Prom 41: Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto
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This event took place on Tuesday 15 August 2023.
- Tuesday 15 August 2023
- Royal Albert Hall
Prom 41: Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto
Tue 15 Aug 2023
Need to know
Repertoire
- Ligeti Lontano
- Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4
- Shostakovich Symphony No.10
Features
- Vasily Petrenko Conductor
- Alexandre Kantorow Piano
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Location
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore,
South Kensington,
London SW7 2AP
United Kingdom
Tchaikovsky Competition-winner Alexandre Kantorow has been hailed as ‘Liszt reincarnated’ and a ‘fire-breathing virtuoso’. Still in his twenties, the young pianist makes a much-anticipated Proms debut, joining Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as soloist in Beethoven’s poetic Piano Concerto No. 4.
Music of terror and despair, frenzied horror and – eventually – a flicker of triumph supply a musical portrait of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in Shostakovich’s impassioned Symphony No. 10, while more abstract orchestral soundscapes come courtesy of anniversary composer Ligeti’s Lontano.