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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2023 - One Hundred and Twenty Eighth Season - Prom 55: Gershwin's 'Piano Concerto'
Performance Date26 August 2023
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersJean-Yves Thibaudet - piano
Orchestra or BandBoston Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsAndris Nelsons
Set List'Four Black American Dances', C Simon,
'Petrushka (1947 version)', Stravinsky
INTERVAL
'Piano Concerto in F Major', Gershwin
'La Valse', Ravel
Performance NotesDance pulses through this second concert from Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra (see Prom 52). Jean-Yves Thibaudet is the soloist in Gershwin’s Piano Concerto, with its bluesy slow movement and hot, frenzied finale.

Ravel’s La valse dances to the edge of the abyss, while Stravinsky’s ballet Petrushka projects the earthy rhythms and bold colours of Russian folk music. The concert opens with the European premiere of US composer Carlos Simon’s Four Black American Dances, drawing on dances that chart the Black American experience from slavery through to today.

The event was broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2023/ ),
Programme (RAHE/1/2023/ ),
Digital Photographs
Ticket Prices£8-£
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Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work12976BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2023 - One Hundred and Twenty Eightth Season71
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1182Nelsons; Andris (1978-); Latvian Conductor
DS/UK/7653Boston Symphony Orchestra; 1881-; American orchestra
DS/UK/5693Thibaudet; Jean-Yves (1961-); French pianist
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