Philharmonia Orchestra: Segerstam conducts in London

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Segerstam conducts in London

Royal Festival Hall
Tue 24 Apr 2012 7:30pm

Leif Segerstam

conductor

Denis Matsuev

piano

Sibelius

Night Ride and Sunrise

Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 2

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 6, Pathétique

Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 is an ever-popular staple of the piano repertoire; and it’s easy to hear why. Full of romantic, sweeping melodies and stormy dramatic episodes, the fiendish virtuosity required along with deep emotional insight is a powerful blend that never fails to affect the listener. Similarly, Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony is renowned for its memorable moments; the lop-sided 5/4 waltz of the second movement, for example, which leads into the march of the third movement. The finale builds to an impassioned climax before subsiding, sliding into silence. This was the last work composed before Tchaikovsky’s sudden death; and he described it as “my very best… I love it as I have never loved any of my musical children.”

Mr Matsuev's encore was his own transcription of Figaro’s aria from Rossini's The Barber of Seville.

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