Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC PromsProgramme
| Birtwistle, Sir Harrison (1934-2022) | Night's Black Bird, for orchestra | |
| Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) | Piano Concerto in D major for the left hand | |
| Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911) | Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor |
Performers
| Alexandre Tharaud | Piano |
| BBC Philharmonic Orchestra | |
| Juanjo Mena | Conductor |
Symphony No. 5 – the bitter solemnity of its funeral march, the violence of its second movement and the tenderness of the famous Adagietto – make this one of the great orchestral showpieces. In his Proms concerto debut, French pianist Alexandre Tharaud performs Ravel’s atmospheric and virtuosic Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, and the concert opens with the first of several works at this year’s Proms celebrating Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s 80th birthday – an atmospheric plunge into mossy, melancholic darkness, lightened only by the call of birds.
Seats £7.50 to £38 (plus booking fee).
