Prom 6: Lam, Rachmaninov & Prokofiev

18 Jul 2012, Royal Albert Hall

19:00 Wed 18 Jul 2012 Next Event

Proms 2012 Prom 6: Lam, Rachmaninov & Prokofiev

19:00 Wed 18 Jul 2012 Royal Albert Hall

Russian-born Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in one of tonight鈥檚 two Russian classics: Rachmaninov鈥檚 romantic Piano Concerto No. 2.

Programme

- - Fung Lam
  - Endless Forms(9 mins)麻豆社 commission: world premiere
- - Sergey Rachmaninov
  - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor(35 mins)
- - Earl Wild
  - Seven Virtuoso 脡tudes 鈥� I got rhythm(2 mins)Encore
- - interval
- - Sergey Prokofiev
  - Symphony No 6 in E flat minor(43 mins)

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About this event

Youthful Proms first-timer, Hong Kong-born Fung Lam, unveils his Darwin-inspired 麻豆社 commission, his first for the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. After the sparkling success of Kirill Gerstein's Proms appearance last year, the pianist returns with Rachmaninov's ever popular Second Piano Concerto, the work that crowned the composer's recovery from a period of crippling depression.

Prokofiev's bleak and powerful Sixth is perhaps the most personal and poignant of his symphonies, completed in the exhausted aftermath of the Second World War amid worsening pressure on the Soviet front.

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