Prom 61: Rachmaninov, Glinka & Zhou Long

2 Sep 2014, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Tue 2 Sep 2014 Next Event

Proms 2014 Prom 61: Rachmaninov, Glinka & Zhou Long

19:30 Tue 2 Sep 2014 Royal Albert Hall

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra makes its Proms debut, bringing Pulitzer Prize-winning Chinese composer Zhou Long鈥檚 piano concerto Postures 鈥� a work fusing Western forms and Eastern memories. The concert opens with the overture to Glinka鈥檚 fairy-tale opera Ruslan and Lyudmila, and closes with Rachmaninov鈥檚 ever-popular Second Symphony.

Programme

- - Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  - Ruslan and Lyudmila 鈥� overture(6 mins)鈥� overture
- - Zhou Long
  - Postures(20 mins)European premiere
- - Luciano Berio
  - Feuerklavier(encore)
- - interval
- - Sergey Rachmaninov
  - Symphony No. 2 in E minor(60 mins)
- - William Walton
  - March for 'A History of the English-Speaking People'(encore)

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About this event

Continuing the World Orchestras strand this year, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra makes its Proms debut under Music Director Lan Shui, bringing with it the European premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning Chinese composer Zhou Long鈥檚 Piano Concerto 鈥� a fusion of Western forms and Eastern memories.

The concert opens with the overture to Glinka鈥檚 fairy-tale opera Ruslan and Lyudmila, which weaves three melodies together with intricate skill. We end with Rachmaninov鈥檚 Second Symphony, in which the composer overcame his early artistic doubts to produce an expansive work with a brilliant, vivacious scherzo and one of his very loveliest slow movements.

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