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St George's Hanover Square
Mill Street
Mayfair
London
W1S 1FX
England
Programme
Edvard Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16
Johannes Brahms – Symphony no.2 in D major, Op.73
Performers
Martin James Bartlett – piano
George Jackson – Conductor
London Firebird Orchestra
Other concerts in this Series (+)
Programme Note
Winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year, Martin James Bartlett returns to perform with the London Firebird Orchestra for the second time, following his captivating performance of Mozart’s D Minor Piano Concerto earlier this year.
In this concert London Firebird Orchestra heads to Scandinavia for an evening of artic wonder. Grieg’s ever-popular Piano Concerto – described by Rachmaninoff as “the greatest piano concerto ever written” – is filled with passion and beauty.
The inspirational theme of the final movement of Sibelius’s Symphony no. 5 came into the composer’s mind while he was climbing in the mountains of Finland. He saw sixteen swans pass over him in flight and wrote in this diary “this was the greatest day of my life.”
Come and be inspired by this programme of great romance, conducted by our Principal Guest Conductor George Jackson.
