BBC Proms 2021

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BBC Proms: 2021: Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Semyon Bychkov Conducts the BBC SO and Kirill Gerstein

Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra

2021

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2021, Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Another chance to hear Mendelssohn's 'Scottish' Symphony and Schumann's Piano Concerto.

Another chance to hear Mendelssohn's 'Scottish' Symphony and soloist Kirill Gerstein in Schumann's Piano Concerto at the 2021 BBC Proms.

Another chance to hear the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Semyon Bychkov, at the 2021 BBC Proms performing Mendelssohn's 'Scottish' Symphony and Schumann's Piano Concerto with soloist Kirill Gerstein.

Presented by Ian Skelly 

Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture ‘Coriolan’
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor 

INTERVAL: Ian Skelly takes an oblique view of the music in tonight's programme.

Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, 'Scottish' (40 mins)

Kirill Gerstein (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra 
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)

Russian-American pianist Kirill Gerstein returns to the BBC Proms following his thrilling 2017 performance of Rachmaninov’s First Piano Concerto, rekindling his partnership with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the holder of the orchestra’s Günter Wand Conducting Chair, Semyon Bychkov.

BBC Proms: 2021

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