St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra: Music by Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky at Leeds Town Hall, Leeds on Saturday 28th October 2017

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St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

Music by Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky

Part of the Leeds International Concert Season 2017/18

Add to my Calendar 28-10-2017 19:30 28-10-2017 21:30 36 St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra Concert begins at 7.30pm **General Sale: Saturday 19 August**Booking for new subscribers: Monday 17 July   Prokofiev's Symphony No 1 is in a familiar four-movement form, the two fast outer movements bracketing a slow movement and one inspired by a stylized dance. The scoring of Symphony No 1 is appropriate to an orchestra of the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century; it is of a decidely lighthearted, even humorous character, much in the spirit of the symphonies of Haydn, unusual for a leader of the twentieth-century Russian avant-garde.   Tchaikovsky's second piano concerto is undeniably attractive and elaborate, full of exhuberant piano writing and exhilirating orchestral responses. It was premiered in New York City by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra with Madeline Schiller on piano.   Symphony No 6 is Tchaikovsky's final completed symphony, premiering in Russia only nine days before the composer's death. The work has been a topic of great discussion, as Rimsky-Korsakov had asked Tchaikovsky if there was a program to the work. Tchaikovksy had replied saying it had one but wouldn't divulge it. The grand four movement work was composed in a small house in Klin, Russia, yet it is one of the grandest symphonic works from Tchaikovsky. In recent popular culture, it was played at the 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, alongside Russia's national ballet company.   'To regret the past, to hope in the future, and never be satisfied with the present: that is what I spend my whole life doing' Tchaikovsky   Pre-concert talk 6:45pm George Kennaway discusses this evening's works.Entry is free to ticket-holders for the concert but space is limited so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.   Leeds Town Hall, Leeds DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AD
England

Saturday 28th October 2017
7:30 PM

Programme

Sergey Prokofiev – Symphony no.1 in D major 'Classical', Op.25
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Symphony no.6 'Pathétique', Op.74
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto no.2, Op.44

Performers

Alen Buribayev – Conductor
Peter Donohoe – piano

St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

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Programme Note

Concert begins at 7.30pm

**General Sale: Saturday 19 August**
Booking for new subscribers: Monday 17 July

Prokofiev's Symphony No 1 is in a familiar four-movement form, the two fast outer movements bracketing a slow movement and one inspired by a stylized dance. The scoring of Symphony No 1 is appropriate to an orchestra of the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century; it is of a decidely lighthearted, even humorous character, much in the spirit of the symphonies of Haydn, unusual for a leader of the twentieth-century Russian avant-garde.

Tchaikovsky's second piano concerto is undeniably attractive and elaborate, full of exhuberant piano writing and exhilirating orchestral responses. It was premiered in New York City by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra with Madeline Schiller on piano.

Symphony No 6 is Tchaikovsky's final completed symphony, premiering in Russia only nine days before the composer's death. The work has been a topic of great discussion, as Rimsky-Korsakov had asked Tchaikovsky if there was a program to the work. Tchaikovksy had replied saying it had one but wouldn't divulge it. The grand four movement work was composed in a small house in Klin, Russia, yet it is one of the grandest symphonic works from Tchaikovsky. In recent popular culture, it was played at the 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, alongside Russia's national ballet company.

'To regret the past, to hope in the future, and never be satisfied with the present: that is what I spend my whole life doing' Tchaikovsky

Pre-concert talk 6:45pm

George Kennaway discusses this evening's works.
Entry is free to ticket-holders for the concert but space is limited so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

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