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| Tuesday 16-Mar-10 19:30 |
 Royal Festival Hall, LondonYundi Li, piano |
Yundi Li, Piano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Tuesday 16-Mar-10 19:30 Yundi Li, piano This youthful Chinese superstar launched his international career in 2000 by winning first prize in the Chopin Competition in Warsaw while only 18 years old. Since then, he has achieved pop-star status in his native land, not least for his recordings on DG. With his ideal technique augmented by deep sensitivity, Li's recital promises a chance to revel in the repertoire for which he's already become so celebrated. 'A remarkable pianist' (New York Times). Yundi Li, Piano | ||
| Wednesday 17-Mar-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London London Philharmonic Orchestra with Ludovic Morlot |
London Philharmonic Orchestra Ludovic Morlot, Conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Wednesday 17-Mar-10 19:30 London Philharmonic Orchestra with Ludovic Morlot What is life without the warmth and inspiration of human affection? When virtuoso violinist Joseph Joachim bounded into Brahms’s life like an energetic puppy, he utterly overwhelmed the composer, drawing from him a violin concerto that’s at once poised and playful. Béla Bartók – alone, exiled, ill and poor – might well have thought his compositional life over in 1943. His friend the conductor Serge Koussevitsky thought otherwise. He re-energised Bartók with encouragement and a major commission. Eight weeks later Bartók delivered his Concerto for Orchestra – a percussive, irrepressible and playful firecracker of a piece. Tickets £9 - £38. London Philharmonic Orchestra Ludovic Morlot, Conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin | ||
| Tuesday 23-Mar-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Karl Jenkins Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem |
Ivor Setterfield, Conductor Trafalgar Sinfonia Barts Choir |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Tuesday 23-Mar-10 19:30 Karl Jenkins Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem Ivor Setterfield, Conductor Trafalgar Sinfonia Barts Choir | ||
| Wednesday 24-Mar-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Charles Dutoit conducts The Firebird |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Dutoit, Conductor Yuja Wang, Piano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Wednesday 24-Mar-10 19:30 Charles Dutoit conducts The Firebird Unlike tonight’s opener, based on liturgical references, Prokofiev's 1913 Second Piano Concerto apparently terrified and scandalised the audience, some of whom dived for the exits! There is, of course, nothing to fear and much to admire in this extraordinary work, combining full-blooded, romantic tunes with the blistering, brittle keyboard virtuosity that characterised the young Prokofiev. When Stravinsky was approached by Ballet Russes founder Diaghilev to write the score for The Firebird, he was relatively unknown as a composer, and the highly successful première of the ballet in 1910 brought him enormous acclaim. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Dutoit, Conductor Yuja Wang, Piano | ||
| Thursday 25-Mar-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Yevgeny Sudbin, piano |
Chopin, Gdzie lubi (a girl's desire) in A major, Op.74 no.5 (transc. for piano) Chopin, Moja pieszcztka (my sweetheart) in G flat major, Op.74 no.12 (transc. for piano) Saint-Saëns, Danse macabre (transc. for piano) Yevgeny Sudbin, Piano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Thursday 25-Mar-10 19:30 Yevgeny Sudbin, piano This young Russian pianist has been lauded worldwide for his sensitivity, originality and imagination. The programme for his International Piano Series debut recital places an all-Chopin first half in glittering context with transcriptions and tributes to Chopin by Liszt and the marvellous Ronald Stevenson (b.1928), concluding with a transcription of a transcription - Vladimir Horowitz's version of Liszt's adaptation of Saint-Saens's Danse Macabre. 'Potentially one of the greatest pianists of the 21st century' (Daily Telegraph). Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek (1810-1849), Gdzie lubi (a girl's desire) in A major, Op.74 no.5 (transc. for piano) Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek (1810-1849), Moja pieszcztka (my sweetheart) in G flat major, Op.74 no.12 (transc. for piano) Liszt, Franz (1811-1886), Années de Pèlerinage, Deuxième Année, Italie: Sonetto del Petrarca no.104, S. 161 no.5 Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921), Danse macabre (transc. for piano) Yevgeny Sudbin, Piano | ||
| Sunday 28-Mar-10 11:00 |
Royal Festival Hall, London The Bach Choir |
The Bach Choir David Hill, Conductor Timothy Robinson, Tenor: Evangelist Kevin Deas, Baritone: Jesus Claire Booth, Soprano Yvonne Howard, Soprano Allan Clayton, Tenor Olaf Bär, Baritone |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Sunday 28-Mar-10 11:00 The Bach Choir There is a long lunch interval between Parts I and II. Part II begins at 2.15pm. The Bach Choir David Hill, Conductor Timothy Robinson, Tenor: Evangelist Kevin Deas, Baritone: Jesus Claire Booth, Soprano Yvonne Howard, Soprano Allan Clayton, Tenor Olaf Bär, Baritone | ||
| Tuesday 30-Mar-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Philharmonia Orchestra 65th Birthday Concert |
Philharmonia Orchestra Riccardo Muti, Conductor Joshua Bell, Violin |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Tuesday 30-Mar-10 19:30 Philharmonia Orchestra 65th Birthday Concert This special event, conducted by the legendary Maestro Muti, features two of Beethoven's finest works. Beethoven opened the door on the 19th century with the composition of his Eroica Symphony and Violin Concerto, taking both genres to new realms. The Eroica, perhaps the composer's most provocative work, redefined the potential of musical expression with its unprecedented design and powerful emotional impact. With the Violin Concerto Beethoven transformed the genre from an idiomatic virtuoso showpiece to a massive work equal in scope and aspiration to that of the symphony. As stated by the musician Georges Enesco, 'This is a great symphony. The violin has a leading voice, but it is merely one of the many orchestral voices which make up the whole.' Philharmonia Orchestra Riccardo Muti, Conductor Joshua Bell, Violin | ||
| Thursday 8-Apr-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Stéphane Denève |
