Gustavo Dudamel conducts at the Royal Festival Hall
Gustavo Dudamel
Sun 8 Jun 2008, 7:30pm
Royal Festival Hall, London
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Gil Shaham violin
| Smetana | Overture, The Bartered Bride |
|---|---|
| Dvořák | Violin Concerto |
| Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 5 |
Please note that the following price areas are now sold out for this performance:
| Front Stalls | P3 |
| Rear Stalls | P4 |
| Side Stalls | P4 |
Dvořák’s Violin Concerto has always lived in the shadow of the Cello Concerto, unjustly so given its abundance of haunting melodies, most notably in the intensely lyrical slow movement. By the time Tchaikovsky composed his Fifth Symphony just a few years later, his music was being heard around the world, his reputation firmly established. Yet emotionally the composer was troubled, declaring himself “in a torment of discontent”, and he lacked conviction about his work. Audiences have disagreed ever since: highly charged and often tragic, it is one of the richest and most heartfelt works that Tchaikovsky ever wrote.
Tickets: £45 £38 £29 £23 £18 £14 £11 £8
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