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Tickets:

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

Group bookings

Buy 10 tickets and get the 11th free

Buy 20 or more tickets in the top three price areas and all tickets are reduced to the next price level, plus the leader goes free

Schools tickets

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

Talk

Join us for a free pre-concert talk to discover more about the pieces being performed

Programme

Dvořàk: The Noonday Witch
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5

Performers and Cast

Gabriela Montero: piano
Tomáš Brauner

The programme opens with Dvořák's spine-chilling symphonic poem based on a Czech folk tale.

Prokofiev's best-known piano concerto is a highly effective blend of dynamic pianism and swooning melodies. The busy first movement is followed by a set of fantastic variations on a march-like theme, while the spectacular finale builds up enormous energy.

Arguments continue over the true meaning of Shostakovich's most performed and recorded symphony, but it remains a work of extraordinary emotional and musical tension, poised on a knife edge between survival and disaster.