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22 Aug 2024, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2024 Prom 43: Pictures at an Exhibition

Prom 43
Prom 43: Pictures at an Exhibition
19:30 Thu 22 Aug 2024 Royal Albert Hall
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Kazuki Yamada present Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition in an orchestration by Proms founder-conductor Henry Wood. Meanwhile Paul Lewis is the soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Kazuki Yamada present Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition in an orchestration by Proms founder-conductor Henry Wood. Meanwhile Paul Lewis is the soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27

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The pictures Modest Mussorgsky saw at an exhibition in 1874 were fantastical and surreal – uniting objects and animals, poetic atmosphere and architectural precision. The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s Prom under Kazuki Yamada presents a rare opportunity to hear the music those images inspired in Mussorgsky in the picturesque orchestration by Proms founder-conductor Henry Wood, which pre-dates Ravel’s by seven years. Ravel fans can revel in the enchanted world of his fairy-tale ballet Mother Goose. In addition, there’s Mozart’s probing final piano concerto and a welcome outing for Augusta Holmès’s hypnotic interlude ‘La nuit et l’amour’.

Broadcast live on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3

Image: Kazuki Yamada © Zuzanna Specjal