91Èȱ¬

Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms: the 91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Thomas Dausgaard perform symphonies by Sibelius and Nielsen, and Jan Lisiecki joins them in Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto.

Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4

c. 8.30 Interval
Chain Reaction: Georgia Mann and Tom Service take us on the fourth of six unpredictable musical journeys which connect the last piece in the first half of a Prom to the first piece after the interval. Expect the unexpected in this refreshing interval G&T with Georgia and Tom!

8.50 Part 2
Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, ‘The Inextinguishable’

Jan Lisiecki (piano)
91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

‘Music is life – and like it, inextinguishable.’ Two giants of the symphony take the 20th century head-on, with shattering results. Sibelius seems to concentrate all the forces of air, earth and water in a Seventh Symphony that feels like it could have been wrought from the elements themselves. Nielsen confronted the brutality of the First World War in music that absolutely refuses to lie down and die – crowned by a life-or-death duel for two sets of drums. An epic evening from the 91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra under its Danish-born Chief Conductor Thomas Dausgaard: Beethoven’s lyrical Fourth Piano Concerto will form the eye of the storm, with Jan Lisiecki as soloist.