| Wednesday 21 October 2026 | 19:30 |
| Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) | Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 | |
| Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893) | Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op.58 |
| Edward Gardner | Conductor |
| Julia Fischer | Violin |
| London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Tchaikovsky’s explosive Manfred Symphony meets the sunlit warmth of Brahms’s Violin Concerto.
Manfred is an outsider – a purposeless spirit, tormented by impossible desires and driven into the wilderness by a society whose conventions he rejects. Tchaikovsky sensed a kindred spirit in Byron’s brooding anti-hero, and his explosive Manfred Symphony contains some of the most uncompromising (and the most tender) music he ever wrote. Edward Gardner adores it, but it’s a hard act to follow. So we’re beginning the concert with the serene melodies and sunlit warmth of Brahms’s Violin Concerto, played tonight by a good friend of the LPO – Julia Fischer, a violinist who lives every note she plays.
Tickets from £19.50 (including a transaction fee of £3.50)
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