Elgar Symphony No. 1 with Alexander Soddy
General booking opens at 10am on Tuesday 20 October. Join the Friends to access priority booking.
Artists
Alexander Soddy – conductor
Piotr Anderszewski – piano
Programme
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491
— Interval —
Elgar Symphony No. 1
String radiance, Mozartian drama and Elgarian nobility shape this richly contrasted afternoon.
Alexander Soddy opens with Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, music that seems to suspend time as divided strings unfold in luminous, spacious textures. Piotr Anderszewski is the soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24, one of the composer’s darkest and most searching concertos, where elegance and turbulence are held in perfect balance.
The second half belongs to Elgar’s Symphony No. 1, a work of deep feeling. Its famous opening motto returns transformed over the course of a score that moves from introspection to blazing affirmation. Soddy returns to the Philharmonia for the first time since a remarkable performance of Bruckner’s Sixth in 2023, praised by Opera Today for its “palatial beauty”. Heard together, these three masterpieces create an afternoon of reflection, drama and release.
Need to know
Prices & Discounts
From £15
Multibuy offer available; under-18s and concessions discounts available.
The price of each ticket includes a £2 restoration levy which will be shown as part of your total at checkout. The restoration levy goes towards the upkeep and improvement of Southbank Centre’s historic venues.
The price also includes a £3 booking fee per transaction. This fee will be added to your total at checkout.
Running time
1 hr 50 mins, including an interval
Recommended age
From 7+
Programme notes
Printed programmes will be available at the venue. Digital programme notes will be available a week before the concert.
Box office
Philharmonia Box Office: 0800 652 6717
Monday to Friday 10am – 5pm
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