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In the organizer's words:

British understatement is a real virtue. But it can sometimes take on slightly grotesque traits: A few years ago, Benjamin Grosvenor claimed that he wasn't actually that talented. However, his magnificent career, which he began as a teenager and which has since made him one of the world's most sought-after pianists, tells a different story. The international press repeatedly emphasizes his brilliant technical abilities in combination with a sense of sound and the courage to poetically immerse himself. Just the right mixture for Sergei Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto, this brilliant showpiece between daring keyboard acrobatics and quiet introspection.

Where Rachmaninov takes off into a free flight of great emotions, Sergei Prokofiev remains in serious retrospection. His darkly timbred Symphony No. 6 is a reflection on the horrors of the Second World War, a masterpiece full of pain and melancholy. "Each of us has wounds that have not yet healed. Some have lost loved ones, others have lost their health," says the composer.

The Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård, chief conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, opens the doors to a deeply moving world of melancholy.

Program

Sergei Rachmaninov
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in C minor op. 18
1900-01

Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor op. 111
1947

Instrumentation

Benjamin Grosvenor Piano
Thomas Søndergård Conductor

Price information:

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