| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 6-Jun-2012 Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall | Majestic Brahms: Sydney Symphony perform Brahms and Shostakovich |
Friday night's concert, entitled Majestic Brahms, was a concert of two very different halves, with Brahms' Second Piano Concerto comprising the first half and Shostakovich's Sixth Symphony the second. The Brahms is a Herculean piece with one of the most challenging solo parts in the repertoire. Lasting approximately fifty minutes, it is a concerto on a symphonic scale. Shostakovich's Sixth Symphony is in many ways a concerto for orchestra, with the composer using the scope of the orchestra to the full.Read full review... | |