May 12

Music by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky

With London Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Shostakovich and 3 more artists at Barbican Centre

Went

5
Interested

3

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Date

Thursday 12 May 2011 at 7:30pm

Location

Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)20 7638 8891

Web: http://www.barbican.org.uk

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Link

http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=10272

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Shostakovich Concerto for Trumpet, Piano and Strings
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 3 ('Polish')

Valery Gergiev conductor
Yefim Bronfman piano
London Symphony Orchestra

Shostakovich’s First Piano Concerto (1933) is full of zingy wit. He composed this enjoyable work to showcase his own gifts at the keyboard, but wrote his second (1957) for his son Maxim – the result is an immensely appealing piece, with its ‘maddeningly catchy’ melodies. Tchaikovsky’s Third Symphony – his only symphony in a major key – derives its nickname from the Polish dance rhythms that animate the final movement.

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