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Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
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Brahms’s Fourth
The music
The performers
- Edward Gardner conductor*
- Pavel Kolesnikov piano
No-one makes Tchaikovsky's mighty Piano Concerto sing like Pavel Kolesnikov.
When Brahms’s Fourth Symphony was first performed in 1885, one critic said that it was like gazing into a deep well – the darker the sky, the more brightly the stars shine back. 140 years on, it’s just as beautiful, and for our Principal Conductor Edward Gardner, it’s a source of enduring poetry and strength. Tonight he pairs it with another tragic masterpiece by Brahms and welcomes the ‘outstanding’ (The Daily Telegraph) Pavel Kolesnikov in Tchaikovsky’s mighty First Piano Concerto. It’s hugely famous and rightly loved – but believe us, you won’t have heard it played like this.
*Edward Gardner’s position in the LPO is generously supported by Aud Jebsen.
Concert generously supported by Sir Simon & Lady Robey CBE.
Watch the Orchestra in action
Uniting them all, Principal Conductor Edward Gardner was in complete control of his forces, leading the LPO in a richly textured reading of the score, abundant in both detail and drama.
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