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Cancelled: St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
Fateful Tchaikovsky
Part of the Zurich International Orchestra Series 2019-20 Season
Add to my Calendar 27-05-2020 19:30 27-05-2020 21:30 36 Cancelled: St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra ‘Superbly graceful’ was how The Times described Jennifer Pike’s 2016 performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Four years on, she performs it with the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra in a celebration of Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. Full of vivid orchestral colour and repeating ‘fate’ motifs, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony is an audience favourite for a reason. ‘[A] superbly graceful virtuoso without airs or affectation’ (The Times) Cadogan Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
Sloane Square, Belgravia
London
SW1X 9DQ
England
Programme
Sergey Prokofiev – Cinderella (1st suite), Op.107: Excerpts
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto, Op.35
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Symphony no.5 in E minor, Op.64
Performers
Jennifer Pike – Violin
Nikolai Alexeev – Conductor
St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
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Programme Note
‘Superbly graceful’ was how The Times described Jennifer Pike’s 2016 performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Four years on, she performs it with the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra in a celebration of Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev.
Full of vivid orchestral colour and repeating ‘fate’ motifs, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony is an audience favourite for a reason.
‘[A] superbly graceful virtuoso without airs or affectation’ (The Times)
