蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2024-25 Barbican Season Hr暖拧a conducts Beethoven and Shostakovich
Hr暖拧a conducts Beethoven and Shostakovich
19:30
Fri 31 Jan 2025
Barbican, London
The Year 1905: Shostakovich鈥檚 monumental symphony meets Beethoven at his brightest. Unchained energy from conductor Jakub Hrusa, pianist Jonathan Biss and the 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra.
The Year 1905: Shostakovich鈥檚 monumental symphony meets Beethoven at his brightest. Unchained energy from conductor Jakub Hrusa, pianist Jonathan Biss and the 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra.
鈥淲hirlwinds of danger are raging around us鈥n with the fight, for the cause of humanity!鈥� Shostakovich鈥檚 massive 11th Symphony was inspired by a revolution that failed, and from the roar of the crowds to the thunder of gunfire, it鈥檚 never seemed more relevant, or more urgent. Guest conductor Jakub Hr暖拧a understands the power of history, making this a timely 鈥� and thrilling 鈥� climax to a concert of contrasts
Because after all, music doesn鈥檛 get much more elegant and exuberant than Beethoven鈥檚 sunlit Second Piano Concerto 鈥� a young genius out to make a serious splash. Who better to play it than Jonathan Biss, the masterly American pianist who describes Beethoven鈥檚 music as 鈥渢ruly one of the greatest gifts to my life鈥�? Hr暖拧a opens the concert with a rediscovery from Pavel Haas: a burst of jazz-age wit from one of Czech music鈥檚 silenced voices.
