
Prom 1: First Night of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, the First Night of the 2017 Proms. Tom Coult: St John's Dance. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 (soloist: Igor Levit). John Adams: Harmonium.
Live at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Proms Youth Choir, conductor Edward Gardner, in John Adams' Harmonium. Plus Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto with Igor Levit.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill and Petroc Trelawny
Tom Coult: St John's Dance (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ commission: world premiere)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor
c 20:15 INTERVAL: Clemency Burton-Hill and Petroc Trelawny look forward to two months of world-class music-making in the company of guests, and go backstage to chat to some of the performers in tonight's Prom.
c 20:35
John Adams: Harmonium
Igor Levit, piano
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Youth Choir
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor
John Adams's Harmonium is an intricate tapestry of sound, with bright vocal threads and driving brass and percussion rhythms. Marking the composer's 70th birthday this year, it features the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Youth Choir alongside stalwarts of the First and Last Nights, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus.
Award-winning pianist Igor Levit is the soloist in Beethoven's groundbreaking Third Piano Concerto, and this year's First Night opens with the world premiere of St John's Dance by rising British composer, Tom Coult.
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Part 1
Duration: 01:04:04
Tom Coult
St John’s Dance
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor
Performer: Igor Levit. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.Ludwig van Beethoven
Ode to Joy (arr. Liszt)
Performer: Igor Levit.Interval live from the Royal Albert Hall
Interviews with Edward Gardner, Proms Youth Choir members, Prommers, and David Pickard.
Duration: 22:23
Part 2
Duration: 40:13
John Adams
Harmonium
Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Youth Choir. Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Edward Gardner.Post-concert
Duration: 26:07
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in D major for two pianos, K 448
Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Performer: Martha Argerich.- DG.
Broadcast
- Fri 14 Jul 2017 19:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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