Philharmonia Orchestra Stéphane Denève, Conductor Lars Vogt, Piano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Thursday 8-Apr-10 19:30 Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Stéphane Denève Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade is one of his most popular works. Based upon episodes from The Arabian Nights the composer conceived 'an orchestral suite in four movements, closely knit by the community of its themes and motives, yet representing a kaleidoscope of fairy-tale images and designs of Oriental character'. The work is full of wonderful melodies, dazzlingly virtuosic and colourfully orchestrated, that bring alive the glowing colours of these fantastical tales. Mozart's Piano Concerto No.23 also contains an abundance of beautiful melodies; it is one of his sunniest and most lyrical works for the instrument. Philharmonia Orchestra Stéphane Denève, Conductor Lars Vogt, Piano | ||
| Friday 9-Apr-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Sir Charles Mackerras, Conductor Rebecca Evans, Soprano Diana Montague, Mezzo-soprano Christopher Purves, Bass Philharmonia Chorus |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Friday 9-Apr-10 19:30 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Sir Charles Mackerras, Conductor Rebecca Evans, Soprano Diana Montague, Mezzo-soprano Christopher Purves, Bass Philharmonia Chorus | ||
| Saturday 10-Apr-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London London Philharmonic Orchestra with Yannick Nézet-Séguin |
London Philharmonic Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor Lisa Batiashvili, Violin |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Saturday 10-Apr-10 19:30 London Philharmonic Orchestra with Yannick Nézet-Séguin Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony has proved many things to many people: a celebratory vision of a rustic wedding for Robert Schumann; ‘the apotheosis of the dance’ for Richard Wagner; ‘a triumph of Bacchic fury’ for the legendary musicologist Donald Francis Tovey; and ‘a continuous, cumulative celebration of joy’ for modern Beethoven scholar David Wyn Jones. It might be preceded by colourful fireworks from the pens of Handel and Stravinsky, but when conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin lights the blue touch paper of Beethoven’s most blazingly triumphant orchestral work, the Royal Festival Hall will explode with colour and elation! Tickets £9 - £38. London Philharmonic Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor Lisa Batiashvili, Violin | ||
| Sunday 11-Apr-10 15:00 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Juraj Valcuha |
Philharmonia Orchestra Juraj Valcuha, Conductor François-Frédéric Guy, Piano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Sunday 11-Apr-10 15:00 Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Juraj Valcuha Dvorak composed his Eighth Symphony in a simple rustic retreat in his beloved Bohemian countryside. The lively and light-hearted symphony appropriately draws its inspiration from the Bohemian folk music that Dvorakk loved. Written in 1889 at the height of his international success, particularly in England, the symphony was first published by the English publisher Novello. It received its first performance in London just three months after the premiere and it has enjoyed an enthusiastic following in the country ever since. This afternoon it is heard alongside Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto and Smetana's Vltava, the second symphonic poem in Ma Vlast (My Country), which portrays the river upon which Prague stands. Philharmonia Orchestra Juraj Valcuha, Conductor François-Frédéric Guy, Piano | ||
| Tuesday 13-Apr-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Freddy Kempf performs Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Andrew Litton, Conductor Freddy Kempf, Piano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Tuesday 13-Apr-10 19:30 Freddy Kempf performs Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 Glinka's sparkling Overture serves as a colourful curtain-raiser to Tchaikovsky's immortal First Piano Concerto, which was famously (and shockingly) dismissed by Rubinstein as being 'bad and vulgar'. From its broad opening tune, supported by crashing piano chords, to its thrilling finale, this is music of supreme confidence and unfettered imagination, and remains one of the great war-horses of Romantic concertos for keyboard. Despite his assertion that he had no idea how to compose a symphony, nor any desire to write one, Rachmaninov succeeded in completing no less than three, by far the most popular of which is the Second. Completed in 1908, this great and passionately lyrical outpouring combines characteristic sweeps of melody with infectious rhythmic verve. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Andrew Litton, Conductor Freddy Kempf, Piano | ||
| Wednesday 14-Apr-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London London Philharmonic Orchestra with Gianandrea Noseda |
London Philharmonic Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor Enrico Dindo, Cello |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Wednesday 14-Apr-10 19:30 London Philharmonic Orchestra with Gianandrea Noseda Could this be the most electrifying score by Richard Strauss you’ve never heard? In 1886 the young composer planned a new work to suitably impress during his debut as conductor of the Munich Opera Orchestra. On a trip to Italy, the composer was overwhelmed by Venice and Florence, and by the sight of Mount Vesuvius which erupted before his eyes. ‘The ideas came in flocks’, he enthused. The only trouble was that one of them wasn’t the Italian folk-tune Strauss had thought, but a song by a native composer. Royalty legislation kicked in, and Aus Italien was shelved. Now freed from copyright constraints, the sumptuous symphonic fantasy that might have become Strauss’s orchestral calling card can be heard again in all its glory. Dvořák wrote to a friend that his decision to write a cello concerto surprised him more than anyone. He'd previously found it hard to conceive the colours and pitch of the instrument in a solo capacity, valuing it in the orchestra for its depth and warmth. His concerto belies his doubts, bringing the best from this wonderful instrument. The Ballabili dances from Verdi's Otello are performed by various groups of dancers one after the other, their different nationalities illustrated vividly in the music. The dances were used by Franco Zeffirelli in his film of Otello. Tickets £9 - £38. London Philharmonic Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor Enrico Dindo, Cello | ||
| Thursday 15-Apr-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Tugan Sokhiev |
