London Philharmonic Orchestra

One thing that London is particularly famous for is its orchestras, both the Symphony and the Philharmonic Orchestra. Last night I went to see the Philharmonic with my cousin Lilian. To be in touch with out classier side, we'd booked box seats with a wonderful view of the stage.
The orchestra played 3 pieces

Debussy's Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien
Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique)

Debussy's piece was haunting and depressing in some parts but overall it was a fairly placid piece.

Rachmaninov's concerto is probably one of my favourite pieces of all the classical music that I know. The concerto is a piano solo backed by the orchestra. The soloist that night was a french lady Helene Grimaud. It's a 3 movement piece that has a powerful opening movement with strong piano playing required and though I'd listened to it quite a lot, the difficulty of this piece was staggering. The speed that her hands needed to move and the precision was awe inspiring. The 2nd movement is more thoughtful, and flowing and in general a very relaxing piece. The 3rd movement was a brisk lively piece, joyous and bouncy.

Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto no. 2 in C Minor 1st movement Moderato

This is a recording of Rachmaninoff himself playing his concerto with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra in 1929

Tchaikovsky's Symphony no. 6 was first performed 9 days before he died. It's a fairly subdued piece punctuated with bursts of incredible vigour before sinking again. It was quite a difficult piece to follow sometimes, but nonetheless still a pleasure to listen to.

It was certainly a fine experience and I'll certainly be going again