
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Programme
Mozart The Magic Flute: Overture
Nielsen Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’
Performers
Antonello Manacorda conductor
Johan Dalene violin (RPO Artist-in-Residence, 2024-25)
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Don’t be misled by the title: for Tchaikovsky, ‘Pathétique’ meant ‘full of emotion’ and when he composed his autobiographical final symphony… well, let’s just say that he didn’t hold back. Soaring romance, desperate tragedy and brilliant celebration: it’s all here, in a symphony that leaves no heartstring untugged, right up to its devastating and unforgettable conclusion.
If you’ve heard our guest conductor Antonello Manacorda in action at the Royal Opera House, you’ll know that he aims straight for the heart of everything he conducts. So expect elegance and joy in Mozart’s exuberant Overture to The Magic Flute, and pure energy when he joins RPO Artist-in-Residence Johan Dalene to play the piece with which Dalene shot to fame in 2019: the powerful Violin Concerto by Carl Nielsen. It’s possible that no one alive plays it better.
Duration: approx. 2 hours (incl. interval)
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