Revolutionary Music Events
Wed 6 Sep 2017
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
The LPO marks the centenary of the Russian Revolution with Prokofiev’s ‘Mendelssohnian’ First Violin Concerto and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11. Stravinsky’s Funeral Song, lost for over a century and rediscovered in 2015, opens the concert.
The LPO marks the centenary of the Russian Revolution with Prokofiev’s ‘Mendelssohnian’ First Violin Concerto and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11. Stravinsky’s Funeral Song, lost for over a century and rediscovered in 2015, opens the concert.
Programme
- Funeral Song(12 mins)
- Song of the Volga Boatmen(2 mins)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major(22 mins)
- interval
- Russian Funeral(7 mins)
- Symphony No. 11 in G minor, ‘The Year 1905’(65 mins)
Performers
- Alina Ibragimovaviolin
- Vladimir Jurowskiconductor
Also part ofProms 2017
Sun 3 Sep 2017
- 18:00Imperial College Union
Tom Service presents a revolutionary-themed edition of BBC Radio 3’s The Listening Service.
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus mark the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution with performances of Prokofiev’s extravagant October Revolution cantata and Shostakovich’s darkly evocative Fifth Symphony.
Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus mark the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution with performances of Prokofiev’s extravagant October Revolution cantata and Shostakovich’s darkly evocative Fifth Symphony.
Programme
- Cantata for the Twentieth Anniversary of the October Revolution, Op 74(39 mins)
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major(16 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 5 in D minor(49 mins)
Performers
- Denis Matsuevpiano
- Valery Gergievconductor
Also part ofProms 2017
Tue 29 Aug 2017
- 17:45Imperial College Union
A historical introduction to tonight's Prom and the figure of Lenin with historians Helen Rappaport and Victor Sebestyen.
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Vasily Petrenko conducts the Oslo Philharmonic in an all-Russian programme, featuring Stravinsky’s The Firebird suite, Rachmaninov’s Fourth Piano Concerto with Leif Ove Andsnes as soloist and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 12.
Vasily Petrenko conducts the Oslo Philharmonic in an all-Russian programme, featuring Stravinsky’s The Firebird suite, Rachmaninov’s Fourth Piano Concerto with Leif Ove Andsnes as soloist and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 12.
Programme
- The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)(21 mins)
- Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor(24 mins)(revised version, 1941)
- interval
- Symphony No 12 in D minor 'The Year 1917'(41 mins)
Performers
- Leif Ove Andsnespiano
- Vasily Petrenkoconductor
Also part ofProms 2017
