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Grime, Prokofiev and Strauss

London Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Harding

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Daniel Harding leads a whirlwind musical tour from Russia to the heights of an Alpine peak.

Prokofiev wrote that his Second Violin Concerto was the product of his ‘nomadic concert-tour existence’, which took him from Paris to Baku, Madrid to Morocco. Despite this, its fluid, lyrical melodies carry more than a hint of the composer’s homeland of Russia, to which he was about to return, along with tinges of Spain in the finale’s clicking castanets.

Strauss’ Alpine Symphony is a different journey altogether. A vivid story of extremes, illustrated by a vast orchestra, it follows an epic ascent to the heights of an Alpine peak, with every daring step, sublime view and terrifying force of nature captured in the music.

Tagged with: Classical music London Symphony Orchestra 2017–18 London Symphony Orchestra 2017-18 Multibuy

Programme

Helen Grime Virga
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 2
Strauss An Alpine Symphony

Performers

Daniel Harding conductor
Leonidas Kavakos violin
London Symphony Orchestra

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