City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Kazuki Yamada Conductor
Jeremy Denk Piano
Rita Castro Blanco Assistant Conductor

Gershwin, An American in Paris
Clyne, Piano Concerto (CBSO Commission: UK Premiere)
Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Wood)

DANCING CHICKENS, GLOWING SKULLS, A PARIS JAZZ-BAR AND A LOST PRINCESS.

Tonight, every note tells a story, as Kazuki Yamada opens his musical paintbox for a dazzlingly different version of Mussorgsky’s famous Pictures at an Exhibition orchestrated by Henry Wood. First, though, we’re making history. Jeremy Denk gives the UK premiere of a brand new Piano Concerto by one of Britain’s most imaginative living composers: the remarkable Anna Clyne.