PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA

The series opens with a short but very affecting piece by American composer Nico Muhly. One Line, Two Shapes was composed during Covid lockdown and first performed in Köln under tonight’s conductor. Nicola Benedetti then joins the orchestra for Brahms’ magnificent violin concerto, which is built on a symphonic scale. He replaced the original middle two movements with one of his most beautiful adagios, and the finale is a vigorous Hungarian dance. Rachmaninov’s Third Symphony was written just after the Rhapsody on the theme of Paganini. Its taut construction and dramatic power make the many moments of lyricism throughout the score all the more poignant and emotional.

Lyatoshynsky

Symphonic Picture:

Grazhyna

Bruch

Violin Concerto no. 1

Strauss

Don Juan

Liszt

Mazeppa

Aleksey Semenenko violin

Saturday 21 October