Philharmonia Orchestra Tugan Sokhiev, Conductor Yevgeny Sudbin, Piano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Thursday 15-Apr-10 19:30 Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Tugan Sokhiev Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring was premiered in Paris on 29 May 1913, a date made famous by one of the most notorious riots in musical history. The work opened the doors to the 20th century and has become an icon of modernism thanks to the brutal, exhilarating dissonances and to the complex rhythms from whose ruthless momentum the work derives its unique power. Philharmonia Orchestra Tugan Sokhiev, Conductor Yevgeny Sudbin, Piano | ||
| Saturday 17-Apr-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London London Philharmonic Orchestra with Marin Alsop |
Glass, The American Four Seasons (European Première) Gorecki, Symphony no. 4 (World Première) London Philharmonic Orchestra Marin Alsop, Conductor Robert McDuffie, Violin |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Saturday 17-Apr-10 19:30 London Philharmonic Orchestra with Marin Alsop As the resounding stillness of his Third Symphony echoed through Europe in 1977, Henryk Górecki's unparalleled music began to uplift, move and inspire thousands of listeners - many of whom were entirely new to classical music. Whilst the pattern-based, hypnotic minimalism of Philip Glass was emerging in America, in Poland Górecki was beginning to create music that concurrently displayed energy and placidity. It was inspired not by the compelling clacketty-clack of industrial America that beats behind Glass's music, but in the granite-like eternities of Polish soil, folksong and faith. Thirty-two years later, Górecki unveils the fourth step on his symphonic journey, and Europe greets Glass's Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra (The American Four Seasons). Turnage’s new work is commissioned by the Festival de Música de Canarias, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Glass’s Concerto No 2 for Violin and Orchestra: The American Four Seasons is commissioned by the Toronto Symphony and London Philharmonic Orchestras, Aspen Music Festival and School, Krannert Center at the University of Illinois and Carlsen Center at the Johnson County Community College. Górecki’s Symphony 4 is commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Southbank Centre London, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association and Zaterdag Matinee Amsterdam. Tickets £9 - £38. Jegede, Tunde, New work (Uk Première) Glass, Philip (b. 1937), The American Four Seasons (European Première) Gorecki, Henryk (b. 1933), Symphony no. 4 (World Première) London Philharmonic Orchestra Marin Alsop, Conductor Robert McDuffie, Violin | ||
| Sunday 18-Apr-10 19:00 |
Royal Festival Hall, London National Youth Orchestra |
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Sunday 18-Apr-10 19:00 National Youth Orchestra National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain | ||
| Wednesday 21-Apr-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London London Philharmonic Orchestra with Marin Alsop |
London Philharmonic Orchestra Marin Alsop, Conductor Nicolas Hodges, Piano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Wednesday 21-Apr-10 19:30 London Philharmonic Orchestra with Marin Alsop You couldn’t have encountered two more different characters than Bernstein and Shostakovich, and yet their music shares so much: loneliness, exuberance, caustic wit, dazzling technique and the bluesy shadow of jazz. Bernstein’s symphony-concerto trips along like a lively conversation, embracing a magical array of textures from the serene stillness of its piano’s solitary first cadences to the striding honky-tonk of the same instrument’s Masque section. If Bernstein was the product of an Age of Anxiety, then Shostakovich lived through one: his everuplifting Fifth Symphony is a testament of survival against profound and overwhelming odds. Show-off, visionary, playboy, pedagogue, clown, genius. Leonard Bernstein, the most indefinable musician to ever hold a conductor’s baton, arrived a century ago. Adored, condemned, respected, worshipped – whatever he was, ‘Lenny’ proved the most important American classical musician of the 20th century, introducing hundreds of thousands to the symphonies of Beethoven and Mahler whilst using his own works to charge through the perceived boundaries that separated art music and popular music. Bernstein could have made it as a pianist, conductor or composer, and yet he chose all three – marrying these disciplines with his own sense of passion, fun and originality. By all accounts, every performance he conducted was an occasion, no matter how far-flung his sometimes eccentric interpretations. His stage manner prompted many a written description, one notably from his biographer Humphrey Burton, who tells of the maestro taking an umpteenth curtain call in front of the New York Philharmonic and offering a suave kiss to his young conducting assistant, Marin Alsop. Alsop has gone on to become a leading conductor in America and Europe. She joins us this season for a look at Bernstein’s concert works. Despite the raging popularity of his masterpiece West Side Story, he longed for recognition for the uplifting, surging profundity of his symphonies and delicate exuberance of his choral works. The perception was that Bernstein was simply too talented; he couldn’t be that good at conducting Mahler, creating musicals and writing symphonies, could he? Well yes, he could. And we have the compositional legacy to prove the case for Bernstein the composer. These apparent contradictions troubled Bernstein himself too – not only the conflicting responsibilities of the composer and the conductor, but also his apparent bisexuality and the social demands of his incomparable personality. But through the years Bernstein retained his energy, openness and creative genius as long as music was there to fuel and inspire him. As for Marin Alsop, ‘I didn’t mind telling Lenny he was the greatest in the world’, she recalled in a recent interview, ‘because he was.’ Tickets £9 - £38. London Philharmonic Orchestra Marin Alsop, Conductor Nicolas Hodges, Piano | ||
| Thursday 22-Apr-10 19:00 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Philharmonia Orchestra present Waterloo |
