Nicola Benedetti & Philharmonia Chamber Players
This event has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
The ever-popular violinist Nicola Benedetti leads a group of soloists from the Philharmonia Orchestra in vivid chamber music inspired by art and poetry.
When Tchaikovsky visited Florence, he fell in love with the place, its art and its music. His Souvenir de Florence preserves some of the wonder he felt there.
When Schoenberg read ‘Verklärte Nacht’ by the poet Richard Dehmel, he was moved to turn it into a wordless tone-poem, fuelled by his own new-found passion for the woman who later became his wife.
Both composers, writing in a flood of inspiration, chose the luscious sounds of a string sextet for their purposes, creating works that made the most of the ensemble’s capacity for rich harmonies and lavish expression.
Benedetti leads a group of soloists from the Philharmonia Orchestra in a celebration of this irresistible medium.
Performers
Philharmonia Chamber Players
Nicola Benedetti violin
Repertoire
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Op.70
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
Need to know
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This event is held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall Southbank Centre
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