Heras-Casado Conducts Russian Classics

Update: Postponed

Pablo Heras-Casado presents three vivid Russian works with the Philharmonia Orchestra, joined by one of today’s most exciting young pianists. From the authoritative unison horns and huge piano chords of the opening bars, through sweeping romantic melodies and moments of intense drama to the triumphant finale, Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto is an audience favourite.

This was the piece that first brought Daniel Kharitonov to the attention of a worldwide public, when he played it in the 2015 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition aged just 16.

Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition is a vivid representation in music of ten paintings by Mussorgsky’s good friend Viktor Hartmann – the exhibition in question was organised after the artist’s untimely death.

Contrasting scenes, from the humorous ‘Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks’ to the imposing ‘Great Gate of Kiev’, are linked by a ‘Promenade’ that leads the listener around this most memorable of galleries.

Programme

Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1
– interval –
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition orch. Ravel

Performers

Philharmonia Orchestra
Pablo Heras-Casado conductor
Daniel Kharitonov piano