Prom 9

T0215234900
Part of the BBC Proms.

Archive :: production:T0215234900, concert:S371, venue:V221

BBC Symphony Orchestra

A Proms reprise of a programme first given in 1958, featuring two German composers who managed to retain Classical poise in the face of burgeoning Romanticism. Mendelssohn’s Fourth Symphony celebrates the sounds and colours of Italy, while Brahms’s Second is the most ‘pastoral’ of his symphonies, a work of carefree high spirits. In between comes the colossal Second Piano Concerto with which Brahms blurs the boundaries between symhony and concerto; the soloist is Lars Vogt, whose reputation is similarly built on a mastery of the Classical repertoire. Mendelssohn’s spirited curtain-raiser is based on the Victor Hugo play in which the commoner Ruy Blas is forced to dishonour the Queen of Spain by winning her affections. Finish time approx. 22:05

Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Other spaces: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	23rd July 2008
To	23rd July 2008
When	19:00
Prices	From £6.00. To £35.00.
What is currently on at Royal Albert Hall (V221)

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Company

Performer	Lars Vogt (piano)
Company	BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor	Jiri Belohlavek
Music	Mendelssohn (8mins))
Music	Mendelssohn (28mins))
Music	Brahms (48mins))
Music	Brahms (40mins))

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