Name: Prom 23: Grosvenor plays Busoni’s Piano Concerto
Start: 2024-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Albert Hall

Admin

BBC Proms

Conductor

Edward Gardner

Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Instrumentalist

Benjamin Grosvenor

Piano

Others

Rodolfus Choir

London Philharmonic Choir

Prom 23: Grosvenor plays Busoni’s Piano Concerto

London

United Kingdom

Royal Albert Hall

Prom 23: Grosvenor plays Busoni’s Piano Concerto: Symphonic Dances, op. 45 Rachmaninoff (+1 More)

Public

Concert

Oratorio / Orchestral

Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

Piano Concerto BV 247, Op.39

Paul Koneri

Approved

About This Event
Ready for something completely different? Marking the centenary of the composer’s death, Ferruccio Busoni’s gargantuan Piano Concerto is perhaps better described as a symphony in five movements, capped by a male chorus. Woven through Busoni’s bizarrely wonderful and utterly engrossing score is one of the most challenging piano parts ever committed to paper – tackled tonight by British star pianist Benjamin Grosvenor. Before it, Edward Gardner and his London Philharmonic forces whet the appetite with the snap, crackle and pop of Rachmaninov’s riveting Symphonic Dances.

Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3

English

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