The German Giants
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This event took place on Wednesday 26 September 2018.
- Wednesday 26 September 2018
- Cadogan Hall
The German Giants
Wed 26 Sept 2018
Need to know
Repertoire
- Beethoven Leonore Overture No.3
- Bruch Violin Concerto No.1
- Brahms Symphony No.2
Features
- Barry Wordsworth Conductor
- Esther Yoo Violin
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Raising the curtain to an all-German programme, Beethoven’s much-loved Leonore Overture No.3 opens with sparkling tunes and uncontainable waves of joy. Musical fireworks colour Bruch’s First Violin Concerto, which is a showpiece of remarkable lyricism and emotional weight, performed by the RPO’s 2018 Artist-in-Residence, Esther Yoo. Written whilst on holiday in the summer of 1877, Brahms’ Symphony No.2, a work of rich complexity and subtlety, closes the concert with its graceful melodies and magnificently radiant brass finale.