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On Tour in Berlin

Sir Antonio Pappano and Eivind Ringstad

Philharmonie Berlin

Sunday 6 September 2026 • 8pm

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The Concert

Sofia Gubaidulina
Viola Concerto
Interval
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No 9

Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Eivind Ringstad viola
London Symphony Orchestra

Tickets

Available from Musikfest Berlin

The Concert

Sofia Gubaidulina’s Concerto puts the viola in the spotlight in a work that slowly builds to an intense, uplifting conclusion, paving the way for Anton Bruckner’s monumental, visionary symphonic statement.

The Music

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.

Sofia Gubaidulina’s Viola Concerto unfolds as a deeply spiritual journey, balancing earthly darkness with moments of radiant transcendence. Written for the instrument whose ‘mysterious and veiled tone’ she described as an enigma, the work gradually builds towards an intense, uplifting conclusion of striking emotional power.

The Performers

LSO Principal Viola, Eivind Ringstad is the ideal soloist for Sofia Gubaidulina’s mysterious and ethereal Viola Concerto. Completed by the LSO and Sir Antonio Pappano who summon the Orchestra’s full might for the symphonic second half.
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