Tchaikovsky's Fifth
Location: Portsmouth
Date: 12-03-2010
Time: 19:30
Venue Details: Portsmouth Guildhall
Works Performed
- Berlioz : Beatrice et Benedict Overture
- Scriabin : Piano Concerto
- Tchaikovsky : Symphony No.5
Performers
- Conductor : Kirill Karabits
- Soloist: Peter Jablonski (Piano)
Berlioz frequently turned to Shakespeare for inspiration, and in Béatrice et Bénédict produced a delightful and sensuous score based on Much Ado About Nothing. The overture contains some of his most beautifully crafted and elegant music.
Scriabin’s Piano Concerto is a virtuosic work of unabashed Romanticism. Its Chopinesque charm and filigree fingerwork hide the fact that it is a highly technically demanding work, full of chromaticism and syncopation.
Tchaikovsky found himself briefly free from the catalogue of personal crises in the late 1880s, and his Fifth Symphony reflects this with moments of comfort and warmth. Dazzling shafts of bright optimism are cast like lightning bolts from the brooding orchestral shadows.
“It may happen once a season or once in a lifetime. Along comes a talent, someone extraordinary that makes you rethink a piece of music you’ve known forever. It happened with Peter Jablonski.”
The Washington Post
