Hisaishi, Rachmaninoff and Scriabin
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This event took place on Thursday 4 June 2026.
- Thursday 4 June 2026, 7pm
- Bristol Beacon
Credit: Tim Lutton
Hisaishi, Rachmaninoff and Scriabin
Thu 4 Jun 2026
Bristol Beacon
Need to know
Repertoire
- Rachmaninoff Isle of the Dead
- Hisaishi The Border (Concerto for Three Horns and Orchestra) UK premiere
- Scriabin Symphony No.3, 'The Divine Poem'
Features
- Vasily Petrenko Conductor
- Alexander Edmundson Horn
- Ben Hulme Horn
- Katy Woolley Horn
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Description
With the UK premiere of Joe Hisaishi's The Border
Some composers think bigger, but it takes a special sort of genius to create a whole new musical universe. Everything about Scriabin’s Third Symphony is larger than life, from the enormous orchestra to the galactic ambition of Scriabin’s inspiration – music that he described as ‘ecstatic’, ‘drunken’ and even ‘divine’. If you like Mahler, you’ll love The Divine Poem and for Vasily Petrenko, it’s a passion – a musical experience that doesn’t come around every day.
It’s a thrilling, colourful counterpart to a delightful new work – and UK Premiere – from Joe Hisaishi (My Neighbour Totoro, Spirited Away) starring three solo horns and bursting with all the imagination you’d expect from Studio Ghibli’s house composer, and the RPO’s Composer-in-Association.
Rachmaninoff’s evocative tone poem, inspired by a black and white reproduction of Arnold Böcklin’s Isle of the Dead painting, launches an evening full of wonders.
It’s a thrilling, colourful counterpart to a delightful new work – and UK Premiere – from Joe Hisaishi (My Neighbour Totoro, Spirited Away) starring three solo horns and bursting with all the imagination you’d expect from Studio Ghibli’s house composer, and the RPO’s Composer-in-Association.
Rachmaninoff’s evocative tone poem, inspired by a black and white reproduction of Arnold Böcklin’s Isle of the Dead painting, launches an evening full of wonders.
