Proms 2011 Prom 43: Copland, Bax, Barber, Bartók & Prokofiev - BBC Proms

16 Aug 2011, Royal Albert Hall

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Prom 43: Copland, Bax, Barber, Bartók & Prokofiev

19:00 Tue 16 Aug 2011 Royal Albert Hall

Yuja Wang makes her Proms debut as Andrew Litton presents an international programme with strong American connections.

Programme

- - Aaron Copland
  - Fanfare for the Common Man(3 mins)
- - Arnold Bax
  - Symphony No. 2(39 mins)
- - interval
- - Samuel Barber
  - Adagio for strings(8 mins)
- - Béla Bartók
  - Piano Concerto No 2(28 mins)
- - interval
- - Sergey Prokofiev
  - Symphony No 4 in C major (revised version,1947)(37 mins)

Performers

Yuja Wang
piano
piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton
conductor
conductor

Composers

About this event

Tonight's composers have something, or someone, in common: Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Serge Koussevitzky.

Copland's Fanfare was later incorporated into his Third Symphony, written for the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, which also commissioned Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra. Bax's Second Symphony was dedicated to the conductor, who also championed Barber's music in the 1940s.

The original version of Prokofiev's Fourth Symphony was commissioned for the BSO's 50th anniversary and premiered under Koussevitzky.