Philharmonia Orchestra: Salonen conducts in London

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Salonen conducts in London

Royal Festival Hall
Thu 15 Mar 2012 7:30pm

Esa-Pekka Salonen

conductor

Viviane Hagner

violin

Beethoven

Symphony No. 1

Unsuk Chin

Violin Concerto

Beethoven

Symphony No. 3, Eroica

Violists Sam Burstin and Gijs Kramers are blogging throughout the series, read their latest entry here

Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony paved the way for Romanticism with its grandiose gestures, emerging themes and previously unparalleled scale. This is the work that rethought the classical symphonic structure, with unexpected recapitulations, and an unprecedented depth of emotion in the second movement, and it is clear to see why many consider this the greatest symphony ever composed.

Before this is the Violin Concerto by Unsuk Chin, new Artistic Director of the Music of Today series: the work won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award in 2004 and was described the judging committee as “a synthesis of glittering orchestration, rarefied sonorities, volatility of expression, musical puzzles and unexpected turns”.

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The Telegraph (4*)

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