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Montero plays Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Kristiina Poska

,Barbican Hall
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Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, and a UK premiere from Julia Adolphe. Big emotions and natural wonders from Kristiina Poska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

In the distance, a horn sings a sad, sweet song – and Tchaikovsky begins his journey to the heights of passion and sorrow. Julia Adolphe gazes up at giant Redwood trees, and sees the shimmer of a better world. And Rachmaninov places a dark, quiet chord into silence, at the beginning of the piano concerto that made him a star. 

But then, every story has to start somewhere, and the emotions in Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony and Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto remain as vital as ever. Julia Adolphe’s forest meditation is new to the UK, but for guest conductor Kristiina Poska, it has all the makings of a favourite. She’s joined by the remarkable Gabriela Montero – a pianist who believes that “music is a purposeful art”, and proves it every time she plays.

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Programme

  • Julia Adolphe   Underneath the Sheen
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff   Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky   Symphony No. 5

Performers

  • BBC Symphony Orchestra  
  • Kristiina Poska   conductor
  • Gabriela Montero   piano

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