Prom 43: Copland, Bax, Barber, Bartók & Prokofiev
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© Courtesy of Opus 3 Artists
Tuesday 16 August
7.00pm – c. 10.10pm
Royal Albert Hall
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Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man (3 mins) -
Bax
Symphony No. 2 (39 mins) - INTERVAL
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Barber
Adagio for strings (8 mins) -
Bartók
Piano Concerto No. 2 (28 mins) - INTERVAL
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Prokofiev
Symphony No. 4 in C major (revised version,1947) (37 mins)
- Yuja Wang piano
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Andrew Litton conductor
Discover the music
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Bartok
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About this event
Yuja Wang makes her Proms debut as Andrew Litton presents an international programme with strong American connections.
Tonight's composers have something, or someone, in common: Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Serge Koussevitzky.
Copland's Fanfare was later incorporated into his Third Symphony, written for the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, which also commissioned Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra. Bax's Second Symphony was dedicated to the conductor, who also championed Barber's music in the 1940s.
The original version of Prokofiev's Fourth Symphony was commissioned for the BSO's 50th anniversary and premiered under Koussevitzky.
Broadcasts
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Radio
Listen live on BBC Radio 3 and in HD Sound on the website. Listen online for 7 days after broadcast. Repeated on Radio 3 2.15pm 18 August 2011.
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Comment number 1.
Tony Kime16SSSS MMMMMMMMMMMM 00002011 - 21:August
Just listened to Barber and Bartok. Really excellent balance - please congratulate your SM. Radio 3 at its best.
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Comment number 2.
William Gazy16SSSS MMMMMMMMMMMM 00002011 - 22:August
I have had two great nights running. Swan Lake then the discovery of Bax symphony number 2. Brilliant stuff.
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L A Odicean16SSSS MMMMMMMMMMMM 00002011 - 22:August
How often it is that brilliant young soloists reveal their youth in the slow passages. Perhaps taking the final section of the Adagio too slowly, orchestra and soloist at times went their different ways. But what a performer is Miss Wang.
Prokofiev's 4th is a bit of a series of Prokofiev-isms, somehow not hanging together, but who cares? I enjoyed it and the performance tremendously.
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vandermolen17SSSS MMMMMMMMMMMM 00002011 - 02:August
Yes, the soloist in the Bartok was terrific - but I was there for the Bax Symphony No 2. I was surprised that it had not been performed at the Proms before. I thought that Andrew Litton gave a fine performance, which fully conveyed the sense of looming catastrophe. I was there in 1984 when the last Bax symphony was performed (the legendary No 5) - then, the Albert Hall was half empty and so it was nice to see it almost full tonight. I enjoyed Prokoiev's 4th Symphony with its terrific ending - but it will be the Bax that I remember. I am very happy to have attended the Proms premieres of the Bax Symphony No 2 and Havergal Brian's 'Gothic Symphony' this year.
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Winningornot17SSSS MMMMMMMMMMMM 00002011 - 09:August
Great concert and not short changed like so many concerts of barely 75 minutes of music More longer concerts please Roger Wright, Tell the visiting Orchestras they need to have longer or more music programmes
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