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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Tchaikovsky's Fourth

Vasily Petrenko conducts Tchaikovsky’s passionate Fourth, and Jeneba Kanneh-Mason makes her Royal Philharmonic Orchestra debut in Price’s Piano Concerto.

For centuries, even the most gifted composers have found themselves persecuted or marginalised simply because of who they were.

As a gay man in Tsarist Russia, Tchaikovsky knew what it was to be an outsider, and he poured all his emotions into his Fourth Symphony: a no-holds-barred emotional autobiography, pulsing with melody and torn by raw and dangerous passions.

‘Petrenko’s Fourth is a white-knuckle ride’ wrote Gramophone magazine, and he certainly won’t hold back tonight.

There’s no shortage of great melodies in the first half of the concert, too, as Petrenko champions Dorothy Howell’s Lamia – a wildly romantic tale of forbidden love – and the lovely piano concerto by the African-American composer Florence Price.

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, making her Royal Philharmonic Orchestra debut, is the soloist in music that was side-lined for decades and is only now receiving its due.

Performers

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Vasily Petrenko conductor

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason piano

Repertoire

Howell: Lamia, symphonic poem

Price: Piano Concerto in D minor

Interval

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4

Need to know

Age guidance
For ages 7+

For your visit

This event is held at the Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre

The Royal Festival Hall is open six days a week.

Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 11pm
Monday, closed.