Prom 42: Grieg Piano Concerto

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

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Programme

Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935)	Symphony no. 3
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)	Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)	Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)	Symphony no. 5 in E flat major, Op.82
Sumera, Lepo (1950-2000)	The Spring Fly
Alfvén, Hugo (1872-1960)	Bergakungen (The Mountain King): Herd-Maid's Dance, Op.37 no. 4

Performers

Khatia Buniatishvili	Piano
Estonian Festival Orchestra
Paavo Järvi	Conductor

A concert with a Nordic flavour from Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra (making its Proms debut) pairs music by Grieg and Sibelius with Estonia’s own national composer, Arvo Pärt. Celebrated Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili – a former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist – performs one of the great Romantic piano concertos. Beloved for its generous melodies and dramatic gestures, Grieg’s concerto is matched for sonic drama by Sibelius’s stirring Fifth Symphony. Arvo Pärt’s eclectic Third Symphony, with its echoes of Renaissance polyphony and Orthodox chant, opens the concert.

Tickets £9.50 - £50

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