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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, under the baton of dynamic Welsh conductor Owain Arwel Hughes CBE, open the annual BSO Benevolent Fund Concert with Brahms’s lyrical Academic Festival Overture.

Jennifer Pike, former winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition and one of the most gifted of the younger generation of British artists, features as soloist in Sibelius’s exhilarating Violin Concerto.

A double helping of Tchaikovsky; the concert suite from his romantic ballet score Swan Lake, followed by the majestic 1812 Overture, brings the afternoon to a rousing conclusion.

All artists participating in this event are donating their services in aid of the BSO Benevolent Fund, which was founded in 1958 to help musicians in times of need.

Academic Festival Overture (with chorus)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Concert Suite from Swan Lake

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

1812 Overture (with chorus)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

For almost seven decades, the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra has been recognized as one of the foremost interpreters of the classic Russian composers. An L.A. Times critic recently said the orchestra ‘might well be the world’s least-heralded great orchestra’. Since Pavel Kogan became Music Director he has earned the orchestra a high reputation for artistic excellence and in 2011 his name went into a list of the ten greatest conductors of the 20th century. Along with a line-up of virtuosic young soloists this series of concerts celebrating the key works of Tchaikovsky is a treat not to be missed.

Part of Cadogan Hall's Zurich International Concert Series 2012/13.
Series discounts of up to 30% discount available.

Polonaise from Eugene Onegin

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Symphony No 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique'

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Reading welcomes back the phenomenal Pinchas Zukerman to direct and perform elegant and moving music from two of the finest composers ever to call Vienna their home. Mozart's Third Violin Concerto, written when he was only nineteen, ius full of youthful charm, with a slow movement of tender romance. The final Rondo features a lively dance-tune associated with Strasbourg, from which the Concerto gets its nickname. Mahler's Fourth Symphony, which opens with jingling sleigh-bells, is one of his most dlicate. Yet there is all the contrast you'd expect from Mahler: a quirky scherzo, and a slow movement of yearning beauty, ending with the finale's soprano solo unfolding a child's vision of Heaven.

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No 3 in G, 'Strassburg'

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Symphony No 4 in G

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

The tragic Pathétique was written just months before its composer’s suicide. Neeme Järvi conducts this famous Swiss orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s final testament, preceded by Grieg’s Piano Concerto and Arvo Pärt’s coolly beautiful Silhouette, inspired by the Eiffel Tower’s visionary architect.

Classic FM’s Anne-Marie Minhall, says of tonight’s recommended concert:

Go on and don’t let anything scare you; you’ve got what it takes – Liszt’s words of encouragement for the 26 year-old Grieg, having just played through a draft of the young Norwegian’s Piano Concerto. From that famous dramatic opening flourish to the energetic final movement, it’s easy to understand the enduring appeal of Grieg’s sole concerto.

Silhouette, Hommage à Gustave Eiffel

Arvo Pärt (1935-)

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

Symphony No 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique'

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)