| Set List | 'Theme and Variations, Op.43b', Schoenberg,
'Piano Concerto', H Cowell
INTERVAL
'Symphony No.1 in D major', Mahler,
ENCORE
'The Alcotts from Concert Sonata', Ives |
| Performance Notes | It has been almost a decade since the San Francisco Symphony visited the Proms. The orchestra is joined by its Music Director of more than 20 years, Michael Tilson Thomas, and by American pianist Jeremy Denk in the latters second concert of the season. Here Denk tackles an American rarity Henry Cowells extraordinary Piano Concerto, whose primitive textures require the soloist to pound the piano with fists and forearms. It is paired with Mahlers First Symphony, an ebullient youthful work filled with hints of the mature composer to come, and Schoenbergs imaginative Theme and Variations, heard in the composers own orchestral arrangement.
Proms premieres of 'Theme and Variations, Op.43b', Schoenberg, and 'Piano Concerto', Henry Cowell.
Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2015/60),
Programme (RAHE/1/2015/118),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2015/37),
Digital Photographs |