After his sell-out concert at Wigmore hall in May, Leif Ove Andsnes, one of the most sought-after pianists of his generation, returns to London to appear with the London Symphony Orchestra.
At this latest concert with London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardine, Andsnes plays Mozart's dashingly playful Piano Concerto No 17. The full programme includes:
Martinu: Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 17, K453
Dvorák: Symphony No 8
Dvorák composed his Eighth Symphony amid the natural beauties of the Bohemian countryside, and his contentment shines right through one of his most relaxed and cheerfully nationalist works. By contrast, Martinù’s baroque-inspired Double Concerto was completed on the day Czechoslovakia was ceded to Hitler, and is an urgent protest against his country’s loss of freedom. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 17 is one of his most subtle and intimate, written for a favourite female pupil.
Leif Ove Andsnes piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor
Mozart Piano Concertos series
9 November, 7.30pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
Tickets: £6, £12, £18, £24, £30
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