Benjamin Grosvenor Plays Ravel

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Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom

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Programme

Gubaidulina, Sofia (1931-2025)	Revue Music for Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Band (UK premiere)
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Piano Concerto in G major
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953)	Piano Sonata no. 7 in B flat major, Op.83: Precipitato
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)	Symphony no. 13 in B flat minor, "Babi Yar", Op.113

Performers

Benjamin Grosvenor	Piano
Kostas Smoriginas	Bass-baritone
Synergy Vocals
BBC National Chorus of Wales		lower voices
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft	Conductor

A jazz band and a symphony orchestra meet in the zany, psychedelic groovings of Sofia Gubaidulina’s Revue Music for Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Band – the keystone of a concert that brings these two 20th-century sound-worlds together. Jazz is represented by the syncopated brilliance and supple beauty of Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major, performed by Proms favourite and former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Benjamin Grosvenor. Shostakovich supplies the symphony – the snarling, sometimes shockingly tender ‘Babi Yar’, bearing witness to the horrors of a Nazi massacre of Jews in Soviet Ukraine. Celebrated Russian bass Alexander Vingoradov is the soloist.

Seats from £15 to £66 (plus booking fee). On sale 17 May 2025.

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Nail-biting Shostakovich from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Dominic Lowe, 17th August

Before a searing performance of Shostakovich's Thirteenth from Ryan Bancroft and his Welsh forces, Benjamin Grosvenor delivers a terrific performance of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major.

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