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Prom 53 (part 1): Bartok - The Miraculous Mandarin, Shostakovich - Orango

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Live from the Royal Albert Hall, the Philharmonia Orchestra under Esa-Pekka Salonen. Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor (soloist: David Fray).

The Philharmonia Orchestra with Esa-Pekka Salonen, live at the 成人快手 Proms.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Andrew McGregor

Bart贸k: The Miraculous Mandarin
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491

8.40 pm INTERVAL

9.00 pm
Shostakovich: Orango - Prologue (orch. G. McBurney)

David Fray (piano)

Natalia Pavlova (Susanna)
Natalia Yakimova (Ren茅e)
Alexander Shagun (Armand Fleury)
Alexander Trofimov (Paul M芒che)
Vladimir Babokin (Foreigner 1)
Oleg Losev (Foreigner 2)
Dmitry Koleushko (Zoologist)
Ivan Novoselov (Orango)
Leo Elhardt (Voice from the Crowd)
Denis Beganski (Master of Ceremonies)
Yuri Yevchuk (Veselchak)

Philharmonia Voices
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
Irina Brown (stage director)

Shostakovich's Orango - an incomplete opera whose manuscript came to light only in 2004 - is a glossy fusion of wit and political venom. The 'Orango' of the title is half man, half ape - a symbol of the decadent West. It's a work matched for vivid colouring by Bart贸k's violent and sexually charged ballet-pantomime The Miraculous Mandarin. French pianist David Fray returns following his Proms debut in 2011 to play Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 - written at the height of the composer's fame in Vienna as a performer of his own works.

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Mon 24 Aug 2015 19:30

Music Played

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    The Miraculous Mandarin

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 24 C minor K491

    Performer: David Fray. Orchestra: Philharmonia.

Broadcast

  • Mon 24 Aug 2015 19:30

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