大象传媒

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Christopher Cook

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Andreas Haefliger live at the 大象传媒 Proms, opening with Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila overture, and closes with Rachmaninov's Second Symphony.

Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila - overture
Zhou Long: Postures (European premiere)

8:12pm Interval

8:32pm
Rachmaninov: Symphony no. 2 in E minor

Piano: Andreas Haefliger
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Lan Shui (Conductor)

Continuing the World Orchestras strand this year, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra makes its Proms debut under Music Director Lan Shui, bringing with it the European premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning Chinese composer Zhou Long's Piano Concerto - a fusion of Western forms and Eastern memories.

The concert opens with the overture to Glinka's fairy-tale opera Ruslan and Lyudmila, which weaves three melodies together with intricate skill. We end with Rachmaninov's Second Symphony, in which the composer overcame his early artistic doubts to produce an expansive work with a brilliant, vivacious scherzo and one of his very loveliest slow movements.