Overview: Vladimir Jurowski's Hungarian Prom kicks off with Kodály's effervescent Dances of Galánta.
Bartók's more acerbically ebullient First Piano Concerto will give pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet a chance to use both hands: his previous Proms appearances, in 2008 and 2010, both involved pieces conceived for the left hand alone!
In tonight's second half, an influential masterwork from one of this year's featured composers, born 200 years ago. Liszt's A Faust Symphony 'in three character portraits, after Goethe' will be played in the version that concludes with a grandiose setting of the 'Chorus mysticus' unheard at the Proms since 1967.
Tuesday 26 July
7.30pm – c. 9.55pm
Royal Albert Hall
Choral music and singing events, Piano music
Kodály
Dances of Galánta (16 mins)
Bartók
Piano Concerto No. 1 (24 mins)
INTERVAL
Liszt
A Faust Symphony (62 mins)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano
Marco Jentzsch tenor
London Philharmonic Choir (men's voices)
London Symphony Chorus (men's voices)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
