Barbican Concerts
Valery Gergiev: Brahms & Szymanowski
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Valery Gergiev
BRAHMS Tragic Overture
SZYMANOWSKI Symphony No 2
BRAHMS Symphony No 2
Valery Gergiev conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Brahms’ Tragic Overture is the reflective, melancholy half of a pair of overtures he wrote over a summer holiday. Szymanowski’s chamber-like Second Symphony artfully interweaves layer upon layer of seemingly disparate musical ideas to form a complex tapestry that became one of the composer’s favourite of his own works. Brahms’ Symphony No 2 is often referred to as his ‘pastoral’ symphony because of its bucolic, spring-themed melodies.
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The LSO Szymanowski Project is supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the Polska Music grant programme.
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