Philharmonia Orchestra: All-Russian Fireworks

Mussorgsky’s spine-tingling depiction of a witches’ Sabbath is one of his most successful tone poems. After a riotous night on St. John’s Eve, the participants are dispersed by dawn and distant church bells. Tchaikovsky wrote his Violin Concerto while on a trip to Switzerland with a violinist friend, after his ill-fated marriage had broken up. He found a sense of release and renewal that meant the work went well, writing in a letter: “In such a frame of mind, composition loses all sense of labou

7.45pm start.
Tickets between £10 and £39.

The Anvil and The Forge, Churchill Way, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 7QR

Sun 18 Jan 2015

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