Prom 8: BBC Philharmonic

Time: 7.30pm - c10.00pm

Venue ROYAL ALBERT HALL

Tickets £6-£27.50 price code A or Prom for £5

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The BBC Philharmonic's Russian Chief Guest Conductor makes a welcome return to the Proms, with music from Russia and bordering Estonia. Rakhmaninov glanced backwards to Paganini in his virtuosic Rhapsody but fellow Russian Glière crossed centuries in his epic nationalistic Third Symphony, depicting the exploits of the 12th-century mythical hero Ilya Murometz in vast sonorities ideally suited to the Royal Albert Hall.

Arvo Pärt

Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten (7 mins)

Rakhmaninov

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (24 mins)

Interval

Glière

Symphony No.3 'Ilya Murometz' (80 mins)

Nelson Goerner piano
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky conductor

Detailed notes about the music will be available one hour before the concert.

ABOUT THE MUSIC

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