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Proms 2017 Prom 70: Missy Mazzoli, Bartók and Dvořák

Prom 70
Prom 70: Missy Mazzoli, Bartók and Dvořák
19:30 Tue 5 Sep 2017 Royal Albert Hall
American pianist Jeremy Denk joins Karina Canellakis and the 91Èȱ¬ SO for Bartók’s ferociously brilliant Second Piano Concerto – a contrast to the pastoral beauty of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8. The concert opens with Missy Mazzoli’s mesmeric Sinfonia.
American pianist Jeremy Denk joins Karina Canellakis and the 91Èȱ¬ SO for Bartók’s ferociously brilliant Second Piano Concerto – a contrast to the pastoral beauty of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8. The concert opens with Missy Mazzoli’s mesmeric Sinfonia.

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Following her recent UK debut, American conductor Karina Canellakis now makes her first visit to the Proms, joining the 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra and fellow American Jeremy Denk for Bartók’s ferociously brilliant Second Piano Concerto.

Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8, by contrast, is a work of genial lyricism. ‘Melodies simply pour out of me,’ wrote the composer, and the result is a pastoral symphony in all but name.

The concert opens with the European premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s mesmeric Sinfonia – music ‘in the shape of the solar system’ that weaves and coils itself in a sequence of pulsing loops.

Broadcast on 91Èȱ¬ Four, 8 September

Image: Karina Canellakis © Todd Rosenberg