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The Bridgewater Hall - BBC Philharmonic May 2018

BBC Philharmonic: Szymanowski / Tchaikovsky

Vassily Sinaisky conductor | Tasmin Little violin

Saturday 19 May 2018 7.30pm

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Event Timings

Main Entrance Doors: 5.00pm
Auditorium Doors: 7.00pm
Concert Start: 7.30pm
Interval: 8.00pm
Second Half: 8.20pm
Concert Finish: 9.25pm

All timings are approximate and are subject to change.

BBC Philharmonic: Szymanowski / Tchaikovsky

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Szymanowski Violin Concerto No. 1 (25’) | Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony (57’)

Karol Szymanowski’s First Violin Concerto is a landmark in music history. Piercing, passionate, fiery and free, it’s arguably the first modern violin concerto, and makes tremendous demands on any soloist who chooses to take it on. Brilliant violinist Tasmin Little, a longtime champion of the Polish composer, will bring the best out of it – before Vassily Sinaisky directs the orchestra in a reading of Tchaikovsky’s Manfred, a technicoloured epic inspired by Byron’s tortured-artist poem.

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