Mozart, Prokofiev and Brahms with François Leleux

Playful exuberance and melodic charisma, words that describe both French conductor/oboist François Leleux and Mozart’s sunny Oboe Concerto, one of the finest works in the genre that’s a delight from start to finish. Brahms (in)famously took 21 years to finish his First Symphony, writing in the shadow of his illustrious predecessor, Beethoven. Its premiere in 1876 was just 40 years before the 26-year-old Prokofiev produced his Classical Symphony in 1917 – four decades that saw the Late Romantic Symphony transform into the many flavours of the 20th century such as Neoclassicism.=

Featuring

Singapore Symphony Orchestra
François Leleux, oboe/conductor

Programme

Prokofiev / Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 “Classical”
Mozart / Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314
Brahms / Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68