Stirring. Exploratory. Full-blooded.
MacMillan and Shostakovich 12
Gianandrea Noseda and Nicola Benedetti
Barbican
Dmitri Shostakovich
Festive Overture (6 mins)
James MacMillan
Violin Concerto No 2 (London premiere) (20 mins)
Interval
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No 12, ‘The Year 1917’ (40 mins)
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
Nicola Benedetti violin
London Symphony Orchestra
The concert will finish at approximately 8.35pm, including a 20-minute interval (timings subject to change).
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The Concert
Shostakovich in both revolutionary and festive mood alongside a MacMillan Concerto, written for Nicola Benedetti.
The Music
The Festive Overture is exactly that: a sprightly, light-touch of a piece composed in only three days. MacMillan’s orchestral music is sometimes likened to Shostakovich’s. His new Concerto, with its dark colours and folk-like melodies, sits well between two of the Russian composer’s works. The darkness is dispelled at the end, concluding with great serenity.
Shostakovich’s Symphony No 12 was written in memory of Lenin and the 1917 Revolution. From an ominous beginning the music continues without break until its triumphant finale – optimistic, at the time, of better things to come.
The Performers
James MacMillan wrote his Concerto especially for Nicola Benedetti, who joins LSO’s Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda in this stirring programme.
This concert is supported by the PRS Foundation’s Resonate programme
Recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3
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