SOUTHBANK CENTRE

Royal Festival Hall

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Resident at Southbank Centre

Wednesday 27 May 2009, 7.30pm

Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 in A, Op.90 (Italian)
Sergey Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2
INTERVAL
Antonin Dvorak Symphony No.7

Yannick Nezet-Seguinconductor
Aldo Ciccolinipiano

Whilst music is often profound, historic, epoch-making and partisan, some works become favourites simply for their unadulterated beauty and warmth. Such a piece is Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto. It may be many things to many people, but its effect was captured in one now-immortal description. 'Every time I hear it, I go to pieces' says Marilyn Monroe's character in The Seven Year Itch. 'It shakes me, it quakes me. It makes me feel goose pimply all over. I don't know where I am or who I am or what I'm doing. Don't stop. Don't ever stop!'

Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: Foyle Future Firsts: Stravinsky after the Rite: a portrait of the composer during the First World War including The Soldier's Tale (Suite) and Renard performed by Foyle Future Firsts, the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s mentoring programme for gifted musicians, conducted by Scott Stroman. Admission free.

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