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Prom 61 (part 1): Rachmaninov, Glinka and Zhou Long

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Live from the Royal Albert Hall, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra under Lan Shui. Glinka: Overture (Ruslan and Lyudmila). Zhou Long: Postures (Andreas Haefliger: piano).

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Christopher Cook

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Andreas Haefliger live at the 成人快手 Proms, opening with Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila overture, and closes with Rachmaninov's Second Symphony.

Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila - overture
Zhou Long: Postures (European premiere)

8:12pm Interval

8:32pm
Rachmaninov: Symphony no. 2 in E minor

Piano: Andreas Haefliger
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Lan Shui (Conductor)

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's Piano Concerto - a fusion of Western forms and Eastern memories.

The concert opens with the overture to Glinka's fairy-tale opera Ruslan and Lyudmila, which weaves three melodies together with intricate skill. We end with Rachmaninov's 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.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 2 Sep 2014 19:30

Music Played

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan and Lyudmila

    Performer: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Composer: Lan Shui.
  • Zhou Long

    Postures

    Performer: Andreas Haefliger. Performer: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Composer: Lan Shui.

Broadcast

  • Tue 2 Sep 2014 19:30

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