| Vladimir Jurowski | Conductor |
| Nicola Benedetti | Violin |
| London Philharmonic Orchestra |
A flute sighs languorously in the afternoon warmth, a harp swoons, and on a great glowing surge of sound, the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s new season comes to life. At the dawn of the 20th century Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune released a floodtide of musical colour, and Vladimir Jurowski has chosen an opening night that’s positively drenched in it. Nicola Benedetti will dazzle in Szymanowski’s two Violin Concertos; no one plays this sensuous music with more radiance or panache. Then the full orchestra goes for broke as it enters the neon-lit fantasy-world of Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin: music that’s brutal, brilliant and utterly breathtaking.
Free pre-concert event | 6.15pm
Professor Jim Samson looks at the two very different violin concertos by Szymanowski.
JTI Friday Series
Szymanowski violin concertos organised in collaboration with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the Polska Music programme.
