Zimmermann Photoptosis
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms Symphony No. 4

Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Mitsuko Uchida piano

Observe, respect and obey. Johannes Brahms lived by this mantra even in his most passionate and protest-filled music, but in his Fourth Symphony he appears to combine his lifelong servitude with a telling acceptance of death. This most luminous and spiritual of symphonies is Brahms’s supreme achievement in orchestral music, the summation of his quest to wed discipline and emotion. Beethoven, on the other hand, planned to smash musical convention with his fist. He really got going in his Third Piano Concerto, creating music of unprecedented drama and virtuosity that still leaps and bounds with life and fire.

Free pre-concert event
6.00pm–6.45pm | The Clore Ballroom, Royal Festival Hall
Animate Orchestra, a young person’s orchestra for the 21st century, is a partnership between the LPO, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and local music services. Tonight’s performance of music written by the group is the culmination of their recent course.

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Zimmermann: Photoptosis
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 - I. Allegro con brio
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 - II. Largo
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 - I. Allegro non troppo
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 - II. Andante moderato

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