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Prom 2: Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Liszt

Afternoon Concert Proms 2014 Repeats

From Proms 2014, China Philharmonic under Long Yu. Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 4. Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture. Plus Liszt, Qigang Chen and Mussorgsky.

Afternoon on 3 with Verity Sharp

Another chance to hear Saturday night's Prom, when East met West as the China Philharmonic Orchestra launched the season's series of global orchestras making their debuts at the 2014 Proms.
Presented at the Royal Albert Hall by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major
Tchaikovsky: Fantasy-Overture 'Romeo and Juliet'
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
Haochen Zhang (piano)

Qigang Chen: Joie 茅ternelle (大象传媒 co-commission: UK premiere)
Alison Balsom (trumpet)

Mussorgsky, orch. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

China Philharmonic Orchestra
Long Yu (conductor)

The China Philharmonic Orchestra makes its Proms debut, launching this season's global orchestras strand. East meets West in a colourful programme featuring Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4, Liszt's First Piano Concerto and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Britain's own queen of the trumpet, Alison Balsom, joins them in Shanghai-born Qigang Chen's new trumpet concerto, a work co-commissioned by the KT Wong Foundation, China Philharmonic Orchestra and the 大象传媒, alongside Dutch and German partners.

First broadcast 19th July 2014.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 21 Jul 2014 14:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No.4 in G

    Orchestra: China Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Long Yu.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Romeo and Juliet - fantasy overture

    Orchestra: China Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Qigang Chen.

  • Franz Liszt

    Concerto No. 1 in E flat major

    Performer: Haochen Zhang.

  • Franz Liszt

    Etude No. 3 in G sharp minor (la campanella)

    Performer: Haochen Zhang.

  • Qigang Chen

    Joie eternelle for trumpet and orchestra

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: China Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Qigang Chen.

  • Franz Schubert

    Violin Sonata in D major, D 384, 'Sonatina'

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Martin Helmchen.
    • PENTATONE.

Broadcast

  • Mon 21 Jul 2014 14:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3