Synopsis

The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra makes its television debut in Britain, conducted by Valery Gergiev, in a program featuring Russian and French compositions. The concert will be introduced by Christopher Warren-Green, principal player of the Philharmonia Orchestra, and opens with Prokofiev's Symphony No. 6, the composer’s most profoundly tragic, emotionally resonant, and structurally intricate work, conceived during the final years of World War II. Following this will be the European premi