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Prom 44: Lahav Shani plays and directs Prokofiev

Â鶹Éç Proms 2024

Live at the Â鶹Éç Proms: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra perform early 20th-century classics by Lili Boulanger, Debussy, Prokofiev and Ravel. Lahav Shani is conductor and pianist.

Live at the Â鶹Éç Proms: The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra performs early 20th-century classics by Lili Boulanger, Debussy, Prokofiev and Ravel with Lahav Shani as conductor and pianist.

Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Lili Boulanger: D’un soir triste
Claude Debussy: La mer

c. 8.10pm
INTERVAL: The French music historian Caroline Potter joins Martin Handley to explore how Parisian creative life informed the musical voices of Boulanger, Debussy and Ravel, and how the French capital seduced Prokofiev.

c. 8.30pm
Sergey Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major
Maurice Ravel: La valse

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Lahav Shani (piano/conductor)

Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto isn’t just a surefire showpiece that paints a vivid picture of its creator’s acerbic spirit, it’s also a treacherously difficult work conceived for Prokofiev’s own extraordinary pianistic prowess. Bringing his Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra to the Proms, Lahav Shani goes all-in: playing the concerto while directing it at the same time. This feat of musical derring-do is apt for a concert packed with game-changing masterpieces from the first decades of the 20th century, including Debussy’s symphonic seascape La mer. It culminates in the waltz to end all waltzes: Ravel’s compelling, nightmarish piece of orchestral theatre, La valse.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Fri 23 Aug 2024 19:30
Â鶹Éç Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un soir triste

    Conductor: Lahav Shani. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Claude Debussy

    La mer

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lahav Shani.

  • Claude Debussy

    La mer

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lahav Shani.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Beau Soir: Janine Jansen/Itamar Golan.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Maurice Ravel

    À la manière de Borodine

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    "Chout": VI. Dance of the Buffoon's Daughters

    • Prokofiev: Ballet Suites.
    • Chandos.
    • 106.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major

    Performer: Lahav Shani. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lahav Shani.

  • Maurice Ravel

    La Valse

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lahav Shani.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    March Op. 99 in B flat major

    Composer: Sergey Prokofiev. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lahav Shani. Conductor: Lahav Shani.

  • Julius Eastman

    Gay Guerrilla

    Performer: Julius Eastman.
    • We Are Who We Are (Original Series Score).
    • Masterworks.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Spring Song, Op. 16

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite etc.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 005.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    My song of love (Gypsy Melodies)

    Performer: Brian Zeger. Singer: Jamie Barton.
    • All Who Wander.
    • Delos.
    • 1.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Cigánské melodie, Op. 55, B. 104 (Zigeunermelodien) [Sung in Czech]: No. 2. Aj!

    • All Who Wander.
    • Delos.
    • 502.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Gypsy Melodies

    • All Who Wander.
    • Delos.
    • 506.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Gypsy Melodies

    • All Who Wander.
    • Delos.
    • 507.

Broadcast

  • Fri 23 Aug 2024 19:30
    Â鶹Éç Radio 3

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