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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 32: Faure, Mozart, Meredith, Lutoslawski, Saint-Saens - Part 2

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From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Sarah Walker presents the conclusion of a Prom for multiple pianos, with the Britten Sinfonia and piano duos featuring in Saint-Saens' playful zoological suite, contrasted with Lutoslawski's virtuosic reworking of a famous Paganini Caprice. Plus a new work for two pianos by Anna Meredith, whose nation-hopping piece, 'froms', introduced her to Proms audiences at 2008's Last Night. Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos) Philip Moore and Simon Crawford-Phillips (pianos) Lidija and Sanja Bizjak (pianos) Britten Sinfonia Ludovic Morlot (conductor) Anna Meredith: Left Light (BBC commission: world premiere) Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini for two pianos Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals.