Proms 2018 Prom 12: Beethoven, Shostakovich & Rachmaninov - BBC Proms

23 Jul 2018, Royal Albert Hall

19:00 Mon 23 Jul 2018 Next Event

Prom 12: Beethoven, Shostakovich & Rachmaninov

19:00 Mon 23 Jul 2018 Prom 12

Karina Canellakis directs the BBC Symphony Orchestra in two Russian classics: Rachmaninov’s exhilarating Symphonic Dances and Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto, with Alisa Weilerstein as soloist. Beethoven’s spirited overture Coriolan opens the concert.

Performances & Interviews

03:18

Alisa Weilerstein on Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No 1

Alisa reveals quite how difficult the concerto is to play.

Jul '18BBC Radio 3

22:12

Proms Plus Talk: Andrew Norman - Spiral

Composer Andrew Norman introduces his new work 'Spiral' ahead of its UK premiere.

Jul '18BBC Radio 3

01:51

Andrew Norman: Spiral - excerpt (Prom 12)

Commissioned to celebrate Sir Simon's Rattle's final season with the Berlin Philharmonic.

Aug '18BBC Radio 3

Programme

- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Overture ‘Coriolan’(8 mins)
- - Dmitry Shostakovich
  - Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major(29 mins)
- - interval
- - Andrew Norman
  - Spiral(6 mins)UK premiere
- - Sergey Rachmaninov
  - Symphonic Dances(36 mins)

Performers

Composers

About This Event

Following her exciting Proms debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra last year, rising young American conductor Karina Canellakis returns to direct the orchestra in two 20th-century Russian masterpieces.

Although composed just three years before his death, Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances pulse with exhilarating rhythmic energy, while Shostakovich’s much-loved First Cello Concerto features Alisa Weilerstein in the solo part originally composed for the great cellist Mstislav Rostropovich.

Violence and tenderness battle in Beethoven's Coriolan overture and a UK premiere by Andrew Norman completes the programme.

Broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 29 July