Philharmonia Orchestra: Hr&367;ša conducts in London

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Hrůša conducts in London

Royal Festival Hall
Thu 2 May 2013 7:30pm

Jakub Hrůša

conductor

Frank Peter Zimmermann

violin

Philharmonia Voices

Scriabin

Reverie

Shostakovich

Violin Concerto No. 1

Prokofiev

Alexander Nevsky

The two main works in tonight’s high-impact programme come from opposite ends of the musical spectrum. Shostakovich’s dark and despairing First Violin Concerto had to be hidden away until after Stalin’s death in 1953 for fear of reprisals from the Soviet thought police, who wanted only positivist flag-wavers that glorified the Motherland. This is exactly what Prokofiev provided with his cantata adapted from his music to Eisenstein's film Alexander Nevsky, which, following a breathtaking battle on the frozen wastes, climaxes in Alexander riding triumphantly into Pskov. The proletariat lapped it up and Stalin gave it his seal of approval, but unsurprisingly Shostakovich was less than impressed!

Concert performance in Russian with English surtitles

Part of Southbank Centre's The Rest is Noise, inspired by Alex Ross' book "The Rest is Noise"

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