Main Performers | Leif Ove Andsnes - piano, director, Matthew Truscott, violin, director |
Set List | 'Piano Concerto No.1 in C Major', Beethoven, 'Apollon Musagète', Stravinsky INTERVAL 'Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major', Beethoven |
Performance Notes | Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes embarks on his Proms cycle of Beethoven piano concertos, directing the dynamic Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Each concert features a work by Stravinsky (in this case the composers classically inspired ballet Apollon musagète (Apollo, Leader of the Muses) music, the impresario Diaghilev claimed, not of this world, but of somewhere above.
Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. |
Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2015/60), Programme (RAHE/1/2015/68), Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2015/37), Digital Photographs |