| Main Performers | Behzod Abduraimov - piano |
| Orchestra or Band | BBC National Orchestra of Wales |
| Set List | 'Symphony No.7 in C Major', Sibelius,
'Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor', Rachmaninov
INTERVAL
'Symphony No.10 in E Minor', Shostakovich,
ENCORE
'Nocturne in C Minor Op.19, No.4', Tchaikovsky (Behzod Abduraimov) |
| Performance Notes | The BBC National Orchestra of Wales makes its first Proms appearance of the season, with Principal Conductor Thomas Søndergård, in a programme of big themes and even bigger melodies.
Sibeliuss single-movement Seventh Symphony compresses all the intensity of a conventional symphony into around 20 minutes. That intensity only builds with the tempestuous extremes of Rachmaninovs Second Piano Concerto, the first in our cycle of the composers complete piano concertos, and the visceral rage of Shostakovichs Symphony No. 10, a horrifying portrait of life in Stalins Russia.
Brilliant young Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov, who made an exciting Proms debut in Rachmaninovs Third Piano Concerto last year, returns as soloist. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2017/47a),
Programme (RAHE/1/2017/52),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2017/36),
Digital Photographs,
Posters (RAHE/2/2017/27-28) |