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Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England
Programme
John Tavener – Gnosis
Béla Bartók – Violin Concerto no.2, Sz.112
~ Interval ~
Dmitry Shostakovich – Symphony no.10 in E minor, Op.93
Performers
Michael Cox – alto flute
Sarah Connolly – mezzo-soprano
Isabelle Faust – violin
Jiří Bělohlávek – Conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
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Programme Note
Isabelle Faust’s association with Bartók extends back to her very first recording. Now, fresh from an acclaimed disc of both the composer’s violin concertos, she joins the BBC SO and Conductor Laureate Jiří Bělohlávek for Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto. Written under the threat of Fascism, it’s a passionate national statement, lively with folk rhythms.
By the early 1950s and Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony, threat had become reality. This violent, despairing work paints a vivid portrait ofthe horrors of Stalin’s Russia. The evening opens with the first of two posthumous premieres this season from the late John Tavener - some of the last works from England’s great musical mystic.