Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Rachmaninov and Saint-Saëns

Seong-Jin Cho is piano soloist and the orchestra is led by Chief Conductor Ryan Bancroft.

Since winning the famous Chopin Competition in 2015, South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho has been one of the most in-demand soloists in the world. At this concert, he performs Saint-Saëns’ colourful Piano Concerto No. 5. Saint-Saëns himself remarked that this piece is reminiscent of a voyage on the sea. The concerto was composed in Luxor and because of those influences, it is often referred to as The Egyptian. 

We also hear Rachmaninoff’s very last work: Symphonic Dances, in which he dreams of the Russia of his childhood. In addition, we hear American Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw’s dreamy and imaginative Entr’acte – music inspired by a string quartet by Joseph Haydn. Caroline Shaw describes how some music can transport the listener to another world, like the minuets of Haydn’s op. 77, “in a kind of absurd, subtle, technicolour transition,” she says.

The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is led by award-winning American conductor Ryan Bancroft, who is chief conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra as of this season.

Read more about chief conductor Ryan Bancroft

Seong-Jin Cho is piano soloist and the orchestra is led by Chief Conductor Ryan Bancroft.

Thursday 18 April 2024 18.00

Ends approximately 20.00

Price:

145-450 SEK

Since winning the famous Chopin Competition in 2015, South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho has been one of the most in-demand soloists in the world. At this concert, he performs Saint-Saëns’ colourful Piano Concerto No. 5. Saint-Saëns himself remarked that this piece is reminiscent of a voyage on the sea. The concerto was composed in Luxor and because of those influences, it is often referred to as The Egyptian. 

We also hear Rachmaninoff’s very last work: Symphonic Dances, in which he dreams of the Russia of his childhood. In addition, we hear American Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw’s dreamy and imaginative Entr’acte – music inspired by a string quartet by Joseph Haydn. Caroline Shaw describes how some music can transport the listener to another world, like the minuets of Haydn’s op. 77, “in a kind of absurd, subtle, technicolour transition,” she says.

The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is led by award-winning American conductor Ryan Bancroft, who is chief conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra as of this season.

Read more about chief conductor Ryan Bancroft

  • The music

    Approximate times
  • Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5
    30 min
  • Encore:
  • Maurice Ravel From Piano Sonatina in f sharp minor
    3 min
  • Intermission
    25 min
  • Caroline Shaw Entr’acte for string orchestra
    12 min
  • Sergej Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
    34 min
  • Participants

  • Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Ryan Bancroft conductor
  • Seong-Jin Cho piano
  • Stefan Forsberg host

Thursday 18 April 2024 18.00

Ends approximately 20.00

Price:

145-450 SEK


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