Date
Friday 23 July 2010 at 7:30pm
Location
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore,
London,
SW7 2A,
United Kingdom
Tel: 0845 401 5045
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Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Vassily Sinaisky, the BBC Philharmonic's Chief Guest Conductor, is a champion of both Russian and English repertoire, and this Prom draws these two passions together.
The evening opens with the first Proms performance of Hubert Parry's Symphonic Fantasia, and closes with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's swansong, his 'Pathetique' Symphony. Vassily Sinaisky admits "even though it is my favourite piece, I try not to conduct it too much, as every performance of it should be a special event".
At the centre of the BBC Philharmonic's first appearance this season is Alexander Scriabin's Piano Concerto, with Argentinean soloist Nelson Goerner, whose performances of the great Romantic concertos are much admired. A relatively early work, the influence of Frédéric Chopin on Scriabin's music can be clearly detected here.
Parry: Symphonic Fantasia in B minor, '1912' (Symphony No. 5)
Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Pathetique'
Nelson Goerner (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor).
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