Prom 40: Martin Helmchen plays Brahms

14 Aug 2023, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Mon 14 Aug 2023 Next Event

Proms 2023 Prom 40: Martin Helmchen plays Brahms

19:30 Mon 14 Aug 2023 Royal Albert Hall

German pianist Martin Helmchen makes his Proms debut in Brahms鈥檚 richly Romantic Second Piano Concerto. Sakari Oramo also conducts the 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra in the Proms premiere of Dora Peja膷evi膰鈥檚 Symphony in F sharp minor.

Programme

- - Johannes Brahms
  - Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major(46 mins)
- - interval
- - Dora Peja膷evi膰
  - Symphony in F sharp minor(48 mins)

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About This Event

Award-winning German pianist Martin Helmchen makes his Proms debut as soloist in Brahms鈥檚 Second Piano Concerto, a vast work full of mercurial mood swings and technical demands. The concerto鈥檚 late-Romantic spirit and generous scope find an echo in Dora Peja膷evi膰鈥檚 Symphony in F sharp minor, richly scored and resplendent with brass. Composed during the First World War, when Peja膷evi膰 worked as a nurse, the work receives its Proms premiere by Sakari Oramo and the 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra following their critically acclaimed recording.

Image: Martin Helmchen 漏 Giorgia Bertazzi

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Proms 2023

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