91Èȱ¬

Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms: the 91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Gemma New and Pavel Kolesnikov perform Shostakovich, Stravinsky and a new piece by Samy Moussa.

Presented by Tom Service, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Samy Moussa: Symphony No. 2
Dmitry Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major

8.15
Interval: Backstage Pass
Tasmin Little meets soloist Pavel Kolesnikov, and in a candid conversation they share experiences about their respective music careers.

8.35 Part Two
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird

Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)
91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New (conductor)

New Zealand-born conductor Gemma New makes her Proms debut with a colourful programme of 20th- and 21st-century orchestral masterworks. The graceful charm of Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 – a birthday gift for the composer’s talented teenage son – meets the dazzling dances and acerbic brilliance of Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird. We move into the present with the European premiere of Canadian composer Samy Moussa’s Symphony No. 2. Prize-winning pianist Pavel Kolesnikov joins the 91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

03:20 Moussa: Symphony No. 2
29:49 Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major
58:50 Interval: Tasmin Little meets soloist Pavel Kolesnikov
01:22:40 Stravinsky: The Firebird