Name: Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony
Start: 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
Location: City Halls

Admin

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

Usher Hall

Conductor

Gemma New

Instrumentalist

Violinist

Rosanne Philippens

Violin

Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony

Glasgow

United Kingdom

City Halls

Aberdeen

Music Hall

Edinburgh

Public

Concert

Icarus

Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77

Symphony No. 5

Sharan Allad

Approved

Imagine...a journey from darkness to light. Struggles between love & despair inspire a pulse-raising master-piece that stirs the soul.
Sometimes art imitates life so closely that you can almost feel its breath. “With passion and desire” wrote Tchaikovsky on the slow movement of his Fifth Symphony, and the whole piece is a struggle between love and despair, told in elegant waltzes, bittersweet songs and melody after sweeping melody. Gemma New is always a popular guest conductor here in Scotland, and she knows exactly how to get to the heart of a masterpiece – whether Lera Auerbach’s fiery retelling of the myth of Icarus, or the shadows, secrets and burning truths of Shostakovich’s powerful First Violin Concerto. Rosanne Philippens is the soloist today: a violinist who believes that every note should convey emotion, and forge a connection.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble