Set List | 'Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain', N Koide, 'Piano Concerto No.3 in C Minor, Beethoven, 'Enigma Variations', E Elgar |
Performance Notes | The Enigma I will not explain its dark saying must be left unguessed
So wrote Edward Elgar of his career-making Enigma Variations. Whats not in question, however, is the tender playfulness of orchestral variations inspired by the composers friends and family, including the noble, much-loved Nimrod.
Pianist Jan Lisiecki joins Elim Chan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for Beethovens Piano Concerto No. 3 a Romantic tussle between conflict and lyricism. The concert opens with the European premiere of Noriko Koides silkworm-inspired Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain, commissioned for last years BBC Proms Japan.
BBC co-commission and European Premiere - 'Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain', Noriko Koide.
There was no interval.
The event was broadcast on BBC Radio 3. |
Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2023/ 31), Programme (RAHE/1/2023/ 44), Digital Photographs |