Budapest Festival Orchestra & Igor Levit: Prokofiev
The ‘truly special’ Hungarian orchestra and its founder-conductor conjure musical magic in a celebration of Prokofiev, culminating in dances from his ballet Cinderella.
This concert is devoted to the mesmerising, fairy-tale music of Sergei Prokofiev.
After the stirring Overture on Hebrew Themes, award-winning pianist Igor Levit is the soloist in the powerful Piano Concerto No.2.
Finally we hear extracts from the composer’s bittersweet ballet score Cinderella, ready to live happily ever after.
Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra (‘truly special’, according to the New York Times) have always been in the vanguard of musical adventurers.
The musicians have played open-air concerts in their home city for everyone to dance to, asked the audience to choose the programme by vote, or turned into a choir for a sung encore.
The BFO was Gramophone’s Orchestra of the Year in 2022 and its recordings with Fischer have won the Diapason d’Or award and two Grammy nominations.
Performers
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer conductor
Igor Levit piano
Repertoire
Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes arr. for orchestra, Op.34a; Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.16 *
Interval
Prokofiev: Selection from Cinderella Suites
Need to know
* Please note change of concerto from originally advertised.
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For your visit
This event is held at the Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre
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Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 11pm
Monday, closed.
Plan your visit
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Food & drink
On Level 2 of our Royal Festival Hall you can grab a slice of life by the Thames with drinks and freshly made pizza at our Festival Bar & Kitchen which opens out onto our Riverside Terrace. You can grab a coffee and a slice of freshly made cake from our Ballroom Cafe. Or alternatively enjoy destination dining in the restaurant at Skylon.
From coffee to cocktails, filling favourites to fine dining, plus some of London’s best street food – it’s all here at the Southbank Centre.