Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	16th August 2011
To	16th August 2011
When	19:00
Prices	From £7.50. To £36.00.
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
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Prom 43 - Copland/Bax/Barber/Bartok & Prokofiev

Work:: Prom 43 (S5974)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: Copland/Bax/Barber/Bartok & Prokofiev (T0939075442)

Tonight's composers have something, or someone, in common: Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Serge Koussevitzky. Copland's Fanfare was later incorporated into his Third Symphony, written for the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, which also commissioned Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra. Bax's Second Symphony was dedicated to the conductor, who also championed Barber's music in the 1940s. The original version of Prokofiev's Fourth Symphony was commissioned for the BSO's 50th anniversary and premiered under Koussevitzky. Finish time: approx. 22:10

Performer	Yuja Wang (piano)
Company	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor	Andrew Litton

Listing:: L01206347807

Copland/Bax/Barber/Bartok & Prokofiev

Tonight's composers have something, or someone, in common: Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Serge Koussevitzky. Copland's Fanfare was later incorporated into his Third Symphony, written for the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, which also commissioned Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra. Bax's Second Symphony was dedicated to the conductor, who also championed Barber's music in the 1940s. The original version of Prokofiev's Fourth Symphony was commissioned for the BSO's 50th anniversary and premiered under Koussevitzky. Finish time: approx. 22:10

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