Prom 9: Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra

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

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Programme

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, Op.15
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)	Apollo (Apollon musagète) (1947 version)
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, Op.58

Performers

Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Leif Ove Andsnes	Piano

Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes embarks on his Proms cycle of Beethoven piano concertos (see also Proms 10 & 12), directing the dynamic Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Each concert features a work by Stravinsky (in this case the composer’s classically inspired ballet Apollon musagète (‘Apollo, Leader of the Muses’) – music, the impresario Diaghilev claimed, ‘not of this world, but of somewhere above’.

Tickets from £14 - £57.

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Prom 9 : Beethoven Marathon 1 of 3 - Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Julie Jozwiak, 24th July

On the bill for Prom 9, Thursday 23rd July 2015: Beethoven's first and fourth piano concertos, and Stravinsky's Apollon Musagète de Stravinsky. A superb musical adventure which leaves us impatient for its next phase.

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