Name: BBC Symphony OrchestraBychkov: Brahms Symphony 4
Start: 2023-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Barbican Centre

Organization

Conductor

Semyon Bychkov

Singer

Catriona Morison

mezzo-soprano

Christian Immler

Baritone

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

Others

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Bychkov: Brahms Symphony 4

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Centre

Barbican Concert Hall

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Bychkov: Brahms Symphony 4: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, op. 98 Brahms (+1 More)

Public

Private

Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, op. 98

Prager sinfonie

Approved

“When you stand before me and look at me, what do you know of the pain within me? And what do I know of that within you?” When Detlev Glanert was commissioned to write a symphony for Prague, he turned to Franz Kafka – whose words, he says “spoke to me immediately”. The result is a song-symphony in the tradition of Mahler that speaks directly to our time: exactly what you’d expect from this most communicative of living composers.

For this UK premiere performance, it’s conducted by its dedicatee, the great Semyon Bychkov, who caused a sensation with the world premiere in Prague last December. He’s paired it with another deeply personal Fourth Symphony by a composer who thrived on reinventing tradition – Johannes Brahms. Expect beauty, truth, and deep emotions honestly shared: in other words, a night to remember.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble