Jennifer Pike. Photo by Arno

St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

Fateful Tchaikovsky

Wednesday 27 May 2020, 19:30

Past Event
St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra Past Event

Programme

Prokofiev Cinderella Suite No. 1 (excerpts)
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

Performers

St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
Jennifer Pike violin
Nikolai Alexeev conductor

In light of the coronavirus outbreak, this performance has been cancelled.

We are doing our utmost to support the national effort in reducing the spread of coronavirus and the health and well-being of all our visitors, staff members and visiting performers is our number one priority.

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Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to welcoming you on future occasions

‘Superbly graceful’ was how The Times described Jennifer Pike’s 2016 performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Four years on, she performs it with the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra in a celebration of Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev.

Full of vivid orchestral colour and repeating ‘fate’ motifs, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony is an audience favourite for a reason.

‘[A] superbly graceful virtuoso without airs or affectation’ (The Times)

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