London Symphony Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda: Berg and Rachmaninov

On 26 February at Barbican Hall, the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gianandrea Noseda performs a richly contrasted programme featuring Debussy, Berg and Rachmaninoff, with violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja as soloist.

Debussy’s Nocturnes set the tone with shifting soundscapes — from the drifting clouds of Nuages to the glittering spectacle of Fêtes. Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto, written in memory of Manon Gropius, blends modernist technique, folk references and Bach quotations into music that is grief-stricken yet luminous.

The evening concludes with Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 1 — an early work bursting with intensity and youthful sweep, now recognised as one of his most compelling symphonic statements.

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