Prom 65: Elgar, Berkeley, Rachmaninov & Kodály
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© Malcolm Crowthers
Saturday 3 September
7.00pm – c. 9.15pm
Royal Albert Hall
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Elgar
Overture 'Cockaigne (In London Town)' (15 mins) -
Michael Berkeley
Organ Concerto (20 mins)
London Premiere - INTERVAL
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Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (25 mins) -
Kodály
Háry János - suite (24 mins)
- Marc-André Hamelin piano
- David Goode organ
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Jac van Steen conductor
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About this event
Favourite Elgar and Rachmaninov, a recent concerto and a tall tale that deserves to be told more often.
Elgar's colourful tour of Old London Town prefaces a concerto from Michael Berkeley, 'inspired,' he says, 'by my impressionable days as a chorister at Westminster Cathedral'.
Marc-André Hamelin returns in Rachmaninov's dazzling Rhapsody, while the brilliant Háry János suite relates the unlikely exploits of a veteran hussar during the Napoleonic era.
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. This prom will be repeated on Radio 3, Monday 5 September at 2.00pm.
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Comment number 1.
Old_Friar04SSSS MMMMMMMMMMMM 00002011 - 00:September
The Kodály was a bit of a disappointment after hearing the Budapest Festival Orchestra the evening before. Obviously the majority of the audience don't buy the hideously expensive programmes as they applauded after the 5th of the 6 movements of the Háry János suite!
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Comment number 2.
maximalist04SSSS MMMMMMMMMMMM 00002011 - 01:September
My last Prom of the season, and a good way for me to sign off till next year - varied, colourful programme, vivid performances: couldn't have asked for more. Hamelin's perf. of the Rachmaninov Paganini Rhapsody was a welcome tonic after some of the flashier concerto performances in previous weeks - he just came in, sat down, no muss, no fuss, and just played the bejesus out of the piece! The Berkeley I felt was the kind of piece that would not reveal its secrets in just one hearing - there was however enough of interest to tempt me back to it some time in the future. And the Kodaly was great fun - another of those erstwhile favourites which don't pop up much anymore, to our loss...............
I know there's a week left to go, but for me the season ended tonight. It's been a blast. Can't wait for next year!
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