PRAGUE, CZECHIA – CZECH PHILHARMONIC – ADAMS, PROKOFIEV, ELGAR

Evgeny Kissin, piano
Czech Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor

Adams: Frenzy
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D- flat Major, Op. 10
Elgar: Enigma Variations Op. 36

VENUE NOTE:
To begin the evening, Frenzy by the contemporary American composer John Adams takes us to the depths of madness caused by information overload, and at the end we will try to get to the bottom of the secrets in Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations. In between we will hear a Prokofiev piano concerto played by one of today’s most sought-after pianists: Evgeny Kissin.