Philharmonia Orchestra Carl Davis, Conductor |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Thursday 22-Apr-10 19:00 Philharmonia Orchestra present Waterloo Philharmonia Orchestra present a live screening of Waterloo, Karl Grune's 1928 epic film, featuring the UK premiere of Carl Davis' specially composed soundtrack. Waterloo was filmed in Munich at the very start of the silent film period, and tells the story of Napoleon's defeat from the German point of view. This remarkable film features a number of virtuoso set-pieces and extraordinary cinematic effects: the spectacular crowd and battlefield scenes are particularly notable. Philharmonia Orchestra Carl Davis, Conductor | ||
| Wednesday 28-Apr-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London London Philharmonic Orchestra with Vladimir Jurowski |
London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor Danjulo Ishizaka, Cello London Philharmonic Choir |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Wednesday 28-Apr-10 19:30 London Philharmonic Orchestra with Vladimir Jurowski As Russia lurched into turbulence in the early 1900s, the young composer Nikolai Myaskovsky had a ringside seat as a serving officer. He witnessed first-hand the most unparalleled series of events in European history, culminating in the First World War and the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. In Moscow, Myaskovsky heard revolutionary songs from an artisan Frenchman, and soon a work began to form in his head. It became a monumental choral symphony of heroism and revolution; life and death; the body and the soul. But for all its impressive scale, Myaskovsky’s Sixth Symphony was really a personal testament, as deeply felt and moving as any musical gesture of its day. Prokofiev’s Sinfonia concertante for cello and orchestra was written for Mstislav Rostropovich, whose playing had reawakened Prokofiev’s interest in the cello. Tickets £9 - £38. Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953), Sinfonia Concertante for Cello and Orchestra, (or symphony-concerto), Op.125 London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor Danjulo Ishizaka, Cello London Philharmonic Choir | ||
| Saturday 1-May-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London London Philharmonic Orchestra with Vladimir Jurowski |
London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor Anna Larsson, Contralto London Philharmonic Choir |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Saturday 1-May-10 19:30 London Philharmonic Orchestra with Vladimir Jurowski Affairs of the heart and soul: three broadly contemporary nineteenth-century composers, whose music and outlooks were all wildly different, feature in this outstanding programme. Wagner intended to write a full symphony around the Faust legend, but soon realized he was unlikely to finish it. His one-movement overture sees all the angst and suspense of the story concentrated into a few dramatic minutes of music. While Wagner strayed across the boundaries of love, Brahms apparently missed out on romance: but his passion perhaps ran even more deeply as a result. His rhapsody for the lowest female voice and male choir is a heartfelt response to the discovery that the object of his affections was engaged elsewhere - and his feelings could go no further. Franz Liszt was a renowned virtuoso, mystic, visionary, celebrity, and architect of new musical forms. But above all, Liszt was an entertainer. In his new ‘symphonic poems’, Liszt wanted to convey, heart-on-sleeve, the full swathe of human emotions. He hoovered up inspiration from everywhere, especially literature and art – so it’s appropriate that when novelist George Eliot visited Liszt in 1854, embryonic ideas for a symphony were beginning to form in the composer’s imagination. This became the ‘Faust’ Symphony, a work that gives voice to heroism, lament, passion and love, and takes the audience one step closer to Liszt’s turbulent, passionate soul. Tickets £9 - £38. London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor Anna Larsson, Contralto London Philharmonic Choir | ||
| Friday 7-May-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London The International Conductors' Academy of the Allianz Cultural Foundation |
London Philharmonic Orchestra Arnold Cohen, Piano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Friday 7-May-10 19:30 The International Conductors' Academy of the Allianz Cultural Foundation Three young, talented conductors on the brink of major careers join us for four great masterworks of differing, probing depths. Dvorák’s set of variations on a Czech folk melody comes together piece by piece towards a final explosion as the theme is united with what feels like its rightful alignment of harmony and orchestration. To open, Tchaikovsky’s heartrending symphonic fantasy Francesca da Rimini is a moving slice of semi-conscious musical autobiography: Tchaikovsky was no stranger to unhappiness in love, and in his musical retelling of Dante’s tale of Francesca’s infidelity and casting into hell, he seems to pour all his own sorrow and pain. Dvořák's Symphonic Variations show the composer's growing confidence and imagination as he entered his most creative period. London Philharmonic Orchestra Arnold Cohen, Piano | ||
| Saturday 8-May-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy |
Philharmonia Orchestra Vladimir Ashkenazy, Piano Sunwook Kim, Piano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Saturday 8-May-10 19:30 Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto was coolly received at its premiere, perhaps due in part to its understated virtuosity rather than the dazzling showmanship so often heard in works for piano and orchestra. Yet its second movement is emotionally profound with the piano and cellos finishing each other's musical sentences. Equally intense is the slow movement of Beethoven's Fourth Symphony, of which Berlioz wrote, 'One is seized from the first bars, with an emotion that by the end becomes shattering in its intensity!' But both these pieces have finales which dissipate the emotional tension and humorously dance along to the end. Philharmonia Orchestra Vladimir Ashkenazy, Piano Sunwook Kim, Piano | ||
| Sunday 9-May-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Bernstein Project: Alsop on Bernstein and Mahler |
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop, Conductor Voicelab |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Sunday 9-May-10 19:30 Bernstein Project: Alsop on Bernstein and Mahler Marin Alsop conducts Gustav Mahler's great Resurrection symphony in homage to Mahler's profound influence on Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein conducted the first complete cycle of Mahler's symphonies starting in 1960 and was an acknowledged devotee and expert of all his works. This performance brings together a large force of choirs for this celebratory event. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop, Conductor Voicelab | ||
