A symphony of iron and steel. That’s how Sergei Prokofiev described his Second Symphony, and it’s right on the nail – this is music from the machine age, forged in the furnace of revolution. For an artist as adventurous as LPO Conductor Emeritus Vladimir Jurowski, it’s an irresistible challenge, as well as a gripping counterpart to Ukrainian composer Anna Korsun’s all-too-contemporary study of an industrial landscape shattered by war. The title refers to the artificial mountains of mining waste that proliferate in much of the Donbas region’s landscape. Expect nature music with a serious bite – but poetry, too, as pianist Anna Vinnitskaya embraces both the danger and the romance of Rachmaninov’s glittering Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

Program

Mosolov – The Iron Foundry

Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Anna Vinnitskaya piano)

Anna Korsun – Terricone 

Prokofiev – Symphony No. 2