Valery Gergiev will be conducting the London Symphony Orchestra as part of a marathon series of concert programmes exclusively featuring classical Russian music of the 20th century. Maestro Gergiev and the famed British symphony orchestra’s appearances together with acclaimed Russian pianist Denis Matsuev will be held in Singapore and major venues in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in Australia.
Appearing once again as an ambassador for Russian culture abroad, Valery Gergiev will be presenting a broad panorama of the history of Russian music, ranging from Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto (composed in 1900) to Dmitry Shostakovich’s Festive Overture (1954).
On 19 and 20 November at the vast and ultra-modern theatre and concert complex The Esplanade in Singapore maestro Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra will be giving two concerts. The programme for the first evening, in addition to the aforementioned Piano Concerto No 2 by Rachmaninoff (soloist – Denis Matsuev) and Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, also features Rachmaninoff’s Third Symphony, which was to be one of the composer’s final works. The programme for the second – monograph – evening will consist entirely of music by Sergei Prokofiev and includes his First and Fifth Symphonies as well as his Third Piano Concrto with Denis Matsuev performing the solo.
22 November will see the London Symphony Orchestra under Valery Gergiev making their debut at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane. The concert programme includes Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto with Denis Matsuev and Dmitry Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony.
Over three evenings in a row, the orchestra and maestro Gergiev will be performing at the Sydney Opera House. On 24 November there will be a concert dedicated to Stravinsky (the orchestral version of Pétrouchka from 1947) and Prokofiev (the First and Fifth Symphonies).At the final concert on 26 November there will be performances of Dmitry Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No 3 with Denis Matsuev and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Third Symphony.
The London Symphony Orchestra’s tour under Valery Gergiev comes to a close in Melbourne on 28 November. At the Arts Centre in Melbourne there will be a performance of Sergei Prokofiev’s First Symphony, Igor Stravinsky’s Pétrouchka (1947 orchestral version) and Dmitry Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony.
Maestro Gergiev has been Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra since 2007. In this post he regularly conducts the orchestra’s concerts at its London home residence at the Barbican. Last season saw the orchestra focus on the musical legacy of Berlioz, Scriabin and Messiaen, while this season Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra will be presenting works by Russian composers – Tchaikovsky, Balakirev, Glazunov, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Tishchenko. Many of the concerts will feature appearances by the acclaimed Russian pianist Denis Matsuev. This series of concerts began in September; then, on 11 and 13 November, there came concerts to mark the end of the Mariinsky Theatre’s tour to Great Britain. The programme for that tour included Mily Balkirev’s symphonic poem Russia and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto and Third Symphony. The performances in Australia are a key and eagerly anticipated event in the country’s cultural calendar, the London Symphony Orchestra having last visited Australia more than thirty years ago.
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