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Prom 53: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – Emily Howard, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov
Part of the BBC Proms 2016 Series
Add to my Calendar 25-08-2016 19:30 25-08-2016 21:30 36 Prom 53: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – Emily Howard, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov ‘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. Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England
Programme
Emily Howard – Torus (Concerto for Orchestra)
Dmitry Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major
~ Interval ~
Sergei Rachmaninov – Symphony No 3 in A minor
Performers
Vasily Petrenko – Conductor
Truls Mørk – Cello
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
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Programme Note
‘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.