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14 Aug 2017, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Mon 14 Aug 2017 Next Event

Prom 39: Debussy, Ravel and Mark-Anthony Turnage

19:30 Mon 14 Aug 2017 Royal Albert Hall

In a Prom of wide-ranging emotions Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, gives way to Ravel’s jazzy Piano Concerto. Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Hibiki is a sequence of threnodies offering solace after loss. Kazushi Ono conducts the BBC SO.

Performances & Interviews

01:49

Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major – excerpt (2017)

Soloist Inon Barnatan with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kazushi Ono.

Aug '17BBC Radio 3

Programme

- - Claude Debussy
  - Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune(10 mins)
- - Maurice Ravel
  - Piano Concerto in G major(22 mins)
- - interval
- - Mark‐Anthony Turnage
  - Hibiki(50 mins)European premiere

Performers

Inon Barnatan
piano
piano
Sally Matthews
soprano
soprano
Mihoko Fujimura
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Finchley Childrens Music Group
New London Children’s Choir
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Kazushi Ono
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

Sunlight and sensuality dominate Debussy’s ravishing Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune. The cooler shades of jazz shoot through Ravel’s blistering Piano Concerto in G major, while Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Hibiki (‘beautiful sound’) introduces a more meditative mood.