LPO: A Dark Century Live Music & Concerts

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As part of the LPO’s exploration of memory, Andrey Boreyko conducts three testaments from a dark century.

Confronted by unimaginable horror, Schoenberg rediscovered his Jewish roots, and created a musical drama of savage, defiant courage, in tribute to the Holocaust victims. In Soviet Russia, the authorities expected Shostakovich to write a propaganda symphony: but what they got was a searing denunciation of man’s inhumanity to man – more potent, and more urgent than ever in 2024. As part of our exploration of memory, Andrey Boreyko conducts three testaments from a dark century – with the incomparable Gidon Kremer as soloist in the Violin Concerto by Mieczysław Weinberg: composer, survivor and Shostakovich’s most devoted friend.

Free pre-concert event:
LPO 2024/25 Writer-in-Residence Jeremy Eichler gives a talk on this evening’s programme. 6.15–6.45pm in the Royal Festival Hall.

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VenueRoyal Festival Hall Southbank Centre
AddressBelvedere Road, Charing Cross, Greater London,
SE1 8XX

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Event Details

DateToday
Time(s)7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
CostFrom £10
VenueRoyal Festival Hall Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road
Charing Cross
Greater London
SE1 8XX
Phone020 7840 4242
CategoryLive Music & Concerts


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