The London Symphony Orchestra under Valery Gergiev, with Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos, plays Rodion Shchedrin's impassioned 'Lithuanian Saga' – premiered in Vilnius in 2009; Shostakovich's dark Violin Concerto No 1, only performed after Stalin's death; and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 2 – a joyous work filled with Russian folk melodies.
(Note: at 6pm there is a pre-concert Guildhall Artists performance in the Barbican Hall. The pianist Cordelia Williams plays Shostakovich's 2 Preludes and Fugues; and Tchaikovsky's 'The Seasons'.)