Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony at Saffron Hall

The music

• Mark Simpson Piano Concerto
• Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony

The performers

• Edward Gardner conductor*
• Tamara Stefanovich piano**

Tchaikovsky’s explosive Manfred Symphony meets a striking new piano concerto.

Tamara Stefanovich: one of the world’s great interpreters of 20^th– and 21^st-century piano music. Mark Simpson: a British composer with a boundless imagination, whose music pulses with the neon-lit energy of 21st-century urban life. Bring them together with Edward Gardner and the LPO in the world premiere of a new piano concerto, and sparks are bound to fly.

Afterwards comes one of Edward Gardner’s particular passions: Tchaikovsky’s explosive Manfred Symphony. Inspired by Byron’s brooding, restless hero, this epic symphonic portrait contains some of Tchaikovsky’s most uncompromising music – and some of his most tender. Vast in scale and alive with colour, it’s among his most vivid and characterful creations.

This concert is made possible by Vivian Falk.

*Edward Gardner’s position with the LPO is generously supported by Aud Jebsen.
**Please note change of artist from previously advertised.

_{Shuttle bus:
Pre-show shuttle bus will be operating from Audley End Station to Saffron Hall. This service is free to use, with no need to book in advance}