You might already have heard about Lucas and Arthur Jussen 鈥� the two Dutch brothers, barely in their early twenties, whose playing both individually and as a pair has left critics in Europe and America grasping for superlatives. 鈥淯nder their hands, the piano forms one flowing instrument鈥� wrote one listener: but judge for yourself in Mozart鈥檚 concerto for two pianos. And then enter the living, breathing world of Michael Tippett鈥檚 Fourth Symphony; a whole lifetime, from birth to death, expressed in music that seems to evolve and grow before your very ears. Martyn Brabbins brings all his mastery and insight to a modern British masterpiece that demands to be heard live.
(approximate finish time of concert: 9.15pm)
Prelude: 6.45pm in the Recital Room
In conversation with 蜜芽传媒 SSO violinist Alex Gascoine, Lucas and Arthur Jussen discuss Mozart and their musical lives in general.
The concert will be recorded, for broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 on Monday 22 January at 7.30pm - presented by Andrew McGregor.