Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC PromsProgramme
| Elgar, Sir Edward (1857-1934) | Introduction and Allegro for strings, Op.47 | |
| Venables/Bartók | Venables Plays Bartók (world première) | |
| Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953) | Symphony no. 5 in B flat major, Op.100 |
Performers
| Pekka Kuusisto | Violin |
| BBC Symphony Orchestra | |
| Sakari Oramo | Conductor |
Maverick Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto made a memorable Proms debut in 2016. Now he returns to premiere a new violin concerto written especially for him by award-winning young British composer Philip Venables. The piece grows out of a recording the composer found of himself as a teenager playing one of Bartok’s Hungarian Sketches to his teacher’s teacher, Rudolf Botta, a Hungarian refugee – and the journey that ensued. The concerto is framed by two works suffused with sunny optimism – Elgar’s lovely Introduction and Allegro for strings and Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, a piece that rejoices in ‘the strength and beauty of the human spirit’.
Tickets £7.50 - £41
