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Prom 51: Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop

The Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra under Marin Alsop. Marlos Nobre: Kabbalah. Grieg: Piano Concerto. Villa-Lobos: Prelude (Bachianas brasileiras No 4). Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances.

The S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop in dances from Russia and Latin America, with pianist Gabriela Montero in Grieg's Piano Concerto.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Ian Skelly

Marlos Nobre: Kabbalah
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor

7.50pm INTERVAL: Proms Extra
Petroc Trelawny discusses life and work at the S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra with its Artistic Director, Arthur Nestrovski, and with the British journalist Neil Fisher, who's been to Brazil to see the ensemble in action. Recorded earlier in the Concert Hall of Imperial College Students' Union.

8.15pm: Part 2
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No 4 - Prelude
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances

Gabriela Montero, piano
S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor

This year's Proms focus on Latin America in the year when the Olympic Games go to Rio de Janeiro heats up with a visit from the S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra, under its chief conductor Marin Alsop. Their concert is bookended by infectious, furious dances from Marlos Nobre and Rachmaninov. In between comes music from the doyen of South American composers, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and a performance of Grieg's Piano Concerto for which the orchestra is joined by Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 24 Aug 2016 19:00

Music Played

  • Marlos Nobre

    Kabbalah, Op 96

    Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16

    Performer: Gabriela Montero. Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
  • Gabriela Montero

    Encore: Improvisation

  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Bachianas Brasileiras No 4 鈥 Prelude

    Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphonic Dances

    Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Valsa da Dor arr Rijnvos (encore)

    Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    5 Preludes (no.1 in E minor)

    Performer: Carlos Bonell.
    • The Private Collection: Carlos Bonell.
    • Upbeat Classics.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Aria (Bachiana brasileira No 5)

    Singer: Juliane Banse. Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • South American Getaway: 12 Cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker/Banse.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and fugue; Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, bk.2 no. 16 (BWV.885) in G minor

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Wed 24 Aug 2016 19:00

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