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Prom 23: Grosvenor plays Busoni’s Piano Concerto

Name: Prom 23: Grosvenor plays Busoni’s Piano Concerto
Start: 2024-08-05T19:30:00
Location: Royal Albert Hall

London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Marking the centenary of the composer’s death, Ferruccio Busoni’s gargantuan Piano Concerto is perhaps better described as a symphony in five movements, capped by a male chorus. Woven through Busoni’s bizarrely wonderful and utterly engrossing score is one of the most challenging piano parts ever committed to paper – tackled tonight by British star pianist Benjamin Grosvenor. Before it, Edward Gardner and his London Philharmonic forces whet the a...

Program

Busoni - Piano Concerto

Composer

Rachmaninoff - Symphonic Dances

Composer

Participants

Benjamin Grosvenor

Piano

Edward Gardner

Conductor

Rodolfus Choir

Chorus