BBC Proms 2015 - Schubert & W. A. Mozart

Prom 57: Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Bernard Haitink , , Royal Albert Hall One of today’s greatest conductors brings Schubert’s Ninth Symphony (the ’Great’) to the Proms, along with Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23, performed by the inimitable Maria João Pires. Programme Franz Schubert Overture in C major in the Italian Style (9 mins) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto in A major, K488 (26 mins) Franz Schubert Symphony No.9 in C major ’Great’ (51 mins) Performers Maria João Pires piano Chamber Orchestra of Europe Bernard Haitink conductor About this event Refined but also profoundly expressive, Maria João Pires is one of the great Mozart interpreters of her generation. She returns to the Proms to continue our series of late Mozart piano concertos. No. 23 in A major boasts quasi-operatic melodies and deft woodwind colouring. It took musicians and audiences a long time to come to t