Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky

Another chance to hear the Philharmonia and conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali with pianist Bruce Liu in Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky.

Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall on 20th August, 2025.
Presented by Ian Skelly

Gabriela Ortiz: Antrópolis
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel)

Bruce Liu (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor)

Chopin Piano Competition-winner Bruce Liu – hailed for the ‘breathtaking beauty’ of his playing – makes his Proms debut with Tchaikovsky’s rarely performed Second Piano Concerto. He joins the Philharmonia Orchestra and Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali for a work that balances the intimacy of chamber music with huge scope and virtuosity. Take a visit to Mexico City’s cabarets and dance halls in Gabriela Ortiz’s Antrópolis – a vivid homage to urban nightlife – while Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition conjures an orchestral kaleidoscope of strange scenes and images, climaxing with the splendour of the Great Gate of Kyiv.