Tchaikovsky and Vaughan Williams
The Concert
Tchaikovsky faces his demons in the fate-filled Fourth Symphony, before the ravishing pastoral music of English composer Vaughan Williams.
Conductor(s):
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Performer(s):
Antoine Tamestit viola
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Programme
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikosvky
Symphony No 4 (44 mins)
Interval
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Flos Campi for Viola & Chorus (20 mins)
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Dona nobis pacem (37 mins)
About this event
The Music
Tchaikovsky soars out of the depths towards a glorious resolution in his Symphony No 4, a work that is perhaps the most melodically inspired of all the Russian composer’s symphonies.
Vaughan Williams’ complex pastoralism tempers the Russian intensity. Flos Campi, a suite for solo viola, orchestra and chorus, journeys from angst-ridden passion to the world of folk and full-blooded Romanticism. The cantata Dona nobis pacem is a powerful plea for peace, composed between two world wars.
The Performers
Antoine Tamestit, an LSO Spotlight Artist, is one of the viola’s true magicians, and in both works you’ll hear the London Symphony Chorus, a true wonder of orchestral vocal ensembles.
Venue details
Barbican Hall
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, City of London, EC2Y 8DS England, United Kingdom
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