Walker, Bernstein and Walton 1
Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Walton’s turbulent First Symphony, and a pair of passionate statements of love and outrage from two American greats.
Conductor(s):
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Performer(s):
Janine Jansen violin
London Symphony Orchestra
Programme
George Walker
Sinfonia No 5, ‘Visions’ (17 mins)
Leonard Bernstein
Serenade (33 mins)
Interval
William Walton
Symphony No 1 (42 mins)
About this event
The Music
Walker’s Sinfonia No 5, ‘Visions’ was his final work, composed when he was 96, and written in response to a shocking act of racial violence. The composer’s outrage can be heard in its steely outbursts, restless energy, and urgent, jagged harmonies.
Bernstein has lively and learned conversations about love with writers from ancient Greece in his Serenade for violin and orchestra. And Walton’s powerful First Symphony concludes the concert, a blistering journey from personal turmoil to a rousing, celebratory ending.
The Performers
The LSO and Pappano are the perfect team for these intensely dramatic works. Janine Jansen brings her radiant playing to Bernstein’s most passionate music.
Venue details
Barbican Hall
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, City of London, EC2Y 8DS England, United Kingdom
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