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Prom 41: Beethoven鈥檚 Fourth Piano Concerto

大象传媒 Proms 2023

Live at the 大象传媒 Proms: Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Ligeti and Shostakovich. Alexandre Kantorow joins them for Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto.

Live at the 大象传媒 Proms: pianist Alexandre Kantorow joins the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Vasily Petrenko in music by Beethoven, Gy枚rgy Ligeti and Shostakovich.

Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall.

Gy枚rgy Ligeti: Lontano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major

Interval
Martin Handley is joined by cultural historian Rosamund Bartlett to talk about Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony.

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor

Alexandre Kantorow (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

Tchaikovsky Competition-winner Alexandre Kantorow has been hailed as 鈥楲iszt reincarnated鈥� and a 鈥榝ire-breathing virtuoso鈥�. Still in his twenties, the young pianist makes a much-anticipated Proms debut, joining Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as soloist in Beethoven鈥檚 poetic Piano Concerto No. 4. Music of terror and despair, frenzied horror and 鈥� eventually 鈥� a flicker of triumph supply a musical portrait of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in Shostakovich鈥檚 impassioned Symphony No. 10, while more abstract orchestral soundscapes come courtesy of anniversary composer Ligeti鈥檚 Lontano.

02:50 Gy枚rgy Ligeti - Lontano
20:53 Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 4 in G major
56:15 Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird: Finale (transc for piano by Guido Agosti)
1:00:29 Interval - Martin Handley is joined by cultural historian Rosamund Bartlett
1:24:25 Shostakovich - Symphony No 10 in E minor

2 hours, 44 minutes

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Tue 15 Aug 2023 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Lontano

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concerto No. 4 In G Major Op.58

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird Suite - Finale

    Music Arranger: Guido Agosti. Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79: III. Lullaby

    Performer: Dmitry Shostakovich. Singer: Zara Dolukhanova.
    • Shostakovich plays Shostakovich.
    • Praga Digitals.
    • 3.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 10 in E minor, Op 93 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol. 4 - Symphony No. 10: Royal Liverpool Philh.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 10 in E minor, Op 93 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol. 4 - Symphony No. 10: Royal Liverpool Philh.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 10 in E minor, Op 93 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol. 4 - Symphony No. 10: Royal Liverpool Philh.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Gadfly Suite Op.97a (Galop)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Shostakovich: Film Music Vol.2: 大象传媒 Philharmonic/Sinaisky.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 10 In E Minor Op.93

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite No 8 in F Minor, HWV 433

    Performer: Seong-Jin Cho.
    • The Handel Project: Handel-Suites & Brahms-Variations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Hans Pfitzner

    An die Mark (4 Lieder, Op 15)

    Performer: Seong-Jin Cho. Lyricist: Ilse von Stach-Lerner. Singer: Matthias Goerne.
    • Im Abendrot: Songs by Wagner, Pfitzner, Strauss.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.

  • Richard Wagner

    Tr盲ume (Wesendonck Lieder, No 5)

    Performer: Seong-Jin Cho. Lyricist: Mathilde Wesendonck. Singer: Matthias Goerne.
    • Im Abendrot: Songs by Wagner, Pfitzner, Strauss.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.

  • Hans Pfitzner

    Wasserfahrt (6 Lieder, Op 6)

    Performer: Seong-Jin Cho. Lyricist: Heinrich Heine. Singer: Matthias Goerne.
    • Im Abendrot: Songs by Wagner, Pfitzner, Strauss.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Tue 15 Aug 2023 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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