Prom 24: Ginastera, Britten and Schubert

Afternoon on 3 - with Penny Gore

Another chance to hear the BBC Philharmonic with Chief Conductor Juanjo Mena in music by Ginastera and Schubert. They are joined by Steven Osborne for Britten's Piano Concerto.

Presented by Tom Redmond at the Royal Albert Hall, London

2pm
Ginastera: Ollantay
Britten: Piano Concerto

c.2.45pm
Schubert: Symphony No.9 in C major 'Great'

Steven Osborne (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

In his bittersweet Piano Concerto, Britten set out to exploit the piano's 'enormous compass, percussive qualities and suitability for figuration'. The result is a true bravura piece whose razor-sharp edge conceals a gregarious smile. Alongside the first London performance of Alberto Ginastera's very Argentine view of the symphony orchestra comes the inexorable momentum of Schubert's most invigorating symphony, his 'Great' Ninth.

[First broadcast on Tuesday 2nd August]

Followed by a selection of recordings from this week's Proms Artists.