The St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra is one of the leading symphony orchestras of Russia, tonight conducted by its Chief Conductor Alexander Dmitriev and joined by English pianist Peter Donohoe for a programme of masterpieces by Tchaikovsky (his two pieces inspired by English writers Byron and Shakespeare) and Rachmaninov.
Rachmaninov composed four piano concertos over the course of his career and was the soloist at the premiere of each. The Fourth Concerto is a work very much of its time, incorporating not only the remnants of late Romanticism but also some up-to-date sounds of Ravel and Gershwin, reflecting Rachmaninov’s musical curiosity and evolving style.
The evening’s programme is completed by one of the most famous love themes in the world played by an orchestra full of Russian intensity and passion.
Ivor Bolton conducts Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20, with soloist Oliver Schnyder, and Beethoven's Seventh Symphony. Busoni's Lustspiel opens the concert.
The first of two concerts by Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra celebrating the music of Rimsky-Korsakov and his most famous pupil Stravinsky, including Scheherazade and Stravinsky's Symphony...
The second of two concerts by the Mariinsky Orchestra celebrating the music of Rimsky-Korsakov and his pupil Stravinsky, including the latter's Violin Concerto, with soloist Kristóf Baráti, and The...
Stéphane Denève conducts a programme including Suites from two of the finest ballet scores - Prokofiev's Cinderella and Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé - and Bruch's much-loved Violin Concerto with...
Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture and Piano Concerto No. 1, with the acclaimed pianist Stephen Hough, and Schubert's 'Great' Ninth Symphony, under the baton of Heinz Holliger. He also conducts one of...
Lars Vogt performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2, framed by Brahms' Symphony No. 2 and Beethoven's Egmont Overture, under the baton of Andrew Manze.
An all-Russian programme featuring Valentina Lisitsa as the soloist in Rachmaninov's virtuosic Third Piano Concerto, followed by Tchaikovksy's dramatic Fourth Symphony. Khachaturian's Masquerade...
Sir Roger Norrington conducts an all-Beethoven programme, including the Third Piano Concerto, with the acclaimed Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi, and the Third Symphony, the Eroica.
The first of two concerts by the CNSO, featuring Schubert’s lyrical 'Unfinished' Symphony No. 8, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with soloist Pavel Kolesnikov, and Dvořák's glorious Seventh...
The second of CNSO's concerts features Schubert's Fifth Symphony, Beethoven's final piano concerto, the 'Emperor', with soloist Barry Douglas, and Dvořák's much-loved Ninth 'New World' Symphony.
Markus Poschner conducts a performance of Mahler's epic Second Symphony, the 'Resurrection', a grand musical exploration of life and humanity, culminating in a transcendent choral finale.
A programme including Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1, with the brilliant young pianist Pavel Kolesnikov, Sibelius' atmospheric Swan of Tuonela and both of Grieg's delightful Peer Gynt Suites.
Tchaikovsky's virtuosic Violin Concerto, with the internationally lauded soloist Arabella Steinbacher, and Shostakovich’s hugely popular and emotional Symphony No. 5. Weber's Overture to Euryanthe...
Violinist Liza Ferschtman joins the orchestra for a programme of romance and drama including Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story and Three Dance Episodes from On the Town, preceded by...
Two English masterpieces - Vaughan Williams' lush Tallis Fantasia and Elgar's Enigma Variations - frame Rachmaninov's poignant Piano Concerto No. 2 (with soloist John Lill), one of the best loved...
