BBC Proms 2016, Prom 24 - Ginastera, Britten and Schubert
Live at BBC Proms: The BBC Philharmonic with Chief Conductor Juanjo Mena in music by Ginastera and Schubert. They are joined by Steven Osborne for Britten's Piano Concerto.
Ginastera: Ollantay
Britten: Piano Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No.9 in C major 'Great'
Steven Osborne (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)
In his bittersweet Piano Concerto, Britten set out to exploit the piano's 'enormous compass, percussive qualities and suitability for figuration'. The result is a true bravura piece whose razor-sharp edge conceals a gregarious smile. Alongside the first London performance of Alberto Ginastera's very Argentine view of the symphony orchestra comes the inexorable momentum of Schubert's most invigorating symphony, his 'Great' Ninth.
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Live at BBC Proms: The BBC Philharmonic with Chief Conductor Juanjo Mena in music by Ginastera and Schubert. They are joined by Steven Osborne for Britten's Piano Concerto.
Ginastera: Ollantay
Britten: Piano Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No.9 in C major 'Great'
Steven Osborne (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)
In his bittersweet Piano Concerto, Britten set out to exploit the piano's 'enormous compass, percussive qualities and suitability for figuration'. The result is a true bravura piece whose razor-sharp edge conceals a gregarious smile. Alongside the first London performance of Alberto Ginastera's very Argentine view of the symphony orchestra comes the inexorable momentum of Schubert's most invigorating symphony, his 'Great' Ninth.
Proms Extra: George Eliot in Germany
Novelist Patricia Duncker, discusses George Eliot,...