Kodály Dances of Galánta Grieg Piano Concerto Dvorˇák Symphony No. 7
January
Wednesday 29 January 2014 | 7.30pm Royal Festival Hall
Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor Rudolf Buchbinder piano
© Werner Kmetitsch
When the London Philharmonic Society asked Antonín Dvorˇák for a new symphony in 1884, the composer knew he had to deliver something special. In the resulting Seventh, the doubts and frustrations Dvorˇák experienced as a composer are defeated by music of compelling argument, triumphing over its own nervous energy in the final bars with a glorious plunge into the brightness of D major. Before it come two firm orchestral favourites: the aching poise and flowing melody of Grieg’s Piano Concerto and Kodály’s rumbustious, colourful dances on themes from the small Slovakian town of Galánta.
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