Susanna Mälkki: Benjamin, Hindemith & Rachmaninoff

Conducted by Susanna Mälkki, the London Symphony Orchestra’s second major concert at the Festival d’Aix en Provence paints portraits of composer George Benjamin and pianist Kirill Gerstein, with virtuosity the common denominator – as in Rachmaninoff’s highly popular Third Piano Concerto.

The evening opens with Benjamin’s ‘playful and volatile’ Concerto for Orchestra and continues with Hindemith’s Symphony: Mathis der Maler – a homage to the famous Isenheim Altarpiece.