Beethoven's Symphony No.7
19:30 Thu 11 Feb 2027 Glasgow City Halls
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Programme
- How Slow The Wind(10 mins)
- Double Concerto for Flute, Violin and Orchestra(20 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 7 in A major(38 mins)
Performers
- Akiko Suwanaiviolin
- Adam Walkerflute
- Ilan VolkovConductor
Relentless Rhythms, Soaring Flight
There’s only one Ludwig van Beethoven, and although he died 200 years ago this year, his music still burns with the bright, unquenchable power of life itself. “I am the new Bacchus, pressing out glorious wine for all humanity”, he declared, and his Seventh Symphony goes straight to your head: unstoppable, elemental and triumphantly human. But BBC SSO Creative Partner Ilan Volkov never takes any music for granted. Against Beethoven’s headlong energy, he’s set two very different visions by modern Japanese masters. Takemitsu explores the poetic world of Emily Dickinson, and Dai Fujikura imagines our violin and flute soloists as birds — soaring free, leading flocks and murmurations of extraordinary sounds. This promises to be ravishing.
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(£6 for Students and Under 26s)
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