Marin Alsop conducts Shostakovich
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This event took place on Monday 27 February 2017.
- Monday 27 February 2017
- Royal Festival Hall
Marin Alsop conducts Shostakovich
Mon 27 Feb 2017
Need to know
Repertoire
- Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
- Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
- Shostakovich Symphony No.7, 'Leningrad'
Features
- Marin Alsop Conductor
- Renaud Capuçon Violin
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Location
Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre,
Belvedere Road,
London
SE1 8XX, United Kingdom
Marin Alsop’s first outing in many years at the helm of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra offers a dramatic beginning and end, and a touch of joie de vivre in the middle.
Used to great effect in his monumental Third Symphony, the main theme of Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man is as emotive as it is direct and powerful, evoking the struggle of the Second World War.
Renaud Capuçon poetically performs Mendelssohn’s much-loved work; the most evergreen of violin concertos. In contrast, after the interval, the audience is sure to experience Shostakovich’s despair with Stalin, as it is unleashed in the composer’s magnificent Symphony No.7.
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A conversation with Marin Alsop
Watch two interviews with Marin Alsop as she discusses the works she'll perform with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.