Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Seeking New Horizons
Following on from the success of last season’s Myths and Fairytales series, the RPO’s dynamic Principal Associate Conductor Alexander Shelley embarks on this thought-provoking new series. Through the music of Rachmaninov, Dvořák, Bartok and de Falla, Alexander takes us on a curated musical journey, exploring the lives of these composers who, by choice, fear or political protest, left their homeland and the effect this had on their music.
In 1940, Bartók fled his native Hungary for the USA as World War II ravaged Europe. A happy outcome was a commission by the Boston Symphony Orchestra of the Concerto for Orchestra, a work that places the orchestra centre-stage through a joyful cel...
Hear Dvořák's 'New World' Symphony after Jennifer Pike performs Korngold's cinematic Violin Concerto as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra presents composers exploring new horizons.
Alexander Shelley conducts a programme of Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, performed by the supremely talented Vadym Kholodenko, with de Falla’s The Three-Cornered Hat providing a thrilling climax. Wagner's Overture and Venusberg Mu...
