Name: Passion and Secrets – Tchaikovsky and Brahms
Start: 2023-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Barbican Centre

Organization

Conductor

Gianandrea Noseda

Instrumentalist

Simon Trpčeski

Piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

Passion and Secrets – Tchaikovsky and Brahms

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Centre

Barbican Concert Hall

Passion and Secrets – Tchaikovsky and Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 Brahms (+1 More)

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Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, op. 15

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (Pathétique Symphony)

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Passion and Secrets – Tchaikovsky and Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, op. 15 Brahms (+1 More)

The Programme 
Menacing violins open Johannes Brahms’ First Piano Concerto. His mentor, Robert Schumann, had recently attempted to take his own life, and had been committed to a sanatorium.  Brahms rushed to support Schumann’s wife, Clara, but soon, tender feelings developed on both sides. The contemplative second movement was, Brahms told her, ‘a portrait of you.’

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 
Simon Trpčeski’s feeling for Brahms shines through in his performances. With Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda at the helm, the LSO burns brightly too. 

'I have put my whole soul into this symphony’ – Tchaikovsky on Symphony No 6

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