Paavo J盲rvi conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra

9 Sep 2020, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Wed 9 Sep 2020 Next Event

Proms 2020 Live Paavo J盲rvi conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra

19:30 Wed 9 Sep 2020 Royal Albert Hall

Benjamin Grosvenor performs Shostakovich鈥檚 First Piano Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Paavo J盲rvi, bookended by Ravel鈥檚 neo-Baroque masterpiece Le tombeau de Couperin and Mozart鈥檚 titanic Symphony No. 41. Watch on iPlayer at 7.30pm

Change of conductor

Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen is no longer able to appear with the Philharmonia Orchestra on Wednesday 9 September due to the recent extension of COVID-19 quarantine restrictions in Finland. Conductor Paavo Jarvi will now appear with the Philharmonia Orchestra, British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, and trumpeter Jason Evans at the Royal Albert Hall.

Programme

- - Maurice Ravel
  - Le tombeau de Couperin(17 mins)
- - Dmitry Shostakovich
  - Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings (Piano Concerto No. 1)(21 mins)
- - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  - Symphony No. 41 in C major, 鈥楯upiter鈥�(31 mins)

Performers

Paavo J盲rvi
conductor
conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor
piano
piano
Jason Evans
Trumpet
Trumpet
Philharmonia Orchestra

Composers

About This Event

The sophisticated, transfigured Baroque dances of Ravel鈥檚 Le tombeau de Couperin offset Shostakovich鈥檚 boisterous Piano Concerto No. 1, with its cheeky sprinkling of quotations from Classical giants Beethoven and Haydn among others.

These two works of neo-Baroque and neo-Classical influences are followed by Mozart鈥檚 final symphony, the 鈥楯upiter鈥�, a high point of the 鈥榯rue鈥� Classical-period canon. Nicknamed posthumously for its majestic first movement and epic finale, the work is a summation of Mozart鈥檚 symphonic output with its unique blend of grandeur and subtlety.

It will not be possible to have an audience at the Royal Albert Hall.

Live on 91热爆 Radio 3 & live-streamed to 91热爆 iPlayer

Image: Benjamin Grosvenor 漏 Patrick Allen/Opera Omnia

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Proms 2020 Live