Prom 56: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Time: 7.30pm - c9.25pm

Venue ROYAL ALBERT HALL

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

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The highly praised Chief Conductor of the BBC SO, Jiří Bělohlávek, directs three works first heard in London at the Proms. Martinů's concerto tonight features young Czech pianist Ivo Kahanek in his Proms debut. Prokofiev’s heroic Fifth Symphony 'glorifying the human spirit' was introduced just after the Second World War, while a year earlier the London concert premiere took place of the beguiling Interludes that punctuate Britten's operatic portrait of another human spirit, Peter Grimes.

Britten

Peter Grimes – Four Sea Interludes (17 mins)

Martinů

Piano Concerto No. 4, 'Incantation' (21 mins)

Interval

Prokofiev

Symphony No. 5 in B flat (40 mins)

Ivo Kahanek piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek conductor

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

ABOUT THE MUSIC

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