Philharmonia Orchestra: Sokhiev conducts in London

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Sokhiev conducts in London

Royal Festival Hall
Thu 9 Feb 2012 7:30pm

Tugan Sokhiev

conductor

Arcadi Volodos

piano

Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 2

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 8

Please note that the encore performed by Volodos was Schubert's Minuet, D600.

The central work in the trilogy of Shostakovich’s so-called ‘War Symphonies’, the Eighth Symphony is an incredibly powerful work and one that emanates a profound feeling of tragedy. Composed during the German Siege of Leningrad in 1941, the work was perceived by some as a symbol of anti-Nazi resistance, and met with strong disapproval from the Soviet government. The great arch of the first movement leads into two movements reminiscent of the mechanistic industry of war; and the finale tries to sound light and pastoral but is slowly beaten into an exhausted peace.

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