RPO: Vasily Petrenko conducts Beethoven 5

London, Cadogan Hall — Main Hall

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“Thus does fate knock at the door”: Even if you’ve never heard a Beethoven symphony before, you’re familiar with the four heart‐wrenching notes that open his Fifth. But if that’s all you know, the experience of a lifetime awaits you, as Vasily Petrenko conducts the symphony that redefined classical music—a breathtaking journey from despair to triumph, told through music so powerful it took Beethoven’s contemporaries’ breath away. Can you follow that? That’s not possible, so let’s start with a symphonic scene by Nadezhda Rimskaya‐Korsakova, her final composition before her marriage to Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, and a highlight of the 20th century: the daring piano concerto that the young Prokofiev wrote during a time of revolution to demonstrate his own extraordinary skill. And who better to perform it than a good friend of the RPO—the “flawless, lyrical, and intelligent” (The New York Times) Jan Lisiecki?

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven – 5th Symphony
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 2
Nadezhda Rimskaya‐Korsakova – A Bewitched Place (World premiere)

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Artists

Orchestra:	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Acknowledged as one of the UK’s most prodigious orchestras, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) enjoys an international reputation for bringing audiences worldwide first‐class performances and the highest possible standards of music‐making across a diverse range of musical repertoire. This was the vision of the Orchestra’s flamboyant founder Sir Thomas Beecham, whose legacy is maintained today as the Orchestra continues to thrive.
Conductor:	Vasily Petrenko Born in St Petersburg in 1976, Vasily Petrenko is recognised as one of the exceptional musicians of his generation. Petrenko was still in his teens when he became resident conductor at St Petersburg Opera and Ballet Theatre, and has gone on to work with some of the world’s finest orchestras, earning international acclaim – and top prizes – for his inspirational performances. His Liverpool debut with the Phil in November 2004, and subsequent appearances in October and December 2005, created huge excitement: “…memorable for the sheer electricity emanating from the podium. Instantly there was a sense of dialogue between conductor and musicians, between one orchestral family and another, between one phrase and the next, to release natural‐seeming eloquence from his players.” The Daily Telegraph
Piano:	Jan Lisiecki

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