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BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 57: Tchaikovsky Night

Prom 57: Tchaikovsky Night

28/08/2009

2009

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Stephen Hough plays Tchaikovsky's Concert Fantasia in G Minor for piano and orchestra.

Stephen Hough plays Tchaikovsky's Concert Fantasia in G Minor for piano and orchestra and Steven Isserlis plays Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme and Francesca da Rimini.

Tchaikovsky dominates the evening, as Stephen Hough concludes his one-man piano marathon with the Concert Fantasia in G Minor for piano and orchestra. Cellist Steven Isserlis also plays Tchaikovsky, in his Variations on a Rococo Theme, followed by the tumultuous symphonic fantasy, Francesca da Rimini. 

The BBC Symphony Orchestra begin the evening with Agon, one of eleven Stravinsky ballets performed at the Proms this season, under the baton of David Robertson.

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