| Thursday 13-May-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hugo Wolff |
Philharmonia Orchestra Hugh Wolff, Conductor Gil Shaham, Violin Philharmonia Voices |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Thursday 13-May-10 19:30 Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hugo Wolff Music by two of England's most influential composers of the 20th century makes up this programme. Walton composed his Violin Concerto for Jascha Heifetz, and combines the brilliant virtuosity and technique for which Heifetz was so famous with lyrical outpourings of emotional intensity. Composed almost a quarter of a century previously, Holst's Planets Suite embodies the composer's fascination with mysticism and spiritualism; his daughter Imogen described the work's creation as 'the result of a 20-years' search for the right idiom for what he wanted to say'. Philharmonia Orchestra Hugh Wolff, Conductor Gil Shaham, Violin Philharmonia Voices | ||
| Saturday 15-May-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Rachmaninov Cycle - 3 |
Philharmonia Orchestra Alexander Lazarev, Conductor Nikolai Lugansky, Piano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Saturday 15-May-10 19:30 Rachmaninov Cycle - 3 Concluding the Philharmonia's Rachmaninov Cycle, Nikolai Lugansky brings his virtuosity and impeccable musicianship to bear on Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. At times dazzlingly virtuosic, at others eerily pensive, and moving between every mood in between, this piece is one of Rachmaninov's finest. High spirits also abound in Shostakovich's Sixth Symphony - the composer wrote of the work that 'music of a contemplative, lyrical nature predominates; I wished to convey moods of joy, spring and youth'.   Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943), Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor for piano and orchestra, Op.43Philharmonia Orchestra Alexander Lazarev, Conductor Nikolai Lugansky, Piano | ||
| Monday 17-May-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Chloë Hanslip performs Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2 |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Slatkin, Conductor Chloë Hanslip, Violin |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Monday 17-May-10 19:30 Chloë Hanslip performs Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2 Prokofiev's delightful and exuberant ‘Classical’ Symphony, composed in 1917, was an experiment in composing away from the piano, and is marked by a freshness and a structural clarity that is closely modelled on the music of Haydn. Prokofiev's later music tended towards a similar accessibility, and the second of his two violin concertos, composed around the time of his popular Romeo and Juliet ballet, is a feast of ravishing melodies. It is at once extraordinary and heartbreaking that, in the process of creating his towering symphonic masterpiece, Tchaikovsky should express any kind of doubts as to its value. He actually considered replacing the closing Adagio movement with something more conventional, but thankfully resisted the temptation. The Symphony is ultimately considered to be his best and the most sincere of all his works. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Slatkin, Conductor Chloë Hanslip, Violin | ||
| Thursday 20-May-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Philharmonia Orchestra conduted by Kirill Karabits |
Philharmonia Orchestra Kirill Karabits, Conductor Gil Shaham, Violin |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Thursday 20-May-10 19:30 Philharmonia Orchestra conduted by Kirill Karabits Prokofiev's score for his ballet of Romeo and Juliet was originally deemed undanceable by the authority of the Bolshoi Theatre, who commissioned the ballet. Despite Prokofiev's revisions the company still initially rejected the work, which was eventually premiered in 1938 and later taken up by the Kirov Ballet. Just a year later, Samuel Barber completed his Violin Concerto, a work of enormous power and beauty. The final movement, an extremely fast 'moto perpetuo', was also rejected by its original intended performer as unplayable: it sees the woodwind and brass pursue the frenetic solo violin all the way to the finish line. Philharmonia Orchestra Kirill Karabits, Conductor Gil Shaham, Violin | ||
| Saturday 22-May-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London London Philharmonic Orchestra with Christopher Eschenbach |
London Philharmonic Orchestra Christoph Eschenbach, Conductor Christian Tetzlaff, Violin |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Saturday 22-May-10 19:30 London Philharmonic Orchestra with Christopher Eschenbach Two works of blazing, passionate genius that seem to hail from opposite ends of the orchestral universe: Richard Strauss’s Don Juan is a multisectioned rollercoaster ride, lunging from key to key, instrument to instrument, loud to quiet and quick-fire to lethargic. Ravel’s Boléro is an exercise in patiently prepared climax; it uses only one melody, only one speed, draped over one incessant rhythm and one prolonged crescendo. Ravel joked that his great masterpiece ‘contained no music at all’, whilst some claimed Strauss’s score contained too much. But both are compelling, beguiling, and utterly gripping musical experiences. The evening’s Spanish theme is begun with Debussy’s Ibéria, a three-movement work in which minute descriptions create beautiful musical pictures. Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole, written 20 years earlier for a violinist friend of the composer, makes use of Spanish motifs and is one of his most often played works. It is regarded as a violin concerto in all but name, and Christian Tetzlaff plays the solo part in this performance. Tickets £9 - £38. London Philharmonic Orchestra Christoph Eschenbach, Conductor Christian Tetzlaff, Violin | ||
| Sunday 23-May-10 15:00 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Philharmonia Orchestra conduted by Esa-Pekka Salonen |
Philharmonia Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor Truls Mørk, Cello |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Sunday 23-May-10 15:00 Philharmonia Orchestra conduted by Esa-Pekka Salonen Both Dvorak and Sibelius are seen as 'nationalist' composers, whose music strongly evokes their respective homelands of the Czech Republic and Finland. Yet their works in this afternoon's programme were written when the composers were away from their native countries: Dvorak composed his Cello Concerto during one of his stays in America, and Sibelius' Second Symphony was largely composed during a trip to Italy. Perhaps the combination of fresh experiences with nostalgia for their homes resulted in the emotional power of both these works; whatever the underlying reason, these pieces are amongst the finest of the composers' outputs. Philharmonia Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor Truls Mørk, Cello | ||
