Prom 51: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop

24 Aug 2016, Royal Albert Hall

19:00 Wed 24 Aug 2016 Next Event

19:00 Wed 24 Aug 2016 Royal Albert Hall

Gabriela Montero is the soloist in Grieg’s Piano Concerto, the programme also includes music by Villa-Lobos, Marlos Nobre and Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances.

TV & Radio

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Programme

- - Marlos Nobre
  - Kabbalah(10 mins)UK premiere
- - Edvard Grieg
  - Piano Concerto in A minor(30 mins)
- - interval
- - Heitor Villa‐Lobos
  - Bachianas Brasileiras No 4 – Prelude(8 mins)
- - Sergey Rachmaninov
  - Symphonic Dances(36 mins)

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Composers

About This Event

This year’s Proms focus on Latin America in the year the Olympic Games go to Rio de Janeiro heats up with a visit from the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra under its charismatic conductor Marin Alsop.

Their concert is bookended by infectious, furious dances from Marlos Nobre and Rachmaninov. In between comes music from the doyen of South American composers, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and a performance of Grieg’s Piano Concerto for which the orchestra is joined by Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero.