Prom 50: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev

23 Aug 2016, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Tue 23 Aug 2016 Next Event

19:30 Tue 23 Aug 2016 Royal Albert Hall

Continuing the Shakespeare theme this season, Tchaikovsky’s Hamlet Overture is the curtain-opener for a concert that also includes Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (with soloist Stephen Hough) and Prokofiev’s Third Symphony.

TV & Radio

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Programme

- - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  - Fantasy-Overture 'Hamlet'(18 mins)
- - Sergey Rachmaninov
  - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini(23 mins)
- - interval
- - Sergey Prokofiev
  - Symphony No. 3 in C minor(34 mins)

Performers

Sir Stephen Hough
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Vedernikov
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

In 1919 Prokofiev started work on his opera The Fiery Angel, a touching love story set against the backdrop of demonic possession. He recast much of the opera’s most impactful music into his Third Symphony. Alexander Vedernikov conducts it here after Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninov’s devilish and ever-entertaining ‘Paganini’ Variations, and the final instalment of fellow Russian Tchaikovsky’s three Shakespeare overtures.