Proms at Perth is only Scottish date on tour
The BBC Proms has honoured Perth Concert Hall by including the city venue in what is the world’s biggest music festival.
The classical chamber music event at Perth Concert Hall on September 3 is set to be the only Scottish date on the BBC Proms at Chamber Concerts tour.
BBC Proms at Perth is an exclusive afternoon performance from Scottish pianist Steven Osborne and the awardwinning Heath String Quartet.
They will perform Shostakovich’s
Piano Quintet, a work that harks back to the chamber music of Haydn and his predecessors, revisiting 18th century forms and gestures through his own distinctive lens.
It is paired with Haydn’s own String Quartet in E flat major and Tippett’s Piano Sonata No2, which captures the fragmentary brilliance of its original title, Mosaics.
This Proms at Perth performance will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and, for the first time, the majority of concerts will be available on BBC Sounds for 12 months.
The BBC Proms offers eight weeks of world class music-making from a vast array of leading orchestras, conductors and soloists from the UK and around the world showcased across more than 80 concerts.
The 2023 BBC Proms runs from Friday, July 14 to Saturday, September 9.
With the aim to make classical music accessible to as wide an audience as possible, £8 Promming tickets for BBC Proms at Perth will be available to purchase from 10am on the day of the concert.
James Waters, creative director for Classical Music at Perth Concert Hall said:
“We are utterly delighted and honoured that the BBC Proms has decided to include Perth Concert Hall in the world’s biggest music festival.
“Even more delighted that the programme is built around one of our audience’s favourite artists, the internationally celebrated Steven Osborne.”
For tickets and information about BBC Proms at Perth on September 3 at 2pm, visit perththeatreandconcerthall.com or call the Perth Theatre and Concert Hall box office on 01738 621031 or visit in person (10am-4pm, Monday to Saturday).