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Afternoon Concert with Penny Gore

The Ulster Orchestra with Rafael Payare and Mariam Batsashvili in works by Beethoven, Clara Schumann, Sofia Gubaidulina and Shostakovich.

Presented by Hannah French from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Beethoven: Symphony No 1 in C major
Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto

Sofia Gubaidulina: Fairytale Poem
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F minor

Mariam Batsashvili (piano)
Ulster Orchestra
Rafael Payare (conductor)

Belfast's Ulster Orchestra and its dynamic music director Rafael Payare present the Proms premiere of Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto, performed here by ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3 New Generation Artist Mariam Batsashvili.
Begun when the then Clara Wieck was just 13 years old, it’s a work whose mellow mood and lyrical melodies conceal no little technical intricacy and formal innovation.
Sunny good humour also runs through both Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 – famously described as a musical ‘comedy of manners’ – and Shostakovich’s First Symphony, lively with satirical wit and mischief.