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While the Napoleonic Wars raged, Ludwig van Beethoven composed one of his most radiant works: the Fifth Piano Concerto. With its heroic, optimistic character, it faces the challenges of the time, yet also transports the listener with transcendent melodies to better worlds. Víkingur Ólafsson is the soloist. Semyon Bychkov then conducts Dmitri Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, composed in the shadow of Stalinist terror. At first glance monumental and triumphant, it reveals an ironic double meaning – a subversive work that feigns jubilation while simultaneously undermining it.
Artists
Berliner Philharmoniker
Semyon Bychkov conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson piano
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture in C minor, op. 62
Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in E flat major, op. 73
Víkingur Ólafsson piano
Interval
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5 D minor, op. 47
Additional information
Duration ca. 2 hours and 10 minutes (incl. 20 minutes interval)
Dates and tickets
Main Auditorium
27 to 86 €
Introduction
19:15
with Frederik Hanssen
Series L: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium
27 to 86 €
Introduction
19:15
with Frederik Hanssen
Series D: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium
27 to 86 €
Introduction
18:15
with Frederik Hanssen
Series B: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
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