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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2023 - One Hundred and Twenty Eighth Season - Prom 27: Yuja Wang Plays Rachmaninov
Performance Date4 August 2023
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersYuja Wang - piano,
Thomas Hampson - vocal
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Symphony Chorus
ConductorsKlaus Mäkelä
Set List'Peru Negro', Jimmy Lopez Bellido,
'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini', S Rachmaninov,
'Polka of V R in A Flat Major', S Rachmaninov,
'Tea For Two', V Youmans
INTERVAL
'Belshazzar's Feast', W Walton
Performance NotesAfter an ‘extraordinary’ Proms debut last season, rising-star conductor Klaus Mäkelä is reunited with sensational pianist Yuja Wang for Rachmaninov’s glittering Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini – its mercurial moods and technical demands a tour de force for any soloist.

American baritone Thomas Hampson joins forces with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for Walton’s biblical blockbuster Belshazzar’s Feast – a choral symphony with an epic impact. Orchestral colour is also on display in Jimmy López Bellido’s Perú negro – a vibrant homage to the songs, dances and traditions of Afro-Peruvian music.

The event was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC television.
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/20716Wang; Yuja (1987-); Chinese classical pianist
DS/UK/5481Hampson; Thomas (1955-); American baritone
DS/UK/23983Mäkelä; Klaus (1996-); Finnish conductor, cellist
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
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