Philharmonia Orchestra: Salonen conducts in Leicester

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Salonen conducts in Leicester

De Montfort Hall
Tue 25 Sep 2012 7:30pm

Esa-Pekka Salonen

conductor

Leif Ove Andsnes

piano

Beethoven

Overture, Namensfeier

Beethoven

Piano Concerto No. 1

Beethoven

Symphony No. 5

This concert is part of the following series:
Leicester 2012/13 Season

Lord Mayor's Concert

In the opening concert of the season, the Philharmonia’s Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor, Esa-Pekka Salonen, explores the music of perhaps the most famous and influential composer of all time. The concert is part of the Philharmonia’s international series marking 185 years since the composer’s death, culminating in a complete Beethoven symphony cycle at the Beethovenfest in Bonn, Germany. The Fifth Symphony, featured in this concert, stands as a fine representation of Beethoven’s otherworldly genius. Its opening bars are so terrifyingly direct that commentators have long argued over their ‘meaning’: “Fate knocking at the door” is a common interpretation. It is an important motif which, remarkably, encapsulates all of the thematic material of the rest of the movement.