Here’s your daily digest on the BBC Proms 2024. We’ve got all the details you need for the Proms concert taking place on Monday, 29 July at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
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What’s on at the Proms today?
Today’s Proms concert, Prom 14, features the Proms’ most prolific orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra. They will perform Bruckner‘s Symphony No. 1 (and that’s the 1877 Linz version, edited by Nowak, Bruckner fans), as well as the work Aditus by contemporary Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür. In something of an Estonian special, tonight’s conductor is Tüür’s compatriot Paavo Järvi.
Järvi and the BBC SO are also joined by the rising South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim for Beethoven‘s rousing, grandly beautiful Piano Concerto No. 5, also known as the ‘Emperor’. After a grand, boisterous opening movement, the ‘Emperor’ features one of the most sublime slow movements in the piano concerto repertoire. It’s a deserved entry in our list of the greatest piano concertos of all time – in fact, it was one of the very first names on the teamsheet.
Who is Yunchan Lim?
Yunchan Lim is a pianist from South Korea. He made his impact on the world stage in 2022 when, at the tender age of 18, he became the youngest ever winner of the hugely prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
Aged just 20 at the time of his 2024 BBC Proms performance, he has already released a highly acclaimed album of Chopin‘s Etudes on Decca. We gave that disc a glowing review in BBC Music Magazine.
What’s more, his performance in the semi-final of the 2022 Van Cliburn competition – of Liszt’s Transcendental Études – got an album release in 2023. That one entered the Billboard Traditional Classical Albums chart at number 5. Finally, he has also recorded Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Piano Concerto – the work he performs tonight – for Deutsche Grammophon. That disc was released in 2022.
How much are tickets to this Prom?
Tickets to Prom 14 are priced between £10 and £44. Alternatively, you can become a Day Prommer and queue for the chance of an £8 ticket.