On Tour in Frankfurt
Sir Antonio Pappano and Denis Kozhukhin
Alte Oper Frankfurt, Germany
The Concert
Benjamin Britten
Sinfonia da Requiem
Leonard Bernstein
The Age of Anxiety (Symphony No 2) for piano and orchestra
Interval
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 6, ‘Pathétique’
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Denis Kozhukhin piano *
London Symphony Orchestra
Tickets
General ticket sale available from Alter Oper Frankfurt
The Concert
Tchaikovsky juggles beauty and suffering, Britten reflects powerfully on grief and conflict, and Bernstein grapples with the modern world.
The Music
Composed in the midst of global conflict, Britten’s 1940 Sinfonia da Requiem is a grief-stricken cry, its turbulent music finally giving way to Mahlerian tenderness – and hope.
Bernstein’s post-war symphony The Age of Anxiety, based on W H Auden’s poem, is a piano concerto in all but name, full of Shostakovich-inspired spirit and snatches of Broadway.
The concert ends with Tchaikovsky’s journey to the depths of the soul. Despite ending on a note of utter despair, the ‘Pathétique’ is among the composer’s most beautiful works.
The Performers
The LSO is sure to draw high emotion from Britten and Tchaikovsky, while pianist Denis Kozhukhin joins Chief Conductor Sir Antonio Pappano for Bernstein’s fizzing symphonic concerto.
The ‘Pathétique’ Symphony features some of Tchaikovsky’s most heartrending music.
Sir Antonio Pappano
* Change of artist
Beatrice Rana is expecting a baby and will be withdrawing from her concerts in spring 2026 with the LSO and Sir Antonio Pappano. The LSO is pleased to announce that Denis Kozhukhin will now be the piano soloist for this performance.
Posted Thu 22 Jan 2026.
