Proms on One

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BBC Proms
28th August 1992 Season 46 Episode 7

Gershwin's extrovert American in Paris is among the works that promise to make tonight's Promenade Concert one of the liveliest of the season. Also on the bill are Milhaud's exuberant Boeufsur le toit and the world premiere of Richard Rodney Bennett 's Concerto for Stan Getz , the composer's tribute to the late jazz saxophonist, featuring John Harle as soloist. Introduced by James Naughtie , from the Royal Albert Hall in London.

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Season 46 · Episode 8

Proms on One

The young German pianist Lars Vogt plays Grieg's popular Piano Concerto in A minor in tonight's Prom, recorded last week. The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs Hypothetically Murdered - a witty and satirical piece written by Shostakovich for a bizarre vaudeville extravaganza at the Leningrad Music Hall in 1931. Says conductor Mark Elder: "The full score was lost in the siege of Leningrad but Rozhdestvensky found some piano sketches and gave them to composer Gerard McBurney to orchestrate. We tend to think of Shostakovich as the anguished Soviet voice under Stalin but here he's a sort of Russian Offenbach, full of flair, fun and satire. This is a classic Proms item." Introduced by James Naughtie.
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