| Set List | 'Scènes Historiques - Suite No.1', Sibelius,
'Piano Concerto No.2 in G Minor', Saint-Saens
INTERVAL
'Symphony No.3', Elgar
ENCORE
'Danza Ritual del Fuego', De Falla |
| Performance Notes | This years cycle of Elgar symphonies concludes with the unfinished Third Symphony.
Elaborated and completed by composer Anthony Payne from the sketches Elgar left at his death, the music heard here is as much Payne as it is Elgar, a symphony of chivalric swagger and surging power that Payne himself has described as different in its sheer breadth of emotion from any of Elgars other symphonic works.
The swagger continues in the insouciant virtuosity of Saint-Saënss Second Piano Concerto, performed here by soloist Javier Perianes, and the concert opens with the patriotic musical miniatures of Sibeliuss Scènes historiques, marking the centenary of Finnish independence.
Proms debut from Javier Perianes. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2017/47a),
Programme (RAHE/1/2017/96),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2017/36),
Posters (RAHE/2/2017/28, 32) |