大象传媒

Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Andreas Haefliger from this year's 大象传媒 Proms, opening with Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila overture, and closing with Rachmaninov's Second Symphony
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Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Presented by Christopher Cook

Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila - overture
Zhou Long: Postures (European premiere)
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor

Andreas Haefliger (piano)
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Lan Shui (conductor)

Continuing the World Orchestras strand this year, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra made 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.

Concert originally broadcast 02/09/2014.