| Thursday 27-May-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Chamber Orchestra of Europe |
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Iván Fischer, Conductor Julia Fischer, Violin |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Thursday 27-May-10 19:30 Chamber Orchestra of Europe Chamber Orchestra of Europe Iván Fischer, Conductor Julia Fischer, Violin | ||
| Friday 28-May-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London London Philharmonic Orchestra with Neeme Järvi |
Rachmaninov, Variations on a theme of Corelli in D minor for piano, Op.42 (arr. Dumbraveanu) London Philharmonic Orchestra Neeme Järvi, Conductor Alexei Lubimov, Piano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Friday 28-May-10 19:30 London Philharmonic Orchestra with Neeme Järvi On 15 March 1897, the young Serge Rachmaninoff introduced his First Symphony in St Petersburg. He listened from the staircase outside as his unique musical ideas were despatched by a poorly prepared orchestra, bracing himself for a critical onslaught. Exactly thirty years later, now a worldwide celebrity, Rachmaninoff strode into a Philadelphia concert hall to hear the first performance of his masterful final Piano Concerto. No other compositional career has so mirrored the 20th century’s cultural journey as Rachmaninoff’s, and no other man’s music has proved so popular, borderless and fervent a vision of twentieth century Romanticism. Tickets £9 - £38. Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943), Variations on a theme of Corelli in D minor for piano, Op.42 (arr. Dumbraveanu) London Philharmonic Orchestra Neeme Järvi, Conductor Alexei Lubimov, Piano | ||
| Sunday 30-May-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London The Big Sunday Concert - The Three Fiddles |
Nigel Kennedy, Violin Michal Urbaniak, Violin Krzesimir Debski, Violin |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Sunday 30-May-10 19:30 The Big Sunday Concert - The Three Fiddles Nigel Kennedy, Violin Michal Urbaniak, Violin Krzesimir Debski, Violin | ||
| Tuesday 8-Jun-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Paul Lewis, piano |
Paul Lewis, Piano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Tuesday 8-Jun-10 19:30 Paul Lewis, piano British pianist Paul Lewis is hugely celebrated for his considered and profound interpretations of the Viennese classics. In this concert he performs Mozart and Beethoven alongside two examples of overwhelming romanticism - Schumann's Fantasie in C and Liszt's headily Byronic Vallee d'Obermann. 'Lewis's sense of structure and constant awareness of what the harmonic rhythm is doing allows him to generate tension in the most subtle ways' (Guardian). Paul Lewis, Piano | ||
| Thursday 10-Jun-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Philharmonia Orchestra conduted by Esa-Pekka Salonen |
Philharmonia Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor Sergey Khachatryan, Violin |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Thursday 10-Jun-10 19:30 Philharmonia Orchestra conduted by Esa-Pekka Salonen Berlioz composed his Symphonie fantastique in the early 19th century, just three years after the death of Beethoven, yet it inhabits a musical world of pure Romanticism. Its passionate idée fixe, which represents the object of the protagonist's unrequited love, is transformed throughout the work. She appears at a ball, then in the tranquil countryside, before her melody is transformed beyond all recognition into a grotesque mocking dance in the last movement, Dream of a Witches' Sabbath, and is combined with the Dies Irae plainchant, another idée fixe of the Romantic era. Philharmonia Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor Sergey Khachatryan, Violin | ||
| Thursday 24-Jun-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Yuri Temirkanov |
Philharmonia Orchestra Yuri Temirkanov, Conductor Denis Matsuev, Piano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Thursday 24-Jun-10 19:30 Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Yuri Temirkanov The Philharmonia's Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky series begins with Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto, which took the composer some years to complete. He combined material originally intended for other works with newly composed themes, to great success. Years later he wrote to Aram Khachaturian, 'It's very difficult to write a concerto. A concerto must have new ideas. I advise you to jot down all the ideas as they occur to you without waiting for the thing as a whole to mature. Make a note of individual passages and interesting bits, not necessarily in the right order.' In contrast Tchaikovsky composed his Fifth Symphony in a matter of months. Unified throughout by a motto-theme, the despairing opening and emotional climaxes are gradually converted into a blazing major-key ending. Philharmonia Orchestra Yuri Temirkanov, Conductor Denis Matsuev, Piano | ||
| Sunday 27-Jun-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Yuri Temirkanov - 2 |
Philharmonia Orchestra Yuri Temirkanov, Conductor Sayaka Shoji, Violin |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Sunday 27-Jun-10 19:30 Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Yuri Temirkanov - 2 Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto is very different from the glittering, virtuosic First Concerto, with music in the first movement closely resembling his love theme from Romeo and Juliet, and the melody of the second movement singing out plaintively on the solo violin. The last movement is dominated by Spanish dance rhythms and explorations of the peasant fiddle associations of the violin. The finale of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony makes use of folk associations too: it incorporates variations on a Russian folk song. The symphony as a whole is dominated by a motif which Tchaikovsky associated with 'fate', and was written during a period of severe depression for the composer. Philharmonia Orchestra Yuri Temirkanov, Conductor Sayaka Shoji, Violin | ||
| Tuesday 29-Jun-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Yuri Temirkanov - 3 |
