Proms 4: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and Valery Gergiev

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

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Programme

Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Boléro
Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943)	Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, Op.30
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)	Grandes Études de Paganini S 141: no. 3 in G sharp minor, "La Campanella"
Ustvolskaya, Galina (1919-2006)	Symphony no. 3 "Jesus Messiah, Save Us!"
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)	Der Rosenkavalier, Op.59: Suite
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)	La Damnation de Faust, Op.24: Rákóczy March
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Air on a G String, from Orchestral Suite BWV1068

Performers

Behzod Abduraimov	Piano
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Valery Gergiev	Conductor
Alexei Petrenko	Narrator

This evening’s programme opens with Ravel’s Boléro and closes with Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier suite. In between there’s a rare chance to hear Galina Ustvolskaya’s Third Symphony.

Seats £14 to £58 (plus booking fee)

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