Performance on 3 - 27/10/2008

Petroc Trelawny presents a concert of works by Prokofiev peformed as part of Valery Gergiev's Emigre series with the London Symphony Orchestra. The composer left Russia for almost 20 years soon after the premiere of his First Symphony and, like many other composers, headed to the creative hub of Paris. There he wrote his First Violin Concerto, Fourth Piano Concerto and the first version of his Symphony No 4. Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Alexei Volodin (piano) London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) Prokofiev: Symphony No 1; Violin Concerto No 1; Piano Concerto No 4; Symphony No 4 Followed by Play to the Nation, a celebration of amateur orchestras across the UK: Arnold: English Dances Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Heron (conductor) Bernstein: Symphonic dances from West Side Story Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Heron, conductor ...and Pianothon, showcasing amateur pianists across the nation: Debussy La Cathedrale Engloutie (from Preludes bk 1) Barry Sanders (piano)