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Making his 75th appearance at the Proms, Sir Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a programme that explores the ideas of dialogue and space, including a new work by Thomas Ad猫s, Dawn, for piano and ensemble. Elgar鈥檚 Introduction and Allegro 鈥� written for an all-Elgar concert given by the LSO in 1905 鈥� singles out a string quartet alongside the string orchestra, while the brass have a chance to shine in canzons by Giovanni Gabrieli, with the 12 players arranged around the hall in separate 鈥榗hoirs鈥�, calling and answering each other.

Alone at the piano, Dame Mitsuko Uchida performs the famous first movement of Beethoven鈥檚 鈥楳oonlight鈥� Sonata, which merges into Kurt谩g鈥檚 鈥�quasi una fantasia鈥� Creating an extraordinary sound palette, Kurt谩g explores 鈥榠nstrumental groups dispersed in space鈥� around the piano.

In his Fifth Symphony Vaughan Williams deepened the dialogue in his music between the folk and the symphonic. After hearing the work鈥檚 first performance 鈥� conducted by the composer at the Proms in 1943 鈥� Adrian Boult was prompted to write to Vaughan Williams: 鈥業ts serene loveliness is completely satisfying in these times and shows, as only music can, what we must work for when this madness is over鈥� 鈥� an observation as relevant today as it was then.

Presented by Ian Skelly, live from the Royal Albert Hall.

Giovanni Gabrieli (arr. Eric Crees): Sacrae symphoniae (1597) 鈥� Canzon septimi et octavi toni a 12
Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2 鈥榪uasi una fantasia鈥� (鈥楳oonlight鈥�) 鈥� 1st mvt
Gy枚rgy Kurt谩g: 鈥� quasi una fantasia 鈥�
Giovanni Gabrieli (arr. Eric Crees): Sacrae symphoniae (1597) 鈥� Canzon noni toni a 12
Thomas Ad猫s: Dawn (麻豆社 commission: world premiere)
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5 in D major

Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)