On Tour in Beijing
Sir Antonio Pappano
National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing
The Concert
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola
Interval
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No 9
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Benjamin Marquise Gilmore violin
Eivind Ringstad viola
London Symphony Orchestra
Tickets
Available from National Centre for the Performing Arts
The Concert
Austrian composer Bruckner may have left his Symphony No 9 incomplete, but it still serves as a summation of his life, heard here in its three-movement form. The overwhelming Adagio stands as the work’s emotional, even religious, heart, while the pounding Scherzo is among the most bombastic and inspiring of anything Bruckner conceived.
Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante seamlessly blends symphonic scale with concerto virtuosity, featuring a breath-taking musical dialogue between the violin and viola.
The Performers
LSO Leader Benjamin Marquise Gilmore and LSO Principal Viola Eivind Ringstad are the ideal soloists for Mozart’s joyous and uplifting Sinfonia concertante. Chief Conductor Sir Antonio Pappano summons the Orchestra’s full might for the symphonic second half.
