Pierre-Laurent Aimard sat next to a piano, facing the camera and smiling with his hands on his knees

Philharmonia Orchestra

International Concert Series Sat 1 Feb 2025, 7:30pm The Anvil

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Tickets:

£45, £40, £34, £25, £17. Under 25s and f/t students £12 (includes £4 booking fee)

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Schools tickets

£12 per student, one free teacher per 10 pupils (includes £4 booking fee)

Talk

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Programme

Weber
Overture: Der Freischütz
Beethoven
Piano Concerto no. 3
Dvořák
Symphony no. 9 (From the New World)

Performers and Cast

Pierre-Laurent Aimard
piano
Manfred Honeck

The opening movement of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto is full of tension and drama. The slow movement is a lyrical dialogue between the soloist and woodwinds, while the vivacious finale is a rondo, punctuated with quicksilver piano cadenzas, which bounds to a joyful conclusion.

Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 was inspired by the spirituals and folk music Dvořák heard while he was working in New York in the 1890s. The lullaby-like cor anglais melody of its slow movement is just one of many memorable moments in this mainstay of the orchestral repertoire.

The Philharmonia Orchestra is Anvil Arts' Orchestra in Partnership.

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Reviews

An extraordinary experience – beautiful, profoundly intelligent, and fun
New York Classical Review (on Pierre-Laurent Aimard)

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