Cadogan Hall is delighted to welcome back the enormously popular Russian State Philharmonic with its Music Director Valery Polyansky, recognized today as a leading interpreter of the works of Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky.
Rachmaninov himself said that the third was his personal favourite amongst his piano concertos, requiring breathtaking virtuosity from both soloist and orchestra. Valentina Lisitsa joins them for one of the most difficult and physically demanding works for pianists.
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, written soon after the collapse of his brief and disastrous marriage, is saturated with the idea of fate, or as the composer wrote ‘that fatal force which prevents the impulse to happiness from attaining its goal’. The vigorous finale, incorporating a famous Russian folk song, swings from the dark emotions of the first movement to a more triumphant mood.
Ivor Bolton conducts Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20, with soloist Oliver Schnyder, and Beethoven's joyous Seventh Symphony. Busoni's Lustspiel opens the concert.
The first of two concerts conducted by Valery Gergiev celebrating the music of Rimsky-Korsakov and his pupil Stravinsky, including Scheherazade and Stravinsky's Symphony in C.
The second of two concerts with Valery Gergiev celebrating the music of Rimsky-Korsakov and his pupil Stravinsky, including The Firebird Suite and Violin Concerto with soloist Kristóf Baráti.
Alexander Dmitriev conducts an all-Russian programme of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 4, and Tchaikovsky's dramatic Pathétique Symphony and Romeo & Juliet Overture.
Stéphane Denève conducts a programme including Bruch's Violin Concerto and Suites from two of the finest ballet scores, by Prokofiev and Ravel - Cinderella and Daphnis et Chloé. Mark-Anthony...
Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture and Piano Concerto No. 1, with the acclaimed pianist Stephen Hough, and Schubert's 'Great' Ninth Symphony, under the baton of Heinz Holliger. He also conducts one of...
Igor Levit performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4, framed by Brahms' sunny Symphony No. 2 and Beethoven's Egmont Overture, under the baton of Andrew Manze.
Sir Roger Norrington conducts an all-Beethoven programme, including the Third Piano Concerto, with acclaimed soloist Francesco Piemontesi, and the Third Symphony, the Eroica.
The first of two concerts by the CNSO, featuring Schubert’s lyrical 'Unfinished' Eighth Symphony, Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto, and Dvořák's glorious Seventh Symphony, conducted by Ben...
The CNSO's second concert features Schubert's Fifth Symphony, Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto, and Dvořák's much-loved Ninth 'New World' Symphony, conducted by Jan Chalupecký.
Markus Poschner conducts a performance of Mahler's epic Second Symphony, the 'Resurrection', a grand musical exploration of life and humanity, culminating in a transcendent choral finale.
Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1, with the brilliant young pianist Pavel Kolesnikov, Grieg's delightful Peer Gynt Suites and Sibelius' atmospheric Swan of Tuonela.
Tchaikovsky's virtuosic Violin Concerto, with the internationally lauded soloist Arabella Steinbacher, and Shostakovich’s hugely popular and emotional Symphony No. 5. Weber's Overture to Euryanthe...
Violinist Liza Ferschtman joins the orchestra for a programme of romance and drama including Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story and Three Dance Episodes from On the Town, preceded by...
Two English masterpieces - Vaughan Williams' lush Tallis Fantasia and Elgar's Enigma Variations - frame Rachmaninov's poignant Piano Concerto No. 2 (with soloist John Lill), one of the best loved...
