BBC Proms 2023 - Prom 42 - Elgar, Chopin and Strauss (320kbps .mp3)

Live at the BBC Proms: the Philharmonia Orchestra and Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali perform Elgar, Strauss and Chopin’s First Piano Concerto with Seong-Jin Cho.

01. Elgar - In the South (Alassio)
01a. introduction to Elgar’s In the South
01b. Interview with Keelan Carew
02. Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
03. Chopin - 3 Nocturnes Op.9 ; No.2 In E Flat Major (encore)
03b. BBC Proms 2023 - Prom 42 - Interval
James Cahill is an art historian and author of the novel Tiepolo Blue. He joins Petroc Trelawney to discuss travels to Italy including the Grand Tour which eighteenth century travellers took in search of Roman sites and mountain views.
04. Strauss, R - Aus Italien

Seong-Jin Cho, piano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor

International Chopin Piano Competition-winner Seong-Jin Cho is one of the world’s most exciting young pianists, praised for his ‘remarkable technique’ and the elegance of his interpretations. Who better to perform Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 – a heady combination of brilliance and poetry, its slow movement a vision of ‘a beloved landscape on a moonlit spring night’. Could that landscape perhaps be Italian? Italy’s warmth and summer sunshine suffuse both Elgar’s bucolic In the South overture and Strauss’s tone-poem Aus Italien, each inspired by a visit to the country. The Philharmonia Orchestra is led by its Finnish-born Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.


Broadcast: 16 August 2023