Hisaishi x Scriabin

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’ll make a thrilling, colourful counterpart to a delightful new work 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 – currently the RPO’s Composer-in-Association. Rachmaninov’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.

Large print versions and digital formats of the programme for this concert are available on request for customers with accessibility requirements. Please email your request to Doran Crowhurst crowhurstd@rpo.co.uk at least one full week before the performance.