Fri 23 Aug 2013

• 17:45

  Proms Plus Intro

  Royal College of Music

  Andrew McGregor talks to Nick Reyland about Lutosławski, Panufnik and their place in the history of Polish culture.

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• 19:30

  Prom 55: Lutosławski, Shostakovich & Panufnik

  Royal Albert Hall

  Antoni Witt and the Warsaw Philharmonic make their BBC Proms debut with Witold Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra, Andrzej Panufnik’s Lullaby and Tragic Overture and Shostakovich’s Sixth Symphony. Alexander Melnikov is the soloist in Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

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  Antoni Witt and the Warsaw Philharmonic make their BBC Proms debut with Witold Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra, Andrzej Panufnik’s Lullaby and Tragic Overture and Shostakovich’s Sixth Symphony. Alexander Melnikov is the soloist in Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

  Programme

  • • • Witold Lutosławski
      • Concerto for Orchestra(30 mins)
    • • Dmitry Shostakovich
      • Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major(19 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Andrzej Panufnik
      • Tragic Overture(9 mins)
      • Lullaby(8 mins)
    • • Dmitry Shostakovich
      • Symphony No 6 in B minor(35 mins)

  Performers

  • Alexander Melnikov

    piano
    piano
  • Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Proms debut artist
    Proms debut artist
  • Antoni Wit

    Proms debut artist
    Proms debut artist

  Composers

  • Witold Lutosławski
  • Dmitry Shostakovich
  • Andrzej Panufnik

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  Piano and organ

  
• 22:15

  Proms Plus Late

  Royal Albert Hall

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  For poets Late Night Proms Proms Plus