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3 Nov 2022, City Halls
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Â鶹ԼÅÄ SSO 2022-23 Season Rachmaninov's Symphony No.2

Â鶹ԼÅÄ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Rachmaninov's Symphony No.2
19:30 Thu 3 Nov 2022 City Halls
We are thrilled to welcome back Hannu Lintu to conduct Rachmaninov’s fervently passionate Second Symphony.
We are thrilled to welcome back Hannu Lintu to conduct Rachmaninov’s fervently passionate Second Symphony.

Programme

Heartfelt. Dynamic. Sumptuous

Rachmaninov’s music is rarely more heartfelt or so fervently passionate as it is in the Second Symphony. Its romantic headiness is complemented by a thundering, dynamic energy, and we’re thrilled to have Hannu Lintu at the helm for this popular show-stopper.

Before then, Lintu’s fellow Finn, the superb Elina Vähälä, joins us for Shostakovich’s Second Violin Concerto. It’s the perfect contrast to Rachmaninov’s wild abandon: a hushed, introverted concerto where the violin sings in long shimmering threads of sound, like a beacon of light leading us through the dark. A mesmerising work, premiered in 1967, it holds all the sorrows, questions, and insights of a lifetime.

This concerts ends at approximately 9:30pm.