Name: Rachmaninov's Symphony No.2
Start: 2022-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
Location: City Halls

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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

Conductor

Hannu Lintu

Violinist

Elina Vähälä

Violin

Rachmaninov's Symphony No.2

Glasgow

United Kingdom

City Halls

Rachmaninov's Symphony No.2: Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp Minor, op. 129 Shostakovich (+1 More)

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Violin Concerto No 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129

Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, op. 27

Saurav Kumar

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Heartfelt. Dynamic. Sumptuous
Rachmaninov’s music is rarely more heartfelt or so fervently passionate as it is in the Second Symphony. Its romantic headiness is complemented by a thundering, dynamic energy, and we’re thrilled to have Hannu Lintu at the helm for this popular show-stopper.

Before then, Lintu’s fellow Finn, the superb Elina Vähälä, joins us for Shostakovich’s Second Violin Concerto. It’s the perfect contrast to Rachmaninov’s wild abandon: a hushed, introverted concerto where the violin sings in long shimmering threads of sound, like a beacon of light leading us through the dark. A mesmerising work, premiered in 1967, it holds all the sorrows, questions, and insights of a lifetime.

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