Prom 68: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Hélène Grimaud

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

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Programme

Braunfels, Walter (1882-1954)	Fantastic Visions on a Theme by Hector Berlioz, Op.25
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, Op.58
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)	Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op.64

Performers

Hélène Grimaud	Piano
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck	Conductor

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra visits the Proms in the first of two concerts with its current Music Director. Tonight they are joined by a charismatic Proms favourite who made her debut here in 2001, playing the same concerto. Before revisiting Beethoven’s introspective insights, there is the Proms premiere of a gorgeously flamboyant orchestral extravaganza from one of those German composers whose flourishing careers were knocked off course by the advent of the Third Reich. Tchaikovsky’s equivocal triumph brings down the curtain.

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