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BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 32: Faure, Mozart, Meredith, Lutoslawski, Saint-Saens

BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 32: Faure, Mozart, Meredith, Lutoslawski, Saint-Saens: Part 2

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Meredith: Left Light. Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini. Plus Saint-Saens.

From the Royal Albert Hall. The multiple piano Prom concludes. Anna Meredith: Left Light. Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini. Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Sarah Walker presents the conclusion of a Prom for multiple pianos, with the Britten Sinfonia and piano duos featuring in Saint-Saens' playful zoological suite, contrasted with Lutoslawski's virtuosic reworking of a famous Paganini Caprice.

Plus a new work for two pianos by Anna Meredith, whose nation-hopping piece, 'froms', introduced her to Proms audiences at 2008's Last Night.

Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos)
Philip Moore and Simon Crawford-Phillips (pianos) 
Lidija and Sanja Bizjak (pianos)
Britten Sinfonia 
Ludovic Morlot (conductor)

Anna Meredith: Left Light (BBC commission: world premiere)
Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini for two pianos 
Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals.

BBC Proms: 2009

Prom 32: Faure, Mozart, Meredith, Lutoslawski, Saint-Saens

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For a day of music for multiple pianos, the Britten Sinfonia is joined by three piano duos

As part of a day of music for multiple pianos, the Britten Sinfonia is joined by three piano duos. With a new work by Anna Meredith, plus music by Faure, Mozart, Lutoslawski and Saint-Saens

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