Organization

Conductor

François-Xavier Roth

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Bertrand Chamayou

Piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

LSO Artist Portrait: Bertrand Chamayou

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Centre

Barbican Concert Hall

LSO Artist Portrait: Bertrand Chamayou: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 Beethoven (+2 More)

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Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

Piano Concerto

Symphony No.8, Op.93

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The Programme
Beethoven wrote two light-hearted symphonies in especially difficult times. He composed his Second Symphony while struggling with his increasing deafness, and the Eighth coincides with a despairing letter to his ‘immortal beloved’, a mystery woman with whom he had a tragic affair.

Yet Symphony No 2 contains an offbeat ‘scherzo’ or ‘joke’ movement, and the surprises come thick and fast in the Eighth. Listen out for the laughter and footsteps in the second movement, and the double-take in the finale when the symphony discovers it’s in the wrong key.

The Performers
François-Xavier Roth and the LSO bring a fresh perspective to Beethoven’s enduring works, and precision to the charming paradoxes of Unsuk Chin’s Concerto. Bertrand Chamayou dives deep into Chin’s oeuvre as part of an Artist Portrait series, which includes chamber music at LSO St Luke’s.  

‘I wanted to be a pianist, but I couldn't, so I became a composer … The piano is, for me, the king of instruments.’ Unsuk Chin

Public online booking opens Friday 31 March at 10am

Priority booking for LSO Patrons & Friends:
Thursday 23 March at 10am – for LSO Patrons, LSO Pioneers and Ambassador level Friends
Monday 27 March at 10am – for all LSO Friends

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LSO Artist Portrait: Bertrand Chamayou by Beethoven, Chin, From (2024/2024), Conductor François-Xavier Roth, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom

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