| Set List | 'Tapiola, Sibelius,
'Piano Concerto No.1 in E Flat Major, Liszt (Yuja Wang)
ENCORE
'Variations on a Theme from Carmen', G Bizet, arr. V Horowitz
SECOND ENCORE
'Dance of the Blessed Spirits' from Orfeo and Euydice, Gluck
INTERVAL
'Ein Heldenleben, R Strauss |
| Performance Notes | From the battle between soloist and orchestra that opens Liszts Piano Concerto No. 1 to the autobiographical strivings and yearnings of Strausss Ein Heldenleben (A Heros Life), Romantic urgency courses through this Prom from the Oslo Philharmonic and Chief Conductor Klaus Mäkelä.
Piano sensation Yuja Wang is the soloist in Liszts mould-breaking concerto pianistic brilliance meeting formal innovation with explosive results while the orchestra takes centre stage in two great tone-poems, setting the cool, mythic forests of Sibeliuss Tapiola, with their magic secrets and wood sprites, against the human heat of life and love in Ein Heldenleben. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2022/26),
Programme (RAHE/1/2022/ ) |