London Philharmonic Orchestra: Nielsen, Dvorak and Rachmaninoff

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Nielsen: Pan and Syrinx
Dvořák: Violin Concerto
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3

Osmo Vänskä: conductor
Christian Tetzlaff: violin

One night in 2007, conductor Osmo Vänskä took the London Philharmonic Orchestra through the thrilling orchestral showpiece that is Rachmaninoff’s Third Symphony. The performance – of rare involvement, energy and beauty – became a critically acclaimed recording. Now Vänskä, whose concerts with the Orchestra invariably combine sparks of energy with startling levels of finesse, returns for a second look at this most irrepressible symphony of yearning and longing, with Dvořák’s treacle-toned Violin Concerto and music of plaintive rhapsody from Carl Nielsen to begin.