| Set List | 'Ollantay', Ginastera,
'Piano Concerto', B Britten (Steven Osborne)
INTERVAL
'Symphony No.9 in C Major - Great', Schubert
ENCORE
'Oiseaux Tristes' from Miroirs, Ravel (Steven Osborne) |
| Performance Notes | In his bittersweet Piano Concerto, Britten set out to exploit the pianos enormous compass, percussive qualities and suitability for figuration. The result is a true bravura piece whose razor-sharp edge conceals a gregarious smile. Alongside the first London performance of Alberto Ginasteras very Argentine view of the symphony orchestra comes the inexorable momentum of Schuberts most invigorating symphony, his Great Ninth.
London premiere of 'Ollantay', Ginastera.
'Piano Concerto', Benjamin Britten was premiered at the 1938 Proms at the Queen's Hall.
"Like an exotic bird blown off course, Alberto Ginastera's symphonic triptych Ollantay, nearly 70 years old, landed for the first time in London on Tuesday, gobbled up insects, preened its feathers, then left."
(The Times, 3 August 2016) |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2016/50),
Programme (RAHE/1/2016/73),
Mini-Guide (RAHE/6/2016/45) |