Eva Ollikainen conductor
Sir Stephen Hough piano
Anna Thorvaldsdottir Metacosmos
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
Contemporary Iceland meets Romantic Russia as the ISO makes its first trip to Manchester – joined by special guest Stephen Hough.
Sergei Rachmaninov’s cycle of piano concertos is the most celebrated in the repertoire, and brilliant British pianist Sir Stephen Hough has made them his own. He joins the ISO and Chief Conductor Eva Ollikainen tonight for the dazzling Second – followed by another Russian Romantic masterpiece, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. Also tonight, a modern-day treasure from the orchestra’s homeland: Metacosmos, a breathtaking tone poem that Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir says was inspired by ‘falling into a black hole’.
Travel & Dining
Travel & Parking
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Eating & Drinking
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