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The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra at the Proms

Riccardo Chailly leads the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Beethoven’s First Symphony and Prokofiev’s Third.

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The sparkling overture from Rossini’s opera Semiramide opens this Prom given by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, led by Italian maestro Riccardo Chailly. Flexing his Beethoven muscles, Chailly gives his unique reading of the composer’s First Symphony – a work later captured as part of a complete cycle, recorded with the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester from 2007 to 2009.

Rounding off the programme is Prokofiev’s striking Third Symphony. Written in 1928, it was a direct and spirited reaction to the disappointment Prokofiev experienced with his opera The Fiery Angel, whose first performance, accepted by Bruno Walter for Berlin, had been summarily and indefinitely postponed. Though the second act was given in a concert in Paris conducted by Koussevitzky in June 1928, the opera as a whole was not seen until 1954. Prokofiev rescued some of the material by developing it symphonically; the result is a work of great drama and intensity.

Presented by Ian Skelly

Rossini: Semiramide – overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3 in C minor
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

(From Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Proms 1990, 11 September)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Concertgebouw - Chailly: Semiramide Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Chailly - Concertgebouw; Beethoven - Symphony No 1

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Concertgebouw - Chailly: Prokofiev Symphony No 3

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Concertgebouw - Chailly: Dvorak Slavonic Dance in E minor Op72 No 2

    Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Concertgebouw - Chailly: Dvorak Slavonic Dance in C major, Op 46 No 1

    Conductor: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Concertgebouw - Chailly: Shostakovich "Tea for Two"

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite for Jazz Band No 2

    Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major Op. 78

    Performer: Zhang Zuo.
  • Cassie Kinoshi

    Magpie Chimney

    Performer: Alex Jakeman.

Broadcast

  • Wed 22 Jul 2020 19:30

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