London Philharmonic Orchestra
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The penultimate concert of Osmo Vänskä’s peerless cycle of Sibelius symphonies with the London Philharmonic swept all before it
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Sukanya, a Hindu tale named after the sitar great’s wife and completed by their daughter Anoushka, will be semi-staged at Leicester’s Curve with the LPO
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Vladimir Jurowski oversaw a cerebral performance of the Ninth symphony, after the debut of Magnus Lindberg’s prequel Two Episodes
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1,000 experts sign open letter to London’s leading cultural bodies, including British Museum and Royal Academy, over ‘morally unacceptable’ sponsorship
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In a programme exploring the influence of the exotic, pianist Javier Perianes shone in Saint-Saëns, Jurowksi and the PO brought drama and poise to works by Dukas, Debussy and Honegger
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Growing up in Soviet Russia, conductor Vladimir Jurowski came to love Shakespeare via Prokofiev and Pasternak. The playwright has inspired centuries of composers, but how to choose with which works to celebrate his birthay?
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Christoph Eschenbach perfectly blended the intimate with the monumental, while the London Philharmonic Choir were outstanding
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The London Philharmonic delivered the composer’s eclectic Hans Christian Andersen fantasia with remarkable force, but its Rachmaninov was less balanced
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Completed by his son, Górecki’s final work received its world premiere in 2014. Here’s the LPO’s live recording…
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Highlights of the centre’s 2016-17 season include a digital trip into an orchestra, a year-long festival examining music and belief, plus Radio 3 celebrates its 70th by moving in for a fortnight
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Feasibility study says city is at risk of falling behind and this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build a world-class music venue
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Tetzlaff played Lindberg’s first violin concerto with a vehement authority as Robin Ticciati drew refined playing from the LPO
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This fine concert featured Krzysztof Penderecki’s own compositions – with Radovan Vlatkovic the impressive soloist in the Horn Concerto – alongside Shostakovich’s Sixth
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The London Philharmonic played immaculately, but the symphony felt like a work-in-progress
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The career path of a young conductor is rarely straightforward. Ahead of his UK opera debut Gad Kadosh talks about tips from Bernard Haitink, music in the army and finding his way in the dark depths of an orchestra pit
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Wigglesworth’s powerful and authoritative reading of the 4th symphony make this disc worthwhile
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Letters: With funding to music hubs being cut, and with headteachers not obliged to include arts subjects, there is real danger that the lack of engagement with classical music by young people will make a new concert hall a white elephant
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A new vocal work from Magnus Lindberg - based on historical records of three interrogations – didn’t exploit Barbara Hannigan’s dramatic gifts, writes Andrew Clements
Topics
- Classical music
- Vladimir Jurowski
- Opera
- Festivals
- Royal Opera House
- The Philharmonia Orchestra
- Simon Rattle
- William Shakespeare
- London
- Proms
- Michael Morpurgo
- Sergei Rachmaninov
- Tobacco industry
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Music
- Barbican
- British Museum
- Igor Stravinsky
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Philip Morris International
Fidelio review – Jurowski and the LPO look to Beethoven for enlightenment