Event Details
BBC SSO Thursday Night Series Shostakovichs Fifth & Prokofiev Piano Concerto 5
City Halls : Grand Hall
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36-year-old French conductor Ludovic Morlot has been making quite a name for himself in recent years, leading to his recent appointment as Music Director of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
He begins a programme of high emotion with Martinu’s musical ‘memorial’ to the dead of the Czech village of Lidice, massacred by the Nazis in 1942. Just as intense, in its own way, is Prokofiev’s last piano concerto – perhaps the most demanding of them all for both soloist and orchestra. And finally, Shostakovich’s best known symphony, a spectacular piece that still divides opinion as to how much it shows its composer yielding to Stalinist pressure and how much it contains coded hints of defiance against oppression.
Prelude: 6.45pm in the Recital Room
Before the final concert in our complete Prokofiev piano concerto cycle, David Nice sums up the composer’s achievement.
Post-Concert Coda (approximately 10 minutes after the main concert):
Denis Kozhukhin plays Prokofiev’s Sonata No.5 in C major, Op.38.
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Tickets: £23, £19, £16, £10
Fees:
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Concessions
Single Ticket Concessions: Over 60s and SSO Club members receive £2 off full price single tickets (proof of status required)
Registered Disabled: Disabled patrons and a companion will receive a 50% discount on any single full price ticket.
Students, Under 16s and Unemployed: Students in full time education, Under 16s & the Unemployed are entitled to £5 tickets (subject to availability). Proof of status may be required.
Groups: Bring a group of 10 and get one extra ticket free (that’s two free tickets for a group of 20, etc.). For details of group booking please call the box office on 0141-353 8000.
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Featuring:
Ludovic Morlot - Conductor
Works:
Martinu - Memorial to Lidice
Shostakovich - Symphony No 5
