Also this evening :
An all-Russian evening, opening with Borodin’s spectacular Polovtsian Dances from his most famous opera Prince Igor. Shostakovich’s first Violin Concerto is often sad and searching, opening with a long nocturnal lament and featuring an intensely beautiful third movement passacaglia, in which the soloist performs against a simple timpani accompaniment. Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony is equally troubled, though its emotion is expressed more dramatically, through repeated major emotional climaxes and a cruelly dominant musical 'Fate' motif, right until the symphony’s brave and triumphant ending.
More concerts at Royal Festival Hall
Tristan und Isolde
Sep 26 2010, 16:00 - Royal Festival Hall
Salonen conducts Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, accompanied by stunning film projections by video artist Bill Viola
Salonen conducts Sibelius
Sep 30 2010, 19:30 - Royal Festival Hall
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the music of Brahms and Sibelius.






