BBC Proms Season 2017 Episode 23 - Dvorak and Bartok

Airdate: 2017-Sep-08

Episode summary:

Bartok's sparkling Second Piano Concerto and Dvorak's Eighth Symphony are in the spotlight as American pianist Jeremy Denk joins conductor Karina Canellakis and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The concert opens with Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) by young American composer Missy Mazzoli, music 'in the shape of the solar system'.

About BBC Proms series:

BBC Proms is the world's greatest classical music festival.