Award-winning Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson makes his much-anticipated Proms debut, as soloist in both Bach's Keyboard Concerto in F minor, whose energised outer movements frame a ravishing central Adagio, and Mozart's pioneering Piano Concerto K491, a rare minor-key work whose stormy, richly orchestrated music climaxes in a relentless dance. The Philharmonia Orchestra and Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi frame the concert with two symphonies: Prokofiev's playful ‘Classical' Symphony, with its clever juxtaposition of traditional forms and contemporary colours, and the more loaded irony of Shostakovich's compact Symphony No. 9.
 

Starring:

Edith Bowman, Chris Packham, Clarke Peters, Clara Amfo, Clemency Burton-Hill, Andi Oliver, Katie Derham, Clive Myrie, Suzy Klein, Petroc Trelawny, Megan McCubbin, 5 more, Angel Blue, Georgia Mann, Jess Gillam, Tom Service, Lloyd Coleman

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Music