Synopsis

Tonight's Prom features the acclaimed young German pianist Lars Vogt performing Grieg's beloved Piano Concerto in A minor, recorded just last week. The BBC Symphony Orchestra will also present *Hypothetically Murdered*, a witty and satirical work by Shostakovich originally conceived for a peculiar vaudeville show at the Leningrad Music Hall in 1931. Conductor Mark Elder explains: "The complete score was lost during the siege of Leningrad, but Rozhdestvensky recovered some piano sketches and entr