Brahms: Double Concerto
14:25 Thu 7 May 2026 MediaCityUK Salford
Change of Repertoire
Please note we will now be performing Daníel Bjarnason’s 'I Want to be Alive: III/Pandora’s Box', not 'I Want to be Alive: Echo/Narcissus' as previously advertised.
Programme
- Double Concerto
- I Want to be Alive: Echo / Narcissus
Performers
- Daníel Bjarnasonconductor
- Zoë Beyersviolin
- Peter Dixoncello
Composers
Concert Information
Cursed by the goddess Hera, Echo may only repeat the last words spoken to her. Narcissus, a self-obsessed beautiful young man, rejects Echo and leaves her to waste away, setting the scene Bjarnason’s I Want to be Alive: Echo / Narcissus, an emotionally charged, cinematic reflection of echoing motifs and immersive story telling.
Brahms’s Double Concerto contains a world of energy and sharp contrasts. The fast-slow-fast feel of the piece, combined with its rich layered sound scaping, brings together calm introspection with bursts of sheer intensity.
