| Main Performers | Marc-Andre Hamelin - piano |
| Set List | 'Figures - Doubles - Prismes', P Boulez
INTERVAL
'Frontispice', Ravel, arr. P Boulez,
'Piano Concerto for the Left Hand', Ravel,
'The Firebird', Stravinsky,
ENCORE
'Reflections of Figures on the Water', Debussy (Marc-Andre Hamelin) |
| Performance Notes | Textures and colours are to the fore in this concert with a French accent. Our triptych of Stravinsky ballets continues with The Firebird the work that seized the ears of Pariss elite with its urgent rhythms and evocative Russian folk melodies. We celebrate Boulezs 90th-birthday year with his first work for full orchestra, a sophisticated experiment in colours and timbres. Marc-André Hamelin joins the BBC SO for Ravels jazz-influenced Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, commissioned by the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein.
Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
Proms premieres of 'Figures Doubles Prismes', Pierre Boulez, and 'Frontispice', Ravel, arr. P Boulez. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2015/60),
Programme (RAHE/1/2015/94),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2015/37),
Digital Photographs |