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Wednesday 14 October 2026
Royal Concert Hall
From £13.00 to £44.50
NDR Radiophilharmonic Hannover
Stanislav Kochanovsky Conductor
Nikolai Lugansky Piano
Prokofiev Classical Symphony
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1
Brahms Symphony No. 2
The Bolshevik revolution was in full force as Prokofiev fled violent Petrograd to a rural farmhouse. Within this pastoral idyll, he wrote his Classical Symphony, mischievously plotting to upset enthusiasts of Mozart and Beethoven by juxtaposing classical structures with contemporary dissonance. Perfectly balanced in form and melody, it has understandably been enshrined as one of the composer's most popular works.
Virtuoso Nikolai Lugansky takes to our stunning Steinway to perform Rachmaninov's First Piano Concerto, its excitement emanating from the formidable solo part in this musical thrill-ride that draws dangerously close to the impossible. A student project inspired by Grieg's concerto and revised twenty-six years later, it uniquely benefits from both his teenage ambition and his mature compositional experience. The substance of Brahms' Second Symphony is much more nuanced, concealing deeper emotions behind its explicit joyful romanticism often likened to the palette of Beethoven's Pastoral. With so much to hear, it's a work to be appreciated on all levels.
Free pre-concert talk, 6.20pm in the auditorium: Dr Robert Adlington explores 'what makes a symphony a symphony?'
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* Free pre-concert talk, 6.20pm in the auditorium: Dr Robert Adlington explores ‘what makes a symphony a symphony?’
Running time: Doors: 6.00pm. 1st Half: 7.30pm - 8.15pm, 20 minute interval, 2nd Half: 8.35pm - 9.20pm
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