CONCERTS
may

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Performing with, Adela Zaharia soprano Programme Bernd Richard Deutsch Phantasma (UK premiere: co-commissioned with the Concertgebouw, Cleveland Orchestra and Bamberger Symphoniker) Strauss Brentano Lieder (Six Songs) Scriabin Symphony No.3, The Divine Poem
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Performing with,
Adela Zaharia soprano
Programme
Bernd Richard Deutsch Phantasma (UK premiere: co-commissioned with the Concertgebouw, Cleveland Orchestra and Bamberger Symphoniker)
Strauss Brentano Lieder (Six Songs)
Scriabin Symphony No.3, The Divine Poem
Time
(Thursday) 19:30
Location
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Hope St, Liverpool L1 9BP

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Vasily Petrenko Conductor Arabella Steinbacher Violin Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Programme Journeys of Discovery: Psychedelia Jennifer Higdon blue cathedral Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2 Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Dukas and Tchaikovsky spirit us away into worlds of sorcerers and ghosts, while
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Vasily Petrenko Conductor
Arabella Steinbacher Violin
Programme
Journeys of Discovery: Psychedelia
Jennifer Higdon blue cathedral
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Dukas and Tchaikovsky spirit us away into worlds of sorcerers and ghosts, while Elgar’s bittersweet concerto grounds us in the fragility of life.
Right from jaunty trio of bassoons that dance the first theme of Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Dukas offers us a masterclass in orchestral colour. Each episode of Goethe’s ballad is imagined in playful detail, from the march of the brooms to the raucous mayhem that ensues.
Elgar’s concerto brings us back to the somber realities of life. Part lament for the First World War, and written in the autumn of his life, it yearns for a simpler, untainted past. It is a moment of contemplation in an otherwise energetic programme.
The writer Harold Schonberg once described Tchaikovsky’s music being ‘as emotional as a scream from a window on a dark night.’ His Manfred Symphony is a perfect example. In Byron’s dramatic poem and ghost story, Manfred is a man tormented by guilt and remorse who uses the dark arts to summon spirits to help him forget his past and escape his fate.
Tchaikovsky’s fateful music makes the perfect partner for Manfred’s travails while also delighting in his escapes into fantasy. The work contains both the lightest, most impressionistic moments and the loudest climax he ever wrote.
Time
(Wednesday) 19:30
Location
Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, Lambeth, London SE1 8XX
20may20:00Fukuoka, Japan - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra20:00 Fukuoka Symphony Hall
21may15:00Osaka, Japan - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra15:00 Festival Hall, Osaka

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Performing with, Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano Programme Gliere: Overture on Slavonic Themes Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”
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Performing with,
Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano
Programme
Gliere: Overture on Slavonic Themes
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”
Time
(Monday) 19:00
Location
Suntory Hall
1 Chome-13-1 Akasaka, Minato City, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan
23may19:30Takasaki, Japan - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra19:30 Takasaki City Theatre
24may19:30Tokyo, Japan - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra19:30 Bunkyō City Hall
26may19:30Tokyo, Japan - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich19:30 Suntory Hall

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Performing with, Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano Programme Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 Shostakovich: Symphony No.8
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Performing with,
Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano
Programme
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1
Shostakovich: Symphony No.8
Time
(Friday) 19:30
Location
Suntory Hall
1 Chome-13-1 Akasaka, Minato City, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan
27may19:30Nagoya, Japan - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra19:30 Aichi Arts Center
june

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Vasily Petrenko Conductor Nobuyuki Tsujii Piano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Programme Journeys of Discovery: Confict chaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 Shostakovich Symphony No.8 chaikovsky’s effusive concerto is paired with a symphony that pulls no punches. Tchaikovsky laboured long
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Vasily Petrenko Conductor
Nobuyuki Tsujii Piano
Programme
Journeys of Discovery: Confict
chaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1
Shostakovich Symphony No.8
chaikovsky’s effusive concerto is paired with a symphony that pulls no punches.
Tchaikovsky laboured long and hard on his First Piano Concerto, revising it three times. The result was a work that has stood the test of time, shooting its arrow direct to the heart. All sentiments are there: fury, serenity, joy, and – of course – passion.
Shostakovich’s response to the unfathomable losses of the Second World War was to write a work that did not shy away from the ugliness and chaos of the indiscriminate suffering that had been unleashed. As is so often the case with his music, listening to the Eighth Symphony offers a catharsis, moving from unrelenting pressure to finding final release.
‘All that is dark and evil rots away, and beauty triumphs,’ wrote the composer. And yet the hallmark of Shostakovich is his ambiguity. After the pain and suffering, can anything ever be the same again?
Time
(Wednesday) 19:30
Location
Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, Lambeth, London SE1 8XX
july
04jul19:30Munich, Germany - Munich Opera Festival - Mussorgsky19:30 Bayerische Staatsoper

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Programme Mussorgsky Boris Godunov
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Programme
Mussorgsky Boris Godunov
Time
(Tuesday) 19:30
Location
Bayerische Staatsoper
06jul19:00Munich, Germany - Munich Opera Festival - Mussorgsky19:00 Bayerische Staatsoper

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Programme Mussorgsky Boris Godunov
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Programme
Mussorgsky Boris Godunov
Time
(Thursday) 19:00
Location
Bayerische Staatsoper