Half Six Fix: Tchaikovsky 6 by Tchaikovsky, P. I., Van (2023/2023), Dirigent Gianandrea Noseda, Barbican Centre, Londen, Verenigd Koninkrijk

The Programme Kick-start your evening with an informal performance of this masterwork, in which the composer pours out his emotions in an ardent torrent of music. In his letters, Tchaikovsky said that the meaning of his Sixth Symphony would remain a secret from audiences. We do know one thing: by ending it not with a triumphant finale but with an intimate lament, he created new, intensely personal possibilities for the musical form. The Performers With Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda at the helm, the LSO burns brightly. ‘I have put my whole soul into this symphony’ – Tchaikovsky on Symphony No 6