Prom 63

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

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Programme

Taneyev, Sergey Ivanovich (1856-1915)	Oresteia, Op.6: Overture
Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943)	Piano Concerto no. 1 in F sharp minor, Op.1
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)	Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op.58

Performers

Kirill Gerstein	Piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov	Conductor

Continuing his season-long Tchaikovsky Project, which included performances earlier this summer with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov conducts an all-Russian programme that climaxes with the composer’s vividly programmatic symphony Manfred. Translating the struggles of Byron’s hero (who celebrates his 200th anniversary this year) into music proved a challenging task for the composer but the result is a glorious musical epic, full of drama and colour. Kirill Gerstein is the soloist for Rachmaninov’s youthful Piano Concerto No. 1, concluding our cycle of the composer’s piano concertos with a work whose stormy beauty is a natural companion for Taneyev’s brooding Oresteia overture.

Tickets £7.50 - £40.

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Bychkov and the BBCSO revive some rare Russians

Andrew Morris, 1st September

Lesser known works by Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky rubbed shoulders with a real rarity from Taneyev.

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