Kazuki conducts The Planets

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Symphony HallBroad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 2EA, United Kingdom

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Programme

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)	Piano Concerto no. 2 in G major, Op.44
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)	Litanei auf das Fest aller Seelen, transcr. from Schubert's Vier Geistliche Lieder, S562
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934)	The Planets, Op.32

Performers

Kazuki Yamada	Conductor
Alexandre Kantorow	Piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
CBSO Youth Chorus

Mars, Venus, Jupiter... everyone has their favourite bit of The Planets. But there’s more to Holst’s masterpiece than just good melodies, and in the hands of Kazuki Yamada this great British classic will become a journey to the outer limits of the imagination itself. Plus, if you like Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, you’ll be bowled over by his Second – performed by the phenomenal Alexandre Kantorow.

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Yamada and the CBSO prove there is life to be found on other planets

Robert Gainer, 1st February

Kazuki Yamada returns to the CBSO with an ever-popular orchestral suite, an under-appreciated concerto, and a fabulous pianist in Alexandre Kantorow to play it.

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