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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2015 - One Hundred and Twenty First Season - Prom 45 - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chaels Dutoit
Performance Date19 August 2015
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:32
Main PerformersElisabeth Leonskaja - piano
Orchestra or BandRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra
ConductorsCharles Dutoit
Set List'Petit Suite', Debussy, orch Busser,
'Piano Concerto No.22 in E Flat Major, K482', Mozart
INTERVAL
'Symphony No.15 in A Major', Shostakovich
ENCORE
'Nocturne in D Flat Major Op.27 No.2', Chopin,
Performance NotesIt has been almost 30 years since the celebrated Russian pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja last performed at the Proms. She makes her return alongside another international great, Charles Dutoit, in Mozart’s majestic E flat Piano Concerto. Written concurrently with The Marriage of Figaro, the concerto shares much of the opera’s grace and its abundance of tunes, as well as some strikingly lovely woodwind textures. Shostakovich’s 15th Symphony is an altogether darker affair – intimate and introspective. Musical memories haunt the score as the composer searches for meaning in what he surely knew would be his final symphony.

Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2015/60),
Programme (RAHE/1/2015/103),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2015/37),
Digital Photographs
Ticket Prices£5-£46.00
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/jUNjQLwj9zHUG
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2015/103BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2015 - One Hundred and Twenty First Season - Prom 4519 August 2015
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work10256BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2015 - One Hundred and Twenty First Season76
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/11023Leonskaja; Elisabeth (1945-); Russian pianist, teacher
DS/UK/41Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO); 1946-; British orchestra
DS/UK/1082Dutoit; Charles Édouard (1936-); Swiss conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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