BBC Philharmonic | Anna Thorvalsdottir’s ARCHORA

Join the BBC Philharmonic at The Bridgewater Hall on Saturday 14 October

Eva Ollikainen conductor
Richard Goode piano

Haydn ‘L’isola disabitata’ – overture
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 18 in B flat major (K 456)
Anna Thorvalsdottir ARCHORA
Debussy La mer

Re-emerging after its hugely successful world premiere at the 2022 BBC Proms with Eva Ollikainen, Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s ARCHORA portrays abstractions – musical spectra and clashing extremes drawn out through her focus on primordial energy and parallel realms. Its broad, gestural nature contradicts and complements the sweeping symphonic intricacies of Debussy’s La mer. Prefacing such powerfully dramatic pieces, a traditional bout of Haydn’s Sturm und Drang-driven drama in the overture to ‘L’isola disabitata’ (The Deserted Island) and a pre-emptive respite as Richard Goode treats us to one of Mozart’s most imaginative concertos, his Eighteenth.

Images credit Mark McNulty

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