大象传媒

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Susanna M盲lkki conducts the Philharmonia in Prokofiev's dramatically colourful Romeo and Juliet & Bart贸k's virtuosic Concerto for Orchestra. Viola player Lawrence Power joins them in a challenging new work by Olga Neuwirth.

Susanna M盲lkki returns to the Proms with two genre-defining 20th-century favourites. Revisiting the doomed love of Verona's most romantic couple, Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet brought new life to the evening-length ballet, just as Bart贸k's Concerto for Orchestra demonstrated the potential of a seemingly contradictory title.

Between these classics, Lawrence Power joins the Philharmonia Orchestra to tackle the fiendishly difficult solo part in Olga Neuwirth's recent work for viola and orchestra, comprising five breathtaking, seething, allusion-rich movements.

Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

Lawrence Power (viola)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Susanna M盲lkki (conductor)

This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 26 August at 2.00pm.