Benjamin Grosvenor plays Mozart

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Southbank Centre: Royal Festival HallBelvedere Road, London, Greater London, SE1 8XX, United Kingdom

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Programme

Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)	En Saga, a symphonic poem for orchestra, Op.9
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)	Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major, K467
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)	Symphony no. 4 in F minor, Op.36

Performers

Benjamin Grosvenor	Piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrey Boreyko	Conductor

Conductor Andrey Boreyko opens with Sibelius’ gripping tone poem En Saga and sets the workings of the world in motion with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.4 – sometimes nicknamed ‘Fate’ – before joining Benjamin Grosvenor in the majesty, beauty and unchained melody of Mozart’s 21st Piano Concerto.

Expect both sunlight and shadow from this much-loved British pianist.

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Drama and passion from Grosvenor, Boreyko and the LPO

Christopher Woodley, 30th January

Mozart's “Elvira Madigan” Piano Concerto is played with grace and style by Benjamin Grosvenor; Andrey Boreyko and LPO gives gripping accounts of Sibelius and Tchaikovsky.

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