the 1940s, and the original version of Prokofiev's Fourth Symphony was commissioned for the BSO's 50th anniversary and premiered under him.
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 2
Yuja Wang (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)
This prom will be repeated on Thursday 18th August at 2.15pm.
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Samuel Barber
Adagio for string orchestra, arr. from 2nd mvt of String Quartet
Conductor: Andrew Litton Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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B茅la Bart贸k
Concerto no. 2 Sz.95 for piano and orchestra
Conductor: Andrew Litton Performer: Yuja Wang - Piano Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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- Tue 16 Aug 2011 20:10大象传媒 Radio 3
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