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18 Jan 2019, Barbican, London
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BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season Ryan Wigglesworth conducts Beethoven & Schoenberg

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth conducts Beethoven & Schoenberg
19:30 Fri 18 Jan 2019 Barbican, London
A concert of musical darkness and light pairs Beethoven’s sunny Violin Concerto with the atmospheric shadows of Schoenberg’s *Pelleas und Melisande*.
A concert of musical darkness and light pairs Beethoven’s sunny Violin Concerto with the atmospheric shadows of Schoenberg’s *Pelleas und Melisande*.

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BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican: Classical for Starters
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BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican: Classical for Starters
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The ghosts of Mahler and, above all, Richard Strauss haunt Schoenberg’s gorgeous, expansive symphonic poem. This late-Romantic work conjures the dark forests and brooding castle of Maeterlinck’s fairytale, its thick orchestral textures shot through with gilded woodwind and brass.

Beethoven’s lively, brilliant D major Violin Concerto is the contrasting opener, with Canadian virtuoso James Ehnes making a rare appearance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra as soloist. Ryan Wigglesworth conducts.

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