War and Peace

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

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Kidane, Daniel (b. 1986)	Be Still
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953)	Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor, Op.16
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)	Lyric Pieces: Til våren (To spring), Op.43 no.6
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)	Symphony no. 4, "The Inextinguishable," Op.29

Performers

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste	Conductor
Denis Kozhukhin	Piano

Map

Killer concerto, life-affirming symphony at the Barbican

Alexander Hall, 7th May

Two powerful, virtually contemporaneous statements from Prokofiev and Nielsen: Denis Kozhukhin is a commanding soloist in the concerto and Jukka-Pekka Saraste with the BBC SO convincingly ride the waves of the symphony.

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