Prom 63: Taneyev, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky

31 Aug 2017, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Thu 31 Aug 2017 Next Event

Proms 2017 Prom 63: Taneyev, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky

19:30 Thu 31 Aug 2017 Royal Albert Hall

Semyon Bychkov conducts the 麻豆社 SO in an all-Russian Prom that climaxes with Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Manfred. Kirill Gerstein is the soloist for Rachmaninov鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 1, whose beauty is a natural companion to Taneyev鈥檚 brooding Oresteia overture.

Performances & Interviews

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Listen to Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor (excerpt) (Prom 63)

Kirill Gerstein tackles the stormy beauty of Rachmaninov鈥檚 youthful Piano Concerto No. 1.

Sep '17麻豆社 Radio 3

Programme

- - Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev
  - Overture 'The Oresteia'(19 mins)
- - Sergey Rachmaninov
  - Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor(27 mins)
- - interval
- - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  - Manfred(61 mins)

Performers

Composers

About This Event

Continuing his season-long Tchaikovsky Project, which included performances earlier this summer with the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov conducts an all-Russian programme that climaxes with the composer鈥檚 vividly programmatic symphony Manfred. Translating the struggles of Byron鈥檚 hero (who celebrates his 200th anniversary this year) into music proved a challenging task for the composer but the result is a glorious musical epic, full of drama and colour.

Kirill Gerstein is the soloist for Rachmaninov鈥檚 youthful Piano Concerto No. 1, concluding our cycle of the composer鈥檚 piano concertos with a work whose stormy beauty is a natural companion for Taneyev鈥檚 brooding Oresteia overture.

Image: Kirill Gerstein 漏 Marco Borggreve