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Prom 26: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Oliver Knussen
Part of the BBC Proms 2016 Series
Add to my Calendar 04-08-2016 19:30 04-08-2016 21:30 36 Prom 26: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Oliver Knussen When Brahms came to write his Second Piano Concerto more than two decades after his First, out went the confident swagger of a man in his prime and in came a feeling of intimacy and expectation. Oliver Knussen balances the Brahms with the far-flung world of Der nächtliche Wanderer (‘The Night Wanderer’) by Dutch composer and conductor Reinbert de Leeuw. This deftly coloured symphonic poem has been described as ‘a bath of beauty’ and ‘a high-density monument in music’. Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England
Programme
Johannes Brahms – Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major
~ Interval ~
Reinbert de Leeuw – Der nächtliche Wanderer
Performers
Peter Serkin – piano
Oliver Knussen – Conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
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Programme Note
When Brahms came to write his Second Piano Concerto more than two decades after his First, out went the confident swagger of a man in his prime and in came a feeling of intimacy and expectation.
Oliver Knussen balances the Brahms with the far-flung world of Der nächtliche Wanderer (‘The Night Wanderer’) by Dutch composer and conductor Reinbert de Leeuw. This deftly coloured symphonic poem has been described as ‘a bath of beauty’ and ‘a high-density monument in music’.