Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC PromsProgramme
Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990) | Serenade (after Plato’s ‘Symposium’) | |
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975) | Symphony no. 4 in C minor, Op.43 |
Performers
Baiba Skride | Violin |
Boston Symphony Orchestra | |
Andris Nelsons | Conductor |
This second concert by Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra sets Bernstein’s intensely lyrical Serenade (after Plato’s ‘Symposium’) for solo violin and orchestra – a work composed for Isaac Stern and performed here by the prize-winning Latvian violinist Baiba Skride – alongside Shostakovich’s uncompromising Fourth Symphony. This dazzling musical manifesto of the composer’s modernist beliefs was withdrawn under duress before its scheduled 1936 premiere and wasn’t heard publicly until 25 years later.
Tickets £14 - £60
Please note this Prom was listed incorrectly as Price Band B in the Proms Festival Guide, it is actually Price Band C