Prom 56: BBC Symphony Orchestra August 26, 2007

The highly praised Chief Conductor of the BBC SO, Jiří Bělohlávek, directs three works first heard in London at the Proms. Martinů's concerto tonight features young Czech pianist Ivo Kahanek in his Proms debut. Prokofiev’s heroic Fifth Symphony 'glorifying the human spirit' was introduced just after the Second World War, while a year earlier the London concert premiere took place of the beguiling Interludes that punctuate Britten's operatic portrait of another human spirit, Peter Grimes.

Britten
Peter Grimes – Four Sea Interludes (17 mins)
Martinů
Piano Concerto No. 4, 'Incantation' (21 mins)

Interval

Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5 in B flat (40 mins)

Ivo Kahanek piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek conductor

Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2007/whatson/2608.shtml