Proms 2018 Prom 42: Grieg's Piano Concerto - BBC Proms

13 Aug 2018, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Mon 13 Aug 2018 Next Event

Prom 42: Grieg's Piano Concerto

19:30 Mon 13 Aug 2018 Royal Albert Hall

Georgian virtuoso Khatia Buniatishvili is the soloist in Grieg's ever-popular Piano Concerto, joining Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra for a Prom that also includes Sibelius's stirring Fifth Symphony and Arvo Pärt's Third Symphony.

Performances & Interviews

20:31

An introduction to Sibelius's Fifth Symphony

Leah Broad and Tim Howell introduce Sibelius's Fifth Symphony.

Aug '18BBC Radio 3

Programme

- - Arvo Pärt
  - Symphony No 3(25 mins)
- - Edvard Grieg
  - Piano Concerto in A minor(29 mins)
- - interval
- - Jean Sibelius
  - Symphony No. 5 in E flat major(32 mins)

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About This Event

A concert with a Nordic flavour from Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra (making its Proms debut) pairs music by Grieg and Sibelius with Estonia’s own national composer, Arvo Pärt.

Celebrated Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili – a former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist – performs one of the great Romantic piano concertos.

Beloved for its generous melodies and dramatic gestures, Grieg’s concerto is matched for sonic drama by Sibelius’s stirring Fifth Symphony.

Arvo Pärt’s eclectic Third Symphony, with its echoes of Renaissance polyphony and Orthodox chant, opens the concert.

Broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 17 August

Image: Khatia Buniatishvili