Wed 26 Jul 2017

• 17:45

  Proms Extra: Talk

  Imperial College Union

  First in a three-part series in which pianist and broadcaster David Owen Norris explores a particular musical theme connected with the following Prom.

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• 19:30

  Prom 16: Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition

  Royal Albert Hall

  Drama is at the heart of a Prom that moves from the psychological drama of Liszt’s Hamlet to the vivid portraits of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Plus Steven Osborne joins Ilan Volkov and the BBC SSO for a Julian Anderson world premiere.

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  Drama is at the heart of a Prom that moves from the psychological drama of Liszt’s Hamlet to the vivid portraits of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Plus Steven Osborne joins Ilan Volkov and the BBC SSO for a Julian Anderson world premiere.

  Programme

  • • • Franz Liszt
      • Hamlet(10 mins)
    • • Julian Anderson
      • The Imaginary Museum(25 mins)BBC co-commission with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra: world premiere
    • • interval
    • • Franz Liszt
      • From the Cradle to the Grave(14 mins)
    • • Modest Mussorgsky
      • Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel)(34 mins)

  Performers

  • Steven Osborne

    piano
    piano
  • BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  • Ilan Volkov

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Franz Liszt
  • Julian Anderson
  • Modest Mussorgsky

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