Thursday Night subscription booking now open.
General booking, including Afternoon Performances, opens on Fri 5 May
Book between 4 and 15 concerts in the BBC SSO’s Thursday Night Series and save up to 30%. Seniors are entitled to an extra 5% off. Your discount will be automatically applied at the online checkout.
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2
PUCCINI Preludio sinfónico (c.10 mins)
TCHAIKOVKSY Francesca da Rimini (c.24 mins)
ROXANNA PANUFNIK/ALMA MAHLER 5 Lieder (BBC Commission, UK Premiere) (c.10 mins)
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.2 (c.35 mins)
Boris Giltburg, piano
Valentina Peleggi, conductor
A piano plays a chord in the silence, and a chain of sound grows, swells, and breaks into passionate, endless song. No question, the great Romantic composers knew how to unleash emotion: whether it’s Tchaikovsky diving into the whirlwind of a doomed love or Puccini creating melodies to melt the heart. Or, indeed, Rachmaninov uniting a glittering piano and a sumptuous orchestra in a concerto that could have been written for our soloist, Boris Giltburg. “Every note pulses with life and warmth” was how one critic described his playing, and the same could be said when guest conductor Valentina Peleggi shares Roxanna Panufnik’s vivid new versions of Alma Mahler’s neglected love songs.
Tickets: £30, £25, £20, £15
Concessions: £6.00 - Under 26s, Students (in full-time education), Registered Unemployed to the Thursday Night Series.
50% Discount - Registered Disabled
Age Restrictions: Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult.