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2 Aug 2016, Royal Albert Hall
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Prom 24: Ginastera, Britten and Schubert
19:30 Tue 2 Aug 2016 Royal Albert Hall
Pianist Steven Osborne is the soloist in Britten’s Piano Concerto, sandwiched between Ginastera’s Ollantay and Schubert’s ‘Great’ Symphony. Juanjo Meno conducts the BBC Philharmonic.
Pianist Steven Osborne is the soloist in Britten’s Piano Concerto, sandwiched between Ginastera’s Ollantay and Schubert’s ‘Great’ Symphony. Juanjo Meno conducts the BBC Philharmonic.

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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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