BBC Proms 2025 – Philharmonia Orchestra. Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts Gabriela Ortiz’s Antrópolis, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated Ravel), and Bruce Liu plays Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto. Live on BBC Radio 3. | Colin's Column

BBC Proms 2025 – Philharmonia Orchestra. Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts Gabriela Ortiz’s Antrópolis, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated Ravel), and Bruce Liu plays Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto. Live on BBC Radio 3.

Photo, Chris Christodoulou Wednesday, August 20, 2025 Royal Albert Hall, London Mexican watering holes, a tour of, plenty of percussion (timpani solos), rhythm, rhythm, rhythm – thus spake Gabriela Ortiz’s Antrópolis of her native nightclubs, dancehalls, and bars; add in brazen trumpets, the required ten minutes about right, and there was no doubt that the … Continue reading BBC Proms 2025 – Philharmonia Orchestra. Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts Gabriela Ortiz’s Antrópolis, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated Ravel), and Bruce Liu plays Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto. Live on BBC Radio 3.