London Philharmonic Orchestra: Manfred Symphony

Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Road, London
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This event ended on Wednesday 24th of February 2016
Admission
£9-£39
Venue Information
Royal Festival Hall
Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX
Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Waterloo 0.17 miles

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony

Vasily Petrenko conductor
Augustin Hadelich violin
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Tchaikovsky didn’t write six symphonies; he wrote seven. The slippery, unnumbered ‘Manfred’ Symphony takes its name from a tortured character from Byron who wanders the Alps stalked by an enigmatic guilt. In this extraordinary and treacherously difficult work, Tchaikovsky’s orchestra moves from sombre yearning to angered argument, until a shattering moment of dazzling sunlight crashes into its final movement, a glimpse of hope before Manfred’s ultimate demise. This was the most extensive and challenging piece Tchaikovsky had written at the time of its premiere in 1886, a wild and unbridled vision of life and death that won Vasily Petrenko a Gramophone Award for his powerful 2008 recording.

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