Details
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
London
SW7 2AP
England
Programme
Johannes Brahms – Symphony no.3 in F major, Op.90
~ Interval ~
Franz Schmidt – Symphony no.2 in E flat major
Performers
Semyon Bychkov – Conductor
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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Programme Note
The first of two consecutive nights with the Vienna Philharmonic under two different conductors. Here, Semyon Bychkov showcases Franz Schmidt’s neglected Second Symphony - a work he has passionately championed. A bold piece of Brucknerian ambition, it has more than a hint of Richard Strauss about it. It’s paired with Brahms’s Third Symphony - the work that saw the composer finding his true musical identity, stepping out from behind his influences to create something lyrical yet strangely unresolved.