Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony
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Emotion. Drama. Bring Tissues.
Who’s on stage
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and their charismatic Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan are our first guest orchestra of the season. They’re joined the newly-crowned winner of the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition, Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, fresh from the Final last night.
What they’re playing
Two epic symphonic favourites: Wagner’s beautiful Prelude to Lohengrin and Tchaikovsky’s emotionally-charged Symphony No. 5, plus Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto.
Need to know
Price: £21 – £49
Discounts: save if you’re under 17, aged 18 – 30, a classical first timer, a group of 10 or more people. Check the details.
Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes, including a 20 minute interval.
Age: under 14s must be accompanied by an adult.
What you'll hear
Richard Wagner Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3 (3’)
Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No.2 (46′)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 (44’)
Who's playing
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Jaeden Izik-Dzurko piano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
What's happening in the music?
Tchaikovksy wore his heart on his sleeve in his music, and never more so than in his Fifth Symphony. It’s one of his most emotionally extreme – a glimpse into his anguish, pain and despair that verges on the hysterical at times. If any music might cause you to shed a tear, it might be this. You’ll also hear the startling Act 3 Prelude from Wagner’s opera Lohengrin – musical ecstasy right from the off.
First to hear a winner
This afternoon you’re in for a treat as we’ll be featuring the winner of the previous night’s Leeds International Piano Competition. That means that Glasshouse audiences will be the very first to hear the newly crowned winner. With pasts winners including greats like Mitsuko Uchida, Sir András Schiff and Royal Northern Sinfonia’s much missed former Music Director Lars Vogt, you’re certain to be seeing a huge star of the future.
