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Proms 2016 Prom 53

Prom 53
Prom 53: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – Emily Howard, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov
19:30 Thu 25 Aug 2016 Royal Albert Hall
Vasily Petrenko conducts Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto, with soloist Truls Mørk, and Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 3. But before that, there’s the world premiere of Emily Howard’s Torus.
Vasily Petrenko conducts Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto, with soloist Truls Mørk, and Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 3. But before that, there’s the world premiere of Emily Howard’s Torus.

Programme

      • Torus (Concerto for Orchestra)(20 mins)BBC co-commission with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra: world premiere
      • Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major(29 mins)
        • interval
        • Symphony No. 3 in A minor(40 mins)

    About This Event

    ‘A composer’s music should express his love affairs, his religion, the books that have influenced him, the pictures he loves.’ So said Rachmaninov, whose Third Symphony does just that through irrepressible yearning and longing. It forms the culmination of this Prom in which the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and its Russian Chief Conductor perform Shostakovich’s disquieting First Cello Concerto.

    A brand-new work by Liverpool-born composer Emily Howard opens.

    Truls Mørk, the advertised cellist, has had to withdraw from tonight’s performance. The BBC Proms is very grateful to Alexey Stadler for taking his place at very short notice.

    Part of

    Proms 2016