Programme

Einojuhani Rautavaara
Apotheosis

Sergej Prokofjew
Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 3 in C major, op. 26

Interval

Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, op. 82

Mikko Franck, Conductor

Beatrice Rana, Piano

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

The 26-year-old Italian pianist Beatrice Rana already has an exclusive CD contract for which she has recorded Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Prokofiev’s Second Concerto. Now, for her Bavarian RSO début, she will play Prokofiev’s Third Concerto, whose full-voiced, highly virtuosic piano part specially suits her extraordinary talent. Her partner at the helm will be Finnish conductor Mikko Franck, principle conductor of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France since 2015. He will round off the concert with two works by Finnish composers: Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Apotheosis and Jean Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5.