Prom 16: Mussorgsky 鈥� Pictures at an Exhibition

26 Jul 2017, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Wed 26 Jul 2017 Next Event

Proms 2017 Prom 16: Mussorgsky 鈥� Pictures at an Exhibition

19:30 Wed 26 Jul 2017 Royal Albert Hall

Drama is at the heart of a Prom that moves from the psychological drama of Liszt鈥檚 Hamlet to the vivid portraits of Mussorgsky鈥檚 Pictures at an Exhibition. Plus Steven Osborne joins Ilan Volkov and the 鲍鱼tv SSO for a Julian Anderson world premiere.

Performances & Interviews

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Julian Anderson: Piano Concerto (2017)

World premiere of a new piano concerto by Julian Anderson.

Jul '17鲍鱼tv Radio 3

Programme

- - Franz Liszt
  - Hamlet(10 mins)
- - Julian Anderson
  - The Imaginary Museum(25 mins)鲍鱼tv co-commission with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra: world premiere
- - interval
- - Franz Liszt
  - From the Cradle to the Grave(14 mins)
- - Modest Mussorgsky
  - Pictures at an Exhibition (orch Maurice Ravel)(34 mins)

Performers

Composers

About This Event

In his 13 symphonic poems Liszt transformed the concert overture into something urgently new. The 鲍鱼tv Scottish Symphony Orchestra and its Principal Guest Conductor Ilan Volkov here perform two of the last in the series 鈥� the mercurial Hamlet, a study of Shakespeare鈥檚 tragic hero, and From the Cradle to the Grave, one of Liszt鈥檚 most experimental works.

They sit alongside Mussorgsky鈥檚 much-loved Pictures at an Exhibition and the world premiere of a new piano concerto by Julian Anderson, which offers a tour around 鈥榓n imaginary museum鈥� of contrasting worlds and sensations.

Image: Ilan Volkov