In the festival’s first Cadogan Hall concert, violinist Vilde Frang and pianist Michail Lifits play Ravel’s blues-influenced Violin Sonata, Mozart’s sunny Violin Sonata in G major, K379, and the dazzling 1984 Partita by Witold Lutosławski, a composer central to the festival’s focus on Polish music.
In the festival’s first Cadogan Hall concert, violinist Vilde Frang and pianist Michail Lifits play Ravel’s blues-influenced Violin Sonata, Mozart’s sunny Violin Sonata in G major, K379, and the dazzling 1984 Partita by Witold Lutosławski, a composer central to the festival’s focus on Polish music.
Conductor Kenneth Woods introduces a selection of readings about Gustav Mahler, including the composer’s letters, reviews and biographies. Rana Mitter presents.
Jonathan Nott conducts the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, whose Adagietto is a tender tribute to his wife, Alma. The Arditti Quartet joins the orchestra for the UK premiere of Helmut Lachenmann’s vast and atmospheric Tanzsuite mit Deutschlandlied.
Jonathan Nott conducts the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, whose Adagietto is a tender tribute to his wife, Alma. The Arditti Quartet joins the orchestra for the UK premiere of Helmut Lachenmann’s vast and atmospheric Tanzsuite mit Deutschlandlied.