Sun 7 Aug 2016

• 14:00

  Proms Extra: Family Workshop

  Imperial College Union

  Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this afternoon’s Prom. Bring your instrument and join in!

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  Proms Extra For Families Get Involved: London

  
• 15:45

  Prom 30

  Royal Albert Hall

  Ilan Volkov conducts Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2 (soloist Pavel Kolesnikov) and Stravinsky’s The Firebird. Opening the programme is part 2 of Helen Grime’s new work (see also Prom 27).

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  Ilan Volkov conducts Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2 (soloist Pavel Kolesnikov) and Stravinsky’s The Firebird. Opening the programme is part 2 of Helen Grime’s new work (see also Prom 27).

  Programme

  • • • Helen Grime
      • Two Eardley Pictures – 2: Snow(8 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
    • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
      • Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major(43 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Igor Stravinsky
      • The Firebird(44 mins)

  Performers

  • Pavel Kolesnikov

    piano
    piano
  • National Youth Orchestra of Scotland
  • Ilan Volkov

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Helen Grime
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Igor Stravinsky

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  For Families Classical for Starters 2018-19

  
• 17:45

  Proms Extra

  Imperial College Union

  Stravinsky expert Jonathan Cross examines The Rite of Spring.

  
• 19:30

  Prom 31

  Royal Albert Hall

  The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra presents an all-Russian programme, including Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. The evening begins with Prokofiev’s Scythian Suite before Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1.

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  The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra presents an all-Russian programme, including Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. The evening begins with Prokofiev’s Scythian Suite before Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1.

  Programme

  • • • Sergey Prokofiev
      • Scythian Suite(20 mins)
    • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
      • Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor (original version, 1879)(34 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Igor Stravinsky
      • The Rite of Spring(34 mins)

  Performers

  • Kirill Gerstein

    piano
    piano
  • BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  • Thomas Dausgaard

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Sergey Prokofiev
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Igor Stravinsky

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  Also part of

  Classical for Starters 2018-19