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Philharmonia - Santtu Conducts Shostakovich and Prokofiev

Philharmonia - Santtu Conducts Shostakovich and Prokofiev

Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductor
Nemanja Radulovic violin

PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, Classical
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1

Principal Conductor and Featured Artist join forces for an evening of 20th century classics.

Charismatic violinist Nemanja Radulovic brings his ‘energy and firepower’ (Gramophone) to the stage in Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto. Met with disapproval by the Soviet authorities, the piece did not receive its premiere until after Stalin’s death. The anguish Shostakovich must have felt at being repressed is felt in the painfully beautiful, yearning third movement, which leads straight into the wild finale.

Music from a student Shostakovich completes this evening’s programme. Shostakovich was just 19 years old when we wrote his graduation piece at the Petrograd Conservatory. But don’t be fooled by his young age: already, we hear the composer’s distinctive voice and style in one of his finest works.

First, we hear Prokofiev’s “happy and uncomplicated”, Mozart-inspired Symphony No. 1. Light-hearted and filled with dances, it’s the perfect way to open the programme.
7pm

Tickets £46 £36 £31 £26 £21
Students and under 25s
£11 (top price tickets £28.50)
Universal/Pension Credit
Half-price tickets
De Montfort Hall Granville Road Leicester Leicestershire LE1 7RU
Tue 8 Apr 2025
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