Prom 8: Youthful Beginnings

MendelssohnÆs precocious First Piano Concerto joins SchumannÆs forward-looking Fourth Symphony and music by Lili Boulanger and Morfydd Owen û both of whom died tragically young û in the BBC National Orchestra of WalesÆs first Prom of the season. 

Lili Boulanger:DÆun matin de printemps(5 mins), DÆun soir triste(11 mins)

Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor(20 mins)
Encore - Mendelssohn, transcribed Lizst: On wings of song.

Morfydd Llwyn Owen: Nocturne(15 mins)

Robert Schumann: Symphony No 4 in D minor (original 1841 version)(28 mins)

Bertrand Chamayou, piano

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas S°ndergσrd, conductor