Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC PromsProgramme
| White, John (b. 1936) | Chord-Breaking Machine | |
| Barry, Gerald (b. 1952) | No other people. (UK première) | |
| Rzewski, Frederic (1938-2021) | Piano Concerto (BBC commission, world première) | |
| Feldman, Morton (1926-1987) | Coptic Light |
Performers
| Frederic Rzewski | Piano |
| BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | |
| Ilan Volkov | Conductor |
Inspired by ancient textiles seen in the Louvre
Museum, Morton Feldman’s Coptic Light glows
heavily in the air, stopping time. Ilan Volkov directs
the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in this late
masterpiece from the American modernist and
the world premiere of Frederic Rzewski’s Piano
Concerto, with the composer as soloist.
English experimentalist John White’s Chord-Breaking
Machine opens a Late Night Prom of unusual
orchestral textures in which the Irish composer
Gerald Barry’s 2008 work No other people. receives
its UK premiere.Tickets £12 - £16.
Museum, Morton Feldman’s Coptic Light glows
heavily in the air, stopping time. Ilan Volkov directs
the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in this late
masterpiece from the American modernist and
the world premiere of Frederic Rzewski’s Piano
Concerto, with the composer as soloist.
English experimentalist John White’s Chord-Breaking
Machine opens a Late Night Prom of unusual
orchestral textures in which the Irish composer
Gerald Barry’s 2008 work No other people. receives
its UK premiere.Tickets £12 - £16.
