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LPO: A Dark Century

27th November 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

£10

As part of the LPO’s exploration of memory, Andrey Boreyko conducts three testaments from a dark century.

 

Three composers cry out in the void. Confronted by unimaginable horror, Schoenberg rediscovered his Jewish roots, and created a musical drama of savage, defiant courage, in tribute to the Holocaust victims. In Soviet Russia, the authorities expected Shostakovich to write a propaganda symphony: but what they got was a searing denunciation of man’s inhumanity to man – more potent, and more urgent than ever in 2024. As part of our exploration of memory, Andrey Boreyko conducts three testaments from a dark century – with the incomparable Gidon Kremer as soloist in the Violin Concerto by Mieczysław Weinberg: composer, survivor and Shostakovich’s most devoted friend.

 

Free pre-concert event:

LPO 2024/25 Writer-in-Residence Jeremy Eichler gives a talk on this evening’s programme. 6.15–6.45pm in the Royal Festival Hall.

Details

Date:
27th November 2024
Time:
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Cost:
£10
Event Category:
Website:
https://lpo.org.uk/event/a-dark-century/

Venue

Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road
London, SE1 8XX London + Google Map
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