Paavo Järvi conducts Philharmonia Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall in London. The concert will highlight the UK premiere of Erkki-Sven Tüür’s Cello Concerto No.2 (Labyrinths of Life).
‘Music has to have everything – overwhelming power, illuminating light, endless gentleness and the deepest darkness… Everything that makes us human,’ says Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür.
And all these things combine to potent effect in his Cello Concerto No.2. Inspired by a poem by Federico García Lorca, it was written for tonight’s soloist Nicolas Altstaedt.
Performers
Philharmonia Orchestra
Paavo Järvi conductor
Nicolas Altstaedt cello
Repertoire
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947)
Erkki-Sven Tuur: Cello Concerto No.2 (Labyrinths of Life) (UK premiere)
Interval
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite (1919)