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23 Jul 2015, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2015 Prom 9: Beethoven Piano Concertos

Prom 9: Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Prom 9: Beethoven Piano Concertos
19:30 Thu 23 Jul 2015 Royal Albert Hall
The Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes kicks off his cycle of Beethoven piano concertos with Nos. 1 & 4 – along with Stravinsky’s ballet 'Apollon musagète'.
The Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes kicks off his cycle of Beethoven piano concertos with Nos. 1 & 4 – along with Stravinsky’s ballet 'Apollon musagète'.

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Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes embarks on his Proms cycle of Beethoven piano concertos, directing the dynamic Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Each concert features a work by Stravinsky (in this case the composer’s classically inspired ballet Apollon musagète (‘Apollo, Leader of the Muses’) – music, the impresario Diaghilev claimed, ‘not of this world, but of somewhere above’.