London, UK – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Rachmaninov, Hisaishi, Scriabin

Vasily Petrenko, conductor
Alexander Edmundson, horn
Ben Hulme, horn
Katy Woolley, horn
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

PROGRAMME
Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead
Hisaishi: The Border (Concerto for Three Horns and Orchestra) London Premiere
Scriabin: Symphony No.3, ‘The Divine Poem’

VENUE NOTE
Some composers think bigger, but it takes a special sort of genius to create a whole new musical universe.

Everything about Scriabin’s Third Symphony is larger than life, from the enormous orchestra to the galactic ambition of Scriabin’s inspiration – music that he described as ‘ecstatic’, ‘drunken’ and even ‘divine’!

If you like Mahler, you’ll love The Divine Poem, and for Vasily Petrenko, it’s a passion – a musical experience that doesn’t come around every day.

It’ll make a thrilling, colourful counterpart to a delightful new work from Joe Hisaishi (My Neighbour Totoro, Spirited Away), starring three solo horns and bursting with all the imagination you’d expect from Studio Ghibli’s house composer – currently the RPO’s Composer-in-Association.

Rachmaninov’s evocative tone poem Isle of the Dead, inspired by a black-and-white reproduction of Arnold Böcklin’s painting, launches an evening full of wonders.