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BBC Proms: 2016: Prom 50: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev

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23/08/2016

Prom 50: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev

2016

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Alexander Vedernikov conducts the BBC SO in Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev.

Alexander Vedernikov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Tchaikovsky: Hamlet Fantasy Overture. Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Prokofiev: Symphony No 3.

Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Alexander Vedernikov in Prokofiev's Symphony No. 3, Tchaikovsky's Fantasy-Overture 'Hamlet'; and they are joined by pianist Stephen Hough for Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall 
Presented by Martin Handley 

Tchaikovsky: Fantasy-Overture 'Hamlet' 
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini 

20.10 INTERVAL: Proms Extra - Devils
Rev Richard Coles and poet Imtiaz Dharker explore the Devil in Christian and Islamic cultures. Chaired by Dr Christopher Harding in front of an audience at Imperial College Union. 

20.30 
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op.44 

Stephen Hough, piano 
BBC Symphony Orchestra 
Alexander Vedernikov conductor 

In 1919 Prokofiev started work on his opera The Fiery Angel, a touching love story set against the backdrop of demonic possession. He recast much of the opera's most impactful music into his Third Symphony. Alexander Vedernikov conducts it here after Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninov's devilish and ever-entertaining 'Paganini' Variations, and the final instalment of fellow-Russian Tchaikovsky's three Shakepeare overtures.

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