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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2019 - One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Season - Prom 48: Rachmaninov and Prokofiev
Performance Date24 August 2019
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersSeong-Jin Cho - piano
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsCristian Macelaru
Set List'Three Pieces for strings 11’', Silvestri,
'Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor 32’', Prokofiev,
INTERVAL
'Symphony No. 2 in E minor 56’', Rachmaninov
Performance NotesRachmaninov’s mighty Symphony No. 2 sits at the centre of this concert given by Cristian Macelaru and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

From a brooding opening it moves through a lovely slow movement to an ecstatic close – one of the most triumphant in the repertoire. There’s more drama and still greater virtuosity in Prokofiev’s demanding Piano Concerto No. 2, performed here by 2015 Chopin International Piano Competition winner Seong-Jin Cho.

The concert opens with the folk-inspired Three Pieces for strings by the Romanian composer-conductor Constantin Silvestri, who defected to the West in 1956 and died in London 50 years ago.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2019/),
Programme (RAHE/1/2019/),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2019/),
Poster (RAHE/2/2019/49)
Ticket Prices£7.50-£105, £6 gallery and arena standing
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/2y92YNT2ULW4w
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/6/2019/31BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2019 - One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Season Mini-Guide19 July - 14 September 2019
RAHE/1/2019/86BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2019 - One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Season - Prom 48: Rachmaninov and Prokofiev24 August 2019
RAHE/2/2019/49BBC Proms 2019 - Proms 48-7524 August-14 September 2019
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work11719BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2019 - One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Season 75
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/22008Seong-Jin; Cho (28 May 1994); South Korean pianist
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/23974Macelaru; Cristian (1980-); Romanian conductor
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