The RSNO, led by music director Thomas Søndergård and pianist Anna Vinnitskaya, plays Schumann's Piano Concerto alongside Tchaikovsky and Brahms.
The RSNO are at the Music Hall on Thursday 12 November, with the evening led by their music director Thomas Søndergård and pianist Anna Vinnitskaya. It's part of the Aberdeen Concert Series 26-27, which brings the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra to the city throughout the season, sponsored by Cirrus Logic.
The programme opens with the Polonaise from Act III of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, a lively, dance-like piece that sets a bright tone before the night moves into the heavier Romantic territory. The centrepiece is Schumann's Piano Concerto, a work he wrote as a love letter to his wife, Clara. It's a demanding piece for the soloist, and the piano part needs a performer with formidable talent to carry it. Following that is Brahms' Symphony No. 4, his last and noblest symphony, which is often described as finding both tragedy and wonder within the same movements.
Søndergård is a conductor who wears his heart on his sleeve, and Vinnitskaya is a pianist said to bring a special poetry to every note she plays. Between them, they'll be taking the orchestra through three distinct Romantic voices — Tchaikovsky's Russian flair, Schumann's personal devotion, and Brahms' late-career reflection — all in one sitting. It's a substantial bill, and the shift from the concerto's intimacy to the symphony's scale gives the evening a good arc.
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The concert starts at 7:30pm, and tickets range from ÂŁ15 to ÂŁ36.
