Grieg The Last Spring
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 2
Beethoven Symphony No 5
NB no interval
Michael Tilson Thomas conductor
Yuja Wang piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Tickets: £35 £24 £18
£5 under-18s tickets available
£3 online booking fee
On sale dates:
Mon 19 Apr 10am: LSO Patrons and Ambassador Friends
Tue 20 Apr 10am: All LSO Friends
Fri 23 Apr 10am: Public booking
Under new guidelines, there are fewer available seats in the Barbican Hall, set as single tickets or in groups of twos, threes and fours. We ask you to not swap seats so we can maintain a safe distance between you and other groups.
Tickets must be booked online in advance.
Please note that finish times are approximate and subject to change.
> This concert is repeated on 26 May at 6.30pm and 27 May at 3.30pm
Yuja Wang and Michael Tilson Thomas: two names that speak for themselves, in Rachmaninoff’s hugely popular Second Piano Concerto. Much more than just a brief encounter …
Rachmaninoff was shaping up to be the greatest pianist in history when he wrote his Second Concerto, and even he used to consider it a challenge. So when you hear how effortless Yuja Wang makes it sound, you’ll understand why her concerts sell out around the globe.
And because Yuja’s playing is pure inspiration, Michael Tilson Thomas opens and closes the concert with two pieces that grab you, heart and soul. From Norway, a ravishing miniature from Edvard Grieg, whose music was once described as ‘bonbons wrapped in snow’. Then, to finish – well, what can we possibly say about the most famous symphony ever written? Except that if all you know of Beethoven’s Fifth is those incredible first few notes, you’re in for the musical adventure of a lifetime.
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