| Orchestra or Band | St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Set List | 'Francesca de Rimini', Tchaikovsky,
'Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor', Rachmaniov
INTERVAL
'Scheherazade', Rimsky-Korsakov
ENCORE
'Etudis-Tableaux Op.33, 7 in G Minor', Rachmaniov,
'Tango No.2', Albeniz, arr. Schchendrin,
'Pas de Deux, Nutcracker', Tchaikovsky |
| Performance Notes | Just over a decade since their most recent visit, the St Petersburg Philharmonic and its renowned Artistic Director and Chief Conductor, Yuri Temirkanov, return to the Proms with a homegrown programme of Russian greats. Pianist Nikolai Lugansky is the soloist in Rachmaninoffs most famous work, the Second Piano Concerto, with its lyrical slow movement and brilliant, virtuosic finale. Rimsky-Korsakovs Scheherazade dissolves the magic and colour of the tales of the Thousand and One Nights into a glittering musical tapestry that the composer himself described as an oriental narrative of fairy-tale wonders. Tchaikovskys swirling tone-poem of doomed lovers opens the programme.
Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
Full house. Approxiamately 300 patrons turned away. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2015/60),
Programme (RAHE/1/2015/128),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2015/37),
Digital Photographs |