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Radio 3 Live in Concert: Live from the Royal Festival Hall, London: Episode 1: Prokofiev: Symphonic Song; Piano Concerto No 5

Prokofiev: Symphonic Song; Piano Concerto No 5

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Episode 1: Prokofiev: Symphonic Song; Piano Concerto No 5

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The London Philharmonic in Prokofiev: Symphonic Song, Op 57; Piano Concerto No 5.

From the Royal Festival Hall, London, Steven Osborne (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski. Prokofiev: Symphonic Song, Op 57; Piano Concerto No 5.

Live from the Royal Festival Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley


The London Philharmonic plays Prokofiev, in a festival of his music conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. Including his Piano concerto no.5 (with Steven Osborne), and his Symphony no.6.
The music of Prokofiev is championed in this programme by the London Philharmonic forming part of a larger series on the composer, assembled by the orchestra's principal conductor, Vladimir Jurowski. Jurowski has a strong affinity with Prokofiev's music, and feels that his genius as a composer is often overlooked. 

Ripe for rediscovery is the extraordinary Symphonic Song, dark and brooding at the outset, followed by brassy outbursts and a triumphant ending. The Fifth Piano concerto is a temperamental but brilliantly accomplished piece, and the Sixth Symphony, written after the end of WWII, is both a commemorative and life-affirming work.

Prokofiev: Symphonic Song, Op.57
Prokofiev: Piano concerto no.5

Steven Osborne (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor Vladimir Jurowski.

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Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in an all-Prokofiev concert

Martin Handley presents an all-Prokofiev concert in which Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra

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