Lisa Batiashvili © Chris Singer
London Symphony Orchestra / Batiashvili / Pappano
Tuesday
27
May
2025
19:30
Großer Saal
Presented by
Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft
Fantastic music
Sir Antonio Pappano will be conducting the London Symphony Orchestra on two consecutive days, performing two different programs. On the first concert evening, works by Hector Berlioz will frame Karol Szymanowski's 1st Violin Concerto: Berlioz's famous Symphonie fantastique will be performed alongside the concert overture »Le Corsaire«. This tells the story of an unhappy man in love who, intoxicated by drugs, lives through various violent fantasies, at the bizarre end of which the Last Judgement blurs with a devil's dance - a wonderfully psychedelic piece of music. The solo part in Szymanowski's violin concerto, a composition that is as heartfelt as it is passionate, is performed by star violinist Lisa Batiashvili.