Beethoven Violin Concerto

with Nikolaj Znaider

Sun 29 May 2016 7.00pm - 9.20pm

Barbican Hall, London

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
ELGAR Symphony No 2

Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Nikolaj Znaider violin
London Symphony Orchestra

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Listen: Elgar Symphony No 2 on LSO Live

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Part of the 2015/16 season

Please note that the LSO Platforms event will no longer go ahead due to changes in the Orchestra's rehearsal schedule.

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Also in this series:

Sun 31 Jan 2016:
A Roman Trilogy

Thu 19 May 2016:
Mahler Symphony No 6

A long-time collaborator with the LSO as a soloist, and lately as conductor, Nikolaj Znaider views the Beethoven Violin Concerto as the violin repertoire’s ‘bible’.

The only example of a concerto for an instrument other than piano, the piece reflects the lyrical side of Beethoven’s work; a serene, good-natured piece in which no sense of his struggle with the onset of deafness appears. Elgar’s Second Symphony is mellow yet inventive, with rather a mood of conflict, perhaps reflecting the mounting tensions that culminated in World War I three years later.