BBC SO 2015-16 Season Schumann & Beethoven - BBC Symphony Orchestra

21 Feb 2016, Barbican, London

19:30 Sun 21 Feb 2016 Next Event

Schumann Piano Concerto and Beethoven Symphony No 5

19:30 Sun 21 Feb 2016 Main Stage

Pianist Hong Xu performs with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, as conductor Markus Stenz makes a welcome return to the Barbican for this all-German programme

Programme

- - Robert Schumann
  - Piano Concerto in A minor
- - Detlev Glanert
  - FrenesiaUK Premiere
- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Symphony No. 5 in C minor

Performers

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Markus Stenz
conductor
conductor
Hong Xu
piano
piano

Composers

Schumann, Glanert & Beethoven

Conductor Markus Stenz makes a welcome return to the Barbican for this all-German programme, which takes in Beethoven’s revolutionary Fifth Symphony and Schumann’s graceful piano concerto, to be performed by Honens International Piano Competition winner, Hong Xu. Frenesia was written by Detlev Glanert as a tribute to Richard Strauss’s 150th anniversary, taking inspiration from the tremendous upsurge of kinetic energy at the start of Ein Heldenleben.

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