The Emperor Concerto

Wed 20 May 2009 2:15pm at Symphony Hall

Vassily Sinaisky

Vassily Sinaisky

Premiered 200 years ago in 1809, Beethoven’s last and grandest concerto is a work on a truly epic scale, its torrents of notes providing the soloist with both a great challenge and a fantastic opportunity to shine, a task to which Birmingham favourite Freddy Kempf is well equal. 1809 was also the year of Mendelssohn’s birth, and we continue our bicentenary celebrations with his most popular and tuneful symphony. Finally, we stay in Italy for another of Tchaikovsky’s passionate tales of doomed love – this time, the lovers out of Dante’s Inferno.

£9.50, £13.50, £17.50, £21.50, £24, £28, £32

Vassily Sinaisky – conductor
Freddy Kempf – piano

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor) 38’
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (Italian) 26’
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini 24’

Booking opens on Monday 9 June

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