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Prom 55: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
- Date Wednesday 26 August 2009
- Time 7.30pm - c9.40pm
- Venue Royal Albert Hall
- Broadcast Live on BBC Radio 3. Available as audio on demand for the following week.
Edinburgh-born Donald Runnicles returns with the BBC Scottish SO, of which he becomes Chief Conductor this autumn. Richard Strauss's outsize orchestral hymn to domestic harmony not only reveals the secrets of the marital bedroom but throws in both the baby and the bathwater too.
Radio 3 New Generation Artist Shai Wosner – who made his Proms debut in 2003 playing Mozart's Concerto for three pianos with Saleem Abboud Ashkar (Prom 69) alongside Daniel Barenboim and the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra (Prom 48, Prom 49 & Prom 50) – returns to make his solo debut in Mozart's turbulently clouded D minor Concerto.
And John Adams's 1996 teaser pays tribute to the wit and wisdom of the Russian musical polymath Nicolas Slonimsky.
- John Adams Slonimsky's Earbox (13 mins)
- Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K466 (32 mins)
- interval
- R Strauss Symphonia domestica (45 mins)
- Shai Wosner piano
- BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
- Donald Runnicles conductor
- Shai Wosner is a member of Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme.
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2009 Calendar
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
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| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
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| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | 31 | |||||
| September | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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- Proms reviews at musicOMH.com
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Fantastic Prom this. After the Adams, we heard a beautiful account of Mozart's 20th piano concerto from Shai Wosner. The slow movement, especially, was from Heaven. It was like listening into a private musical event; so totally absorbed was Wosner, and us, the audience. Thoughtful accompaniment from orchestra and conductor.
Then the outrageous Sinfonia Domestica by Richard Strauss. I have long had a soft spot for this piece. A day in the life of the Strauss family. From bathing the baby, to lullabies, to making love, to arguments.... only Strauss would have dared do this.
And the performance was terrific. All departments of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra were on top form, but I must single out the woodwinds, and especially the glorious oboe d'amore playing. Runnicles was fully in control of what can be a very difficult piece to bring off, bringing humour and warmth. I have many recordings of this piece, some by the most world-famous of names, and I have never heard as fine a performance as this.
An outstanding night.
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What a fantastic concert, i was blown away! I'm not all that fond of Adams, but that worked as an excellent starter. The Mozart was far from textbook, but i really enjoyed Wosner's mischievous attitude - a tremendously engaging interpretation i thought.
And Strauss' Sinfonia Domestica - utterly magnificent on every count! What a joyous piece and what a stunning account of it. I think it was Donald Runnicles' first concert as new Principal Conductor of the BBCSSO, so they probably spent a lot of time preparing it, and really gave it their all - it certainly sounded like it to me, and i mean this in the best possible sense, it was absolutely superb. If they manage that sort of playing every time... well, i might just have to move up north of the border!
Great stuff, loved every minute - very many thanks!
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