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Philharmonia: Bruce Liu Plays Ravel

Philharmonia: Bruce Liu Plays Ravel

Ryan Bancroft conductor
Bruce Liu piano


BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5


The Philharmonia welcomes outstanding pianist Bruce Liu to Leicester.

Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G was inspired by the jazz he heard on a tour of the United States. Ravel frames a serenely beautiful Adagio with outer movements of carefree, effervescent energy. It’s the perfect showcase for the magician’s fingers (Le Monde) of Bruce Liu, winner of the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition.

Tchaikovsky himself said that his Fifth Symphony represented a complete resignation before Fate, but that hasn’t stopped it becoming a firm audience favourite. It opens with the sound of footsteps on the clarinet. A singing horn melody gives the second movement a more hopeful mood, but the fateful footsteps theme returns in the third movement waltz, and triumphs in the stormy finale.

To open, Ryan Bancroft – another close collaborator of the Philharmonia – has chosen Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from his opera Peter Grimes. The opera is a compelling observation of gossip and prejudice in a close-knit fishing community whose lives are intertwined with the sea and the weather. The orchestra vividly depicts the difference faces of the sea, from dawn tranquility to a fearsome storm.
event dateSaturday 11 Apr 26
venue addressDe Montfort Hall Granville Road Leicester Leicestershire LE1 7RU
event times7pm

Tickets £42.50 £32.50 £27.50 £22.50 £17.50

Students and under 25s
£11

Universal/Pension Credit
Half-price tickets
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