BBC Proms 2023 - Prom 14: Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations (320kpbs .mp3)

BBC Proms 2023 - Prom 14: Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations (320kpbs .mp3)

Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra & conductor Elim Chan perform Elgar, Noriko Koide, and, with pianist Jan Lisiecki, Beethoven's sparkling Piano Concerto No.3.

01. Koide, Noriko - Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain (BBC commission: European premiere)
01a. Interview with Noriko Koide
02. Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
02a. Interview with Jan Lisiecki
03. Chopin - Nocturne Op 9 No 2 In E flat Major [encore]
04. Elgar - ‘Enigma’ Variations
04a. Introduction to Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations
Jan Lisiecki (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Elim Chan (conductor)

‘The Enigma I will not explain – its “dark saying” must be left unguessed …’ So wrote Edward Elgar of his career-making ‘Enigma’ Variations. What’s not in question, however, is the tender playfulness of orchestral variations inspired by the composer’s friends and family, including the noble, much-loved ‘Nimrod’. Pianist Jan Lisiecki joins Elim Chan and the BBC SO for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 – a Romantic tussle between conflict and lyricism. The concert opens with the European premiere of Noriko Koide’s silkworm-inspired Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain, commissioned for last year’s BBC Proms Japan.

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

First broadcast: 25 July 2023

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