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This concert is part of the following series:
Autumn-Winter 2008/09

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Prokofiev wrote his Fifth Symphony in a safe Russian haven at the height of World War II. He described it as ‘a symphony of the greatness of the human spirit, a song of praise of free and happy mankind’, and although the music itself is more ambiguous and ironic than this politically sanitised description suggests, it is a work of heroic proportion, and one that was immediately acclaimed both in Russia and overseas. It is performed this evening alongside two equally popular works: Verdi’s Overture, La Forza del Destino and Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, which is brought to vivid Russian life in the hands of the extraordinary Boris Giltburg.

Read Nicola Luisotti's biography.

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Tickets:  £45  £38  £29  £23  £18  £14  £11  £8

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