Age of Anxiety

Khachaturian Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1

Walton Symphony No. 1 

Vasily Petrenko conductor

George Li piano

William Walton was the original angry young composer. So forget everything you thought you knew about British music: Walton’s First Symphony is a cry of rage from an age of anxiety, a controlled explosion of anger, ardour and shattering power. There’s no possible way to follow it, so guest conductor Vasily Petrenko looks back to his childhood in the USSR, and starts the concert with the no-holds-barred romance of Khachaturian’s famous Adagio. And pianist George Li was a medallist in the 2015 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow – so who better to join the musical battle-royale of Tchaikovsky’s hugely popular First Piano Concerto?

Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, Lambeth, London SE1 8XX

No refunds or exchanges after booking.

Approximate run time: 125 mins

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Wednesday 27 March 2019 | 7.30pm 

Southbank Centre Belvedere Road London SE1 8XX

By tube

Waterloo (Northern, Bakerloo, Jubilee and Waterloo & City lines) (200 metres)

Embankment (District & Circle lines) (600 metres)

By bus

Route RV1 stops on Belvedere Road (less than a minute’s walk away)

Routes 1, 4, 26, 59, 68, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 243, 521, N1, N68, N171 and N343 stop on Waterloo Bridge (a two-minute walk away)

Routes 76, 77, 211, 341, 381, 507, N381, N76 and RV1 stop on York Road (a five-minute walk away)