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BBC Proms: 2015 Season: Prom 45

BBC Proms: 2015: Prom 45: Part 1: Prom 45 (part 1): Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Charles Dutoit

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Prom 45 (part 1): Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Charles Dutoit

Part 1 Part 1: Prom 45 (part 1): Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Charles Dutoit

2015

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Charles Dutoit conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in music by Debussy and Mozart.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Charles Dutoit. Debussy orch Busser: Petite Suite. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 22 (with Elisabeth Leonskaja).

Charles Dutoit conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Shostakovich and Debussy, and Elizabeth Leonskaja joins them for Mozart's E flat piano concerto.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley

Debussy (orch. Henri Büsser): Petite Suite
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K482

8.35pm
INTERVAL - 

8.55pm
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op 141

Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)

It has been almost 30 years since the celebrated Russian pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja last performed at the Proms. She makes her return alongside the internationally renowned conductor Charles Dutoit, in Mozart's majestic E flat Piano Concerto. Written concurrently with The Marriage of Figaro, the concerto shares much of the opera's grace and its abundance of tunes, as well as some strikingly lovely woodwind textures. Shostakovich's 15th Symphony is an altogether darker affair - intimate and introspective. Musical memories haunt the score as the composer searches for meaning in what he surely knew would be his final symphony.

This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 3rd September at 2pm.

BBC Proms: 2015

BBC Proms: 2015: Prom 45

Prom 45

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

All broadcasts from the 121st season of the BBC Proms.

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Charles Dutoit in Debussy, Mozart and Shostakovich.

Charles Dutoit conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in music by Debussy, Mozart and Shostakovich

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