Name: Half Six Fix: Prokofiev 7
Start: 2024-06-19T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-06-19T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Barbican Centre

Organization

Conductor

Gianandrea Noseda

London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

Half Six Fix: Prokofiev 7

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Centre

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix | Prokofiev 7 with Gianandrea Noseda: Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 Prokofiev

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Private

Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131

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Half Six Fix: Prokofiev 7: Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 Prokofiev

Absorb Prokofiev’s wistful final symphony in the relaxed atmosphere of this early-evening concert.

The Seventh Symphony was commissioned by the Soviet state radio for children. But while it recalls treasured memories of the composer’s youth, this final symphony contains a deeper message of farewell.

It begins with yearning strings, summons childhood with flute and glockenspiel, remembers happy times in a whirling waltz, and ends with the tick-tock of the composer’s beating heart. The symphony was premiered in October 1952; Shostakovich would die in March 1953, on the same day as Stalin.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble