Philharmonia Orchestra: Petrenko conducts in London

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Petrenko conducts in London

Royal Festival Hall
Tue 23 Apr 2013 7:30pm

Vasily Petrenko

conductor

Nikolai Lugansky

piano

Liadov

The Enchanted Lake

Tchaikovsky

Piano Concerto No. 1

Prokofiev

Symphony No. 5

The first of two all-Russian spectaculars features the most popular piano concerto in the repertoire; a wild Cossack-ride through virtuoso territory that leaves audiences breathless in its wake. Incredibly, when Tchaikovsky first showed it to his mentor Nikolay Rubinstein, he was told that only ‘two or three pages’ were worth preserving! Liadov's creative output reflects his life-long desire to escape from reality. 'Give me a fairy tale', he once said, 'a dragon, a water-sprite, a forest-demon – give me something unreal and I am happy.’ The première of Prokofiev’s noble Fifth Symphony was all too real as the sound of cannon fire from outside the hall signalled the end of hostilities in World War II.

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