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Philharmonia Orchestra

Jarvi Nielsen Cycle

Add to my Calendar 12-04-2015 15:00 12-04-2015 17:00 36 Philharmonia Orchestra Paavo Järvi's Nielsen series continues with The Inextinguishable, a bracing celebration of the 'elemental will to live'. The work climaxes in a thrilling duel between two sets of timpani.Such was Beethoven's iron-clad will that he completed his mighty Emperor Concerto as the walls of Vienna were crumbling around him and his hearing was fast-fading. Royal Festival Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Rd
South Bank
London
SE1 8XX
England

Programme

Joseph Haydn – Symphony no.88 in G major, Hob.I:88
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto no.5 in E flat major 'Emperor', Op.73 (arr. Lachner)
~ Interval ~
Carl Nielsen – Symphony no.4, Op.29

Performers

Paavo Jarvi – Conductor
Martin Helmchen – piano

Philharmonia Orchestra

Programme Note

Paavo Järvi's Nielsen series continues with The Inextinguishable, a bracing celebration of the 'elemental will to live'. The work climaxes in a thrilling duel between two sets of timpani.

Such was Beethoven's iron-clad will that he completed his mighty Emperor Concerto as the walls of Vienna were crumbling around him and his hearing was fast-fading.

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