Philharmonia Orchestra: Salonen conducts in London

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Salonen conducts in London

Royal Festival Hall
Thu 1 Mar 2012 7:30pm

Esa-Pekka Salonen

conductor

Mitsuko Uchida

piano

Brahms

Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn

Schoenberg

Piano Concerto

Beethoven

Symphony No. 7

This concert is supported by Michael and Mercedes Hoffman

When Schoenberg was composing his Piano Concerto, his markings at the beginning of each movement suggested an autobiographical connection: “Life was so easy”, “Suddenly hatred broke out”, “A grave situation was created” and “But life goes on”. Although these markings were removed in the final published version, the underlying dramatic structure still affects the listener intensely.

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, with its driving rhythms and sparkling joie de vivre, is full of bright orchestral colours. The slow introduction to the first movement lays out the skeleton of the entire work, which is coloured in over the course of the work. The finale is based on a stamping peasant dance with ‘whooping horns’ providing a joyous climax.

Mitsuko Uchida's encore was Schoenberg's Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke, Op.19, No. 2

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