JTI Friday Series

Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1
Bruckner (arr. Skrowaczewski) Adagio from String Quintet in F
Shostakovich Symphony No. 1

Stanisław Skrowaczewski conductor
Garrick Ohlsson piano


When his guiding light Robert Schumann attempted suicide and was admitted to an asylum in 1853, Brahms finally decided to act on his senior’s advice and attempt a multi-movement orchestral work. Partly a commemoration of Schumann’s demise, partly a wild fight against it, Brahms’s First Piano Concerto is frank, tender and impulsive. Shostakovich, too, felt the pressure of handling a large orchestra when he wrote his First Symphony as a St Petersburg student. But he created a piece of brilliant tragicomedy, so clearly suggestive of things to come, including the darkness that would infest his life just as it did Brahms’s.

Stanisław Skrowaczewski will be signing a limited number of his recently-published biography, Seeking the Infinite: The Musical Life of Stanisław Skrowaczewski by Dr Frederick Harris (available for sale at Foyles bookshop), after this evening’s concert. This will take place in the Level 2 Foyer, Green Side of the Southbank Centre.

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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 - I. Maestoso
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 - III. Rondo: Allegro non troppo
Bruckner: String Quintet in F major, WAB 112: III. Adagio (arr. S. Skrowaczewski for string orchestra)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 - I. Allegretto - Allegro non troppo
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 - II. Allegro
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 - IV. Allegro molto


This concert will be broadcast live by BBC Radio 3







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