Southbank Centre: Royal Festival HallBelvedere Road, London, Greater London, SE1 8XX, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Programme
| Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957) | Night Ride and Sunrise, Op.55 | |
| Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943) | Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, Op.30 | |
| Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957) | Symphony no. 5 in E flat major, Op.82 |
Performers
| Philharmonia Orchestra | |
| Vladimir Ashkenazy | Conductor |
| Daniil Trifonov | Piano |
Vladimir Ashkenazy's landmark Sibelius series continues.
The concert starts with the tone poem Nightride and Sunrise, as experienced from a speeding horse-drawn sleigh, and ends with the composer's Fifth Symphony. Completed just in time for his 50th-birthday celebrations, the work climaxes in the finale's horn calls, likened by one musicologist to Thor smashing down his hammer.
