Prom 55

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

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Lutosławski, Witold (1913-1994)	Concerto for Orchestra
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)	Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major, Op.102
Panufnik, Andrzej (1914-1991)	Tragic Overture
Panufnik, Andrzej (1914-1991)	Lullaby
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)	Symphony no. 6 in B minor, Op.54

Performers

Alexander Melnikov	Piano
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit	Conductor

Antoni Wit and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
make their Proms debuts as the festival continues its
focus on Polish music during Lutosławski’s centenary
year. Written for the Warsaw Philharmonic in 1954,
Lutosławski’s virtuosic folk-inflected Concerto for
Orchestra creates a unique sound-world. Lauded
for his recording of Shostakovich’s Preludes and
Fugues, pianist Alexander Melnikov is the soloist
in the composer’s buoyant Piano Concerto No. 2.
Andrzej Panufnik’s Tragic Overture and Lullaby and
Shostakovich’s Sixth Symphony paint a vivid picture
of two nations in parallel periods of anxiety.Tickets £7.50 - £36.

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Prom 55: The Warsaw Philharmonic's Proms debut celebrates Lutosławski centenary

Carla Finesilver, 26th August

Surprisingly, this was the Warsaw Philharmonic’s first visit to the Proms, invited as part of this year’s focus on Polish music. About time too, one might say, and particularly so with it being both Lutosławski’s centenary year (and almost Panufnik’s too, shy by a year), and this the farewell concert of outgoing Artistic Director of twelve years, Antoni Wit.

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