Ryan Wigglesworth conducts Beethoven & Schoenberg

18 Jan 2019, Barbican, London

19:30 Fri 18 Jan 2019 Next Event

麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season Ryan Wigglesworth conducts Beethoven & Schoenberg

19:30 Fri 18 Jan 2019 Barbican, London

A concert of musical darkness and light pairs Beethoven鈥檚 sunny Violin Concerto with the atmospheric shadows of Schoenberg鈥檚 *Pelleas und Melisande*.

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Programme

- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Violin Concerto in D major
- - Arnold Schoenberg
  - Pelleas and Melisande

Performers

Ryan Wigglesworth
conductor (please note change to originally advertised artist)
conductor (please note change to originally advertised artist)
James Ehnes
violin
violin
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra

Composers

About This Event

The ghosts of Mahler and, above all, Richard Strauss haunt Schoenberg鈥檚 gorgeous, expansive symphonic poem. This late-Romantic work conjures the dark forests and brooding castle of Maeterlinck鈥檚 fairytale, its thick orchestral textures shot through with gilded woodwind and brass.

Beethoven鈥檚 lively, brilliant D major Violin Concerto is the contrasting opener, with Canadian virtuoso James Ehnes making a rare appearance with the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra as soloist. Ryan Wigglesworth conducts.