While the Napoleonic Wars raged, Ludwig van Beethoven composed one of his most radiant works: the Fifth Piano Concerto. With its heroic, optimistic character, it faces the challenges of the time, yet also transports the listener with transcendent melodies to better worlds. Víkingur Ólafsson is the soloist.
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Semyon Bychkov
Semyon Bychkov then conducts Dmitri Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, composed in the shadow of Stalinist terror. At first glance monumental and triumphant, it reveals an ironic double meaning – a subversive work that feigns jubilation while simultaneously undermining it.
Programme:
Ludwig van BeethovenCoriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62
Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73
Víkingur Ólafsson – piano
- Intermission
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Additional information
Participating artists
Víkingur Ólafsson
Berliner Philharmoniker
Semyon Bychkov
Dates
May 2026
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