BBC Proms 2024 - Prom 23 - Grosvenor plays Busoni’s Piano Concerto (320kbps .mp3)

Live at the BBC Proms: Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances and Busoni's Piano Concerto performed by the Rodolfus Choir and the London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra with pianist Benjamin Grosvenor and conductor Edward Gardner

01. Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances
01a. Introduction to Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances
01b. BBC Proms 2024 - Prom 23 - interval
INTERVAL: Pianist and Busoni expert Karl Lutchmayer paints a picture of who Busoni was and the influences that shaped his music. He also explores the story of the piano concerto, and Busoni's piano music, at the Proms, from John Ogdon to Peter Donohoe.
02. Busoni - Piano Concerto
03. Bach. J. S. - Prelude in B Minor

Music Arranger: Alexander Siloti. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
The Rodolfus Choir
London Philharmonic Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor

Ready for something completely different? 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 appetite with the snap, crackle and pop of Rachmaninov’s riveting Symphonic Dances.

Presented by Penny Gore, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

First broadcast: 5 August 2024    
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