Details
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
London
SW7 2AP
England
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Concerto for two pianos in E flat major, K.365
~ Interval ~
Dmitry Shostakovich – Symphony no.7 in C major 'Leningrad', Op.60
Performers
Katia Labèque – piano
Marielle Labèque – piano
Semyon Bychkov – Conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
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Programme Note
Sisters Katia and Marielle Labèque perform Mozart’s Concerto for two pianos as a complement to our focus on the composer’s late piano concertos. Written in the 1770s for Mozart and his own sister ‘Nannerl’ to perform, it’s a work that delights in the interplay of dialogue, with a slow movement that is a tender conversation between friends. Intimacy gives way to epic gestures in Shostakovich’s sprawling ‘Leningrad’ Symphony - one of the giants of the symphonic repertoire, and a passionate musical testament to the 25 million Soviet citizens killed in the Second World War.