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UK premieres of Larcher and Bruch

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Vedernikov

,Barbican Hall
A photo of pianist, Pavel Kolesnikov

An Austro-German programme of music past and present with UK firsts for works by Larcher and, amazingly, Bruch. Haydn bids farewell as only he could.

A programme of variety and invention from a quartet of Austro-German composers opens with music by a BBC SO favourite, Thomas Larcher (whose Symphony made such an impact at the 2016 BBC Proms). It is followed by a UK premiere of Bruch’s Double Piano Concerto (with two of today’s most exciting young pianists), a work from 1912 of unashamed Romantic sensibility. Anton Webern’s exquisite Six Pieces from two years earlier show a very different musical language. The concert ends with a rare chance to hear Haydn’s Farewell Symphony with its closing plea to the composer’s employer to move his court back to Vienna – all these years later it retains its powerful originality, invention and humour.

Tagged with: Classical music BBC Symphony Orchestra 2017–18 Multibuy BBC Symphony Orchestra 2017–18

Programme

  • Thomas Larcher   Red and Green (UK Premiere)
  • Bruch   Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
  • Webern   Six Pieces, Op 6
  • Haydn   Symphony No 45, Farewell

Performers

  • BBC Symphony Orchestra  
  • Alexander Vedernikov   conductor
  • Pavel Kolesnikov   piano
  • Samson Tsoy   piano

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