War and Peace ΙΙ
With the kind support of the Embassy of Belgium
Fri. 19 October 2018 20:30
Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Hall
The dynamic Belgian conductor Michel Tilkin makes his Athens State Orchestra debut with Beethoven's ever-thrilling Seventh Symphony, a milestone in the symphonic repertoire. During World War One, Ravel composed his soulful "le Tombeau de Couperin" suite as a tribute to friends of his who had fallen in the war. Inhabiting an entirely different aesthetic space, Prokofiev's epic Second Piano Concerto, interpreted by Titos Gouvelis, with its gloomy timbres, dissonance and fiendish technical challenges, conjures up a 'war-like' atmosphere.
19:45 Free introductory speech by Nikos Laaris for ticket holders
Event Programme
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
(1770–1827)
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
MAURICE RAVEL
(1875–1937)
Le tombeau de Couperin
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
(1891–1953)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
Event Programme
Featuring
CONDUCTOR
Michel Tilkin
SOLOIST
Titos Gouvelis, piano
