Gustavo Dudamel & Nikolai Lugansky at the QEH

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Thu 23 Feb 2006, 7:30pm
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Nikolai Lugansky piano

ShostakovichFestive Overture
ProkofievPiano Concerto No. 3
BernsteinSymphonic Dances from West Side Story
RevueltasSensemayá

Sensemayá, one of the greatest works in Latin American music, tells the story of an encounter between an Indian and a serpent. It has been likened both to 'Mars' from Holst's The Planets, and Ravel's Bolero: dangerous, percussive music that builds from dark rhythms and works up to a fever pitch. Spectacle and virtuosity dominate the rest of this evening's music as well - starting with the raw energy of Prokofiev and Shostakovich in the first half, and culminating in the jazz and swing-influences of West Side Story.

Click here to read Gustavo Dudamel's biography.

Click here to read Nikolai Lugansky's biography.

Please note that areas g & h in the Queen Elizabeth Hall are now sold out for this concert.

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Shostakovich Festive Overture

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Chandos X10088(2) (with Ballet Suites 1-5, etc)

Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3
Pletnev/Russian National Orchestra/Rostropovich
DG 477 060-2 (with Rachmaninov PC3)

Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Bernstein
Sony SMK 63085 (with Fancy Free, On the Waterfront)

Los Angeles PO/Bernstein
DG 469 829-2 (7 CDs of Bernstein conducting Bernstein)

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Te Kanawa, Carreras, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Bernstein
DG 447 958-2 (with Candide)

Revueltas Sensemaya
Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra, Mexico/Barrios
Naxos 8.555917

Beethoven Piano Sonatas, including Moonlight and Appassionata
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Warner Classics 2564 62300-2


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