Martin Fröst plays Copland

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Barbican HallSilk Street, London, Greater London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom

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Programme

Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)	Symphony no. 9 in E flat major, Op.70
Copland, Aaron (1900-1990)	Clarinet Concerto
Fröst, Göran	Klezmer Dance no. 2
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953)	Symphony no. 6 in E flat minor, Op.111

Performers

Martin Fröst	Clarinet
Sakari Oramo	Conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra

Three 20th century masterpieces, each composed in the shadow of World War II, come together in a concert of musical and emotional contrasts.

Maverick clarinet virtuoso Martin Fröst makes a rare UK appearance as soloist in Aaron Copland’s ravishingly beautiful, jazz-infused Clarinet Concerto. He joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo for a programme of 20th century greats, bookended by two great Russian symphonies. Shostakovich’s startlingly buoyant Ninth Symphony couldn’t be further from the sombre contemplation and mourning of Prokofiev’s Sixth Symphony, a musical portrait of post-war ‘wounds that cannot be healed’.

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Powerful Prokofiev, charming Copland

Chris Garlick, 17th October

Three works written in the turbulent years after the end of World War 2 were featured in this dynamic concert with the BBCSO under the baton of Sakari Oramo.

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