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Tchaikovsky & Sibelius

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1 –⁠ 8 Apr 2021, 7.30pm
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Portrait of pianist Pavel Kolesnikov

The Philharmonia Orchestra brings us Tchaikovsky's turbulent Piano Concerto No.1 and Sibelius' theatrical King Christian II Suite in a broadcast performance.

Pavel Kolesnikov, a pianist 'in full command of a magnificent range of powers' (The Arts Desk), has risen from BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist to major soloist.

He joins the Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Rory Macdonald in Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1, a rollercoaster of emotions from its first implacable chords to its fiery finale.

Sibelius' King Christian II Suite was written in 1904 for a play telling of the fall of a 16th-century ruler.

Sibelius gives some movements an ancient flavour, with pairs of woodwinds playing rustic tunes.

Other movements paint Romantic pictures of dusk and night-time with lush string melodies.

The rousing final movement would have filled a contemporary Finnish audience with patriotic fervour, in no doubt as to the play's nationalist, anti-Russian subtext.

Sibelius' short Dance Intermezzo, with its tambourines and castanets, transports us to the sunny Mediterranean.

Performers
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Rory Macdonald conductor
  • Pavel Kolesnikov piano
Repertoire
  • Sibelius: Dance intermezzo, Op.45 No.2
  • Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1
  • Sibelius: King Christian II, suite from the incidental music, Op.27

Dates & times

First broadcast: available from 7.30pm on Thu 1 Apr and available to buy until Thu 1 Jul.

Approximate run time: 1 hour 15 mins.
Run times may vary by up to 20 minutes as they can be affected by last-minute programme changes, intervals and encores.

Price

Standard £12

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