Philharmonia Orchestra Yuri Temirkanov, Conductor Boris Berezovsky, Piano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Tuesday 29-Jun-10 19:30 Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Yuri Temirkanov - 3 Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony ends with some of the most anguished music ever written by the composer. It closes with a quiet adagio which disappears into silence, collapsing under the weight of the tragic tone which echoes throughout the work. Tchaikovsky was immensely proud of the work, writing, 'I definitely find it is my very best, and in particular, the most sincere of all my compositions. I love it as I have never loved any of my musical children.' Yet just nine days after conducting its premiere, the composer died. The second performance of the work took place 20 days later at a memorial concert. The mood of tonight's concert is lifted with Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto, a work of fiendish virtuosity and humour. Philharmonia Orchestra Yuri Temirkanov, Conductor Boris Berezovsky, Piano | ||
| Thursday 1-Jul-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London London Philharmonic Orchestra with David Murphy |
London Philharmonic Orchestra David Murphy, Conductor Robert McDuffie, Violin |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Thursday 1-Jul-10 19:30 London Philharmonic Orchestra with David Murphy The season ends with a new beginning. Ravi Shankar has been edging towards the creation of a symphony for decades: first came his virtuosic duets for sitar and violin written for performance with Yehudi Menuhin, then came the two thematically accomplished Concertos for Sitar and Orchestra. After years of collaboration with Philip Glass, the two composers are heard together here: the pulsating, lyrical groove of Glass’s Violin Concerto meets the world’s first performance of Shankar’s Symphony, which explores both the rich melodic heritage and the mathematical precision of Indian music and is an event of huge significance for world music. Adams worked with repeating loops of oscillations on string instruments for some time before Shaker Loops took its final form. The name reflects the 'shaking' of the strings oscillating between notes and the way Shakers danced to repetitive, energetic music. Tickets £9 - £38. Shankar, Ravi (b. 1920), Symphony (World Première) London Philharmonic Orchestra David Murphy, Conductor Robert McDuffie, Violin | ||
| Saturday 10-Jul-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Bernstein Project: Bernstein Mass |
The Mass Orchestra Marin Alsop, Conductor Voicelab |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Saturday 10-Jul-10 19:30 Bernstein Project: Bernstein Mass The nine-month long Bernstein Project draws to a conclusion in a rare performance of one of Bernstein's most astonishing pieces. In a weekend of musical participation, Marin Alsop leads this unique event featuring a giant cast drawn from the local community performing with professional artists. The entire Mass Orchestra, a rock band, choirs, soloists, a marching band and dancers join together to celebrate the extraordinary spirit of Bernstein. The Mass Orchestra Marin Alsop, Conductor Voicelab Price type: Low cost: 50% at £10 or less | ||
| Sunday 11-Jul-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Bernstein Project: Bernstein Mass |
The Mass Orchestra Marin Alsop, Conductor Voicelab |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Sunday 11-Jul-10 19:30 Bernstein Project: Bernstein Mass The nine-month long Bernstein Project draws to a conclusion in a rare performance of one of Bernstein's most astonishing pieces. In a weekend of musical participation, Marin Alsop leads this unique event featuring a giant cast drawn from the local community performing with professional artists. The entire Mass Orchestra, a rock band, choirs, soloists, a marching band and dancers join together to celebrate the extraordinary spirit of Bernstein. The Mass Orchestra Marin Alsop, Conductor Voicelab Price type: Low cost: 50% at £10 or less | ||
| Wednesday 22-Sep-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Zemlinksy and Mahler |
London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor Petra Lang, Mezzo-soprano London Philharmonic Choir Trinity Boys' Choir |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Wednesday 22-Sep-10 19:30 Zemlinksy and Mahler London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor Petra Lang, Mezzo-soprano London Philharmonic Choir Trinity Boys' Choir | ||
| Saturday 25-Sep-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Haydn, D'Amico, Dufay and Bartók |
D'Amico, Flight from Byzantium (World Premiere) London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor London Philharmonic Choir Hilliard Ensemble |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Saturday 25-Sep-10 19:30 Haydn, D'Amico, Dufay and Bartók 1918, and Béla Bartók encountered the legend of a young girl, forced by three thugs to lure men from the street into their den. When she encounters a magical Mandarin, a wild pursuit ensues before she embraces him and he dies. The story drew from Bartók his most astonishing orchestral creation, a piece that thrusts life into the manic tumult of the chase as the orchestra screws itself towards breaking point before plunging into its final catastrophic chords. Matteo D’Amico’s view of the flight of civilisation from ancient Istanbul receives its world première at this concert – a piece for speaker, vocal ensemble and orchestra whose sudden journeying offers a provocative counterpoint to Bartók’s. D'Amico, Matteo (b. 1955), Flight from Byzantium (World Premiere) London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor London Philharmonic Choir Hilliard Ensemble | ||
| Sunday 26-Sep-10 16:00 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Tristan und Isolde |
Philharmonia Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor Gary Lehman, Tenor: Tristan Christine Brewer, Soprano: Isolde Anne Sofie von Otter, Mezzo-soprano: Brangäne John Relyea, Bass: King Marke Jukka Rasilainen, Baritone: Kurwenal Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Melot Andrew Kennedy, Tenor Philharmonia Voices |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Sunday 26-Sep-10 16:00 Tristan und Isolde Please note running time of five hours including two intervals In one of the most passionate love stories ever told, Tristan and Isolde's lives are set on a path to tragedy by the simple replacement of poison for a love potion. Yet this tragedy also results in their all-encompassing love for each other, and the intensity of their passion is expressed through Wagner's sumptuous chromaticism and lush orchestral colours. The opera is one of the peaks of the operatic repertory, and the climax of Isolde's 'Liebestod' is one of the most moving and all-embracing musical moments ever written. Please note that due to video scenes with nudity this performance is not recommended for under-14s. Philharmonia Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor Gary Lehman, Tenor: Tristan Christine Brewer, Soprano: Isolde Anne Sofie von Otter, Mezzo-soprano: Brangäne John Relyea, Bass: King Marke Jukka Rasilainen, Baritone: Kurwenal Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Melot Andrew Kennedy, Tenor Philharmonia Voices | ||
