Prom 60: Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich

29 Aug 2017, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Tue 29 Aug 2017 Next Event

Proms 2017 Prom 60: Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich

19:30 Tue 29 Aug 2017 Royal Albert Hall

Vasily Petrenko conducts the Oslo Philharmonic in an all-Russian programme, featuring Stravinsky鈥檚 The Firebird suite, Rachmaninov鈥檚 Fourth Piano Concerto with Leif Ove Andsnes as soloist and Shostakovich鈥檚 Symphony No. 12.

Programme

- - Igor Stravinsky
  - The Firebird 鈥� suite (revised version, 1919)(21 mins)
- - Sergey Rachmaninov
  - Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor(24 mins)(revised version, 1941)
- - interval
- - Dmitry Shostakovich
  - Symphony No 12 in D minor 'The Year 1917'(41 mins)

Performers

Composers

About This Event

It would be impossible to mark this year鈥檚 centenary of the Russian Revolution without a performance of Shostakovich鈥檚 Symphony No. 12 鈥� subtitled 鈥楾he Year 1917鈥�. Its sweeping, filmic music paints a portrait of Lenin, both as a man and a political force.

Acclaimed Shostakovich interpreter Vasily Petrenko conducts the Oslo Philharmonic in an all-Russian programme also featuring Stravinsky鈥檚 ever-popular suite from The Firebird and Rachmaninov鈥檚 mercurial Fourth Piano Concerto (continuing our cycle of the composer鈥檚 complete piano concertos).

Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, whose Beethoven concerto cycle was a highlight of the 2015 Proms, returns as soloist.

Image: Leif Ove Andsnes 漏脰zg眉r Albayrak