Who better to conduct this evening of Russian Greats than Chief Conductor of the St Petersburg Philharmonic Yuri Temirkanov. Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto was originally written to showcase the composer’s own virtuosic talents yet the orchestra plays more than simply an accompanying role climaxing in an explosive finale. In Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony the fate motif returns, but as with the Fourth Symphony the atmosphere lifts in the finale, this time to end with an optimistic triumphal march.
Other concerts at De Montfort Hall:
Ashkenazy conducts at De Montfort Hall
Sep 18 2009, 19:30 - De Montfort Hall
Sunwook Kim piano
Schubert Overture, Rosamunde
Schumann Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Nicola Benedetti plays at De Montfort Hall
Oct 14 2009, 19:30 - De Montfort Hall
Leif Segerstam conductor
Nicola Benedetti violin
Glinka Overture, Ruslan and Ludmila
Glazunov Violin Concerto
Dvořák Symphony No. 9, From the New World







