BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 46: Glanert, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich - Part 1

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Andrew McGregor. Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in German composer Detlev Glanert's new piece, Shoreless River, which is a foretaste of his forthcoming opera, Das Holzschiff (The Wooden Ship). Denis Matsuev, winner of the 1998 Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition and a virtuoso in the grand Russian tradition, makes his Proms debut in Rachmaninov's demanding set of variations on Paganini's Caprice. Denis Matsuev (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Semyon Bychkov (conductor) Detlev Glanert: Shoreless River (UK premiere) Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.