| Thursday 30-Sep-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Philharmonia Orchestra |
Philharmonia Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor Hélène Grimaud, Piano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Thursday 30-Sep-10 19:30 Philharmonia Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the music of his compatriot Jean Sibelius in this concert. Sibelius’s tone poem Finlandia sets the soundworld with its nationalistic evocations of scenes from Finnish history; followed by Lemminkäinen, an orchestral suite based on the Finnish national epic poem, the Kalevala. The most famous movement describes The Swan of Tuonela with the cor anglais’ melody gliding over the musical water of the strings and woodwind; the other movements are equally evocative and atmospheric, moving from the ‘Land of the Dead’ to the hero’s exploits in battle. Between these, Brahms’ First Piano Concerto provides a flamboyant display of pianistic virtuosity. Philharmonia Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor Hélène Grimaud, Piano | ||
| Friday 1-Oct-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London London Philharmonic Orchestra |
London Philharmonic Orchestra Yan Pascal Tortelier, Conductor Behzod Abduraimov, Piano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Friday 1-Oct-10 19:30 London Philharmonic Orchestra As the 20th century loomed, Paris seized control of Western music's future. Even the conservative Saint-Saens began to suggest teh exotic in his highly stylised piano concertos, while also quoting a serene melody by his elegant pupil Faure in the Second. But no Parisian was quite prepared for Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, which unleased a total reappraisal of both dance and music, replacing foot-led ballet with pelvic-born ritual dance and favouring the pounding, jagged rhythms of the earth over traditional principles of harmony. London Philharmonic Orchestra Yan Pascal Tortelier, Conductor Behzod Abduraimov, Piano | ||
| Wednesday 6-Oct-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Suk, Chopin and Dvořák |
London Philharmonic Orchestra Neeme Järvi, Conductor Evgeny Kissin, Piano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Wednesday 6-Oct-10 19:30 Suk, Chopin and Dvořák So much great music is born of longing to be somewhere else. With the easy elegance and pruned sophistication of his Second Piano Concerto, Chopin hoped to endear himself to the opinion-forming concertgoers of Paris, 850 miles from his home in Warsaw. Antonín Dvořák had already hit the big-time when he wrote his New World Symphony. But parachuted into America to run New York’s fledgling music college, the composer felt himself longing for home: the Symphony’s spirituals and plantation songs – its shapely and contented melodies – are tinged with a slight Slavic sadness. London Philharmonic Orchestra Neeme Järvi, Conductor Evgeny Kissin, Piano | ||
| Thursday 7-Oct-10 19:00 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Roberto Polastri, Conductor Roberta Invernizzi, Soprano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Thursday 7-Oct-10 19:00 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), Recitative and Aria for Soprano, "A questo seno deh vieni", K374 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Roberto Polastri, Conductor Roberta Invernizzi, Soprano | ||
| Saturday 9-Oct-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Dvořák |
London Philharmonic Orchestra Neeme Järvi, Conductor Lisa Milne, Soprano Karen Cargill, Mezzo-soprano Peter Auty, Tenor Peter Rose, Bass London Philharmonic Choir |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Saturday 9-Oct-10 19:30 Dvořák Dvořák so often found words a hindrance rather than a help when tasked with setting them to music. But how could he be anything but inspired by the touching text depicting the weeping mother of Christ at the foot of the cross, the Stabat Mater? It certainly stirred something in Dvořák: melodies of fresh-minted beauty flow forth, the composer revels in intimacy and grandeur, poeticism and reverence. But before the solemnity of Dvořák’s first choral utterance, we hear the joyous outburst of his last: the blazing open-air Te Deum, a work of ear-bending strength and conviction; a true masterpiece in miniature. London Philharmonic Orchestra Neeme Järvi, Conductor Lisa Milne, Soprano Karen Cargill, Mezzo-soprano Peter Auty, Tenor Peter Rose, Bass London Philharmonic Choir | ||
| Sunday 10-Oct-10 15:00 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Philharmonia Orchestra |
Philharmonia Orchestra Leif Segerstam, Conductor Ott, Alice Sara, Piano |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Sunday 10-Oct-10 15:00 Philharmonia Orchestra Dancing tunes and jumping rhythms abound in this afternoon’s programme. Stravinsky’s music to The Firebird glitters with magical colours describing the fairytale of the magic bird and the heroic prince; meanwhile Rachmaninov takes one of Paganini’s most famous tunes and transforms it in every way imaginable, through dazzling displays of pianistic virtuosity to Variation 18 that swells in the epitome of Romanticism. Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s promenade through an art gallery, with its evocative descriptions of the paintings therein, completes the programme. Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943), Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor for piano and orchestra, Op.43Philharmonia Orchestra Leif Segerstam, Conductor Ott, Alice Sara, Piano | ||
| Tuesday 12-Oct-10 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall, London Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela |
Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela Christian Vásquez, Conductor |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom Tuesday 12-Oct-10 19:30 Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela Christian Vásquez, Conductor | ||
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