Southbank Centre: Royal Festival HallBelvedere Road, London, Greater London, SE1 8XX, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
| Friday 19 March 2021 | 19:30 |
Programme
| Janáček, Leoš (1854-1928) | Žárlivost (Jealousy) | |
| Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904) | Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104 | |
| Suk, Josef (1874-1935) | Scherzo Fantastique, Op.25 | |
| Janáček, Leoš (1854-1928) | Taras Bulba |
Performers
| Sir Mark Elder | Conductor |
| Steven Isserlis | Cello |
| London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Feelings burn brightly in Bohemia, and no-one understands that like Mark Elder – a conductor whose theatrical flair makes everything he touches catch fire. Janáček’s overture Jealousy lights the touchpaper, before Steven Isserlis plays the greatest of all cello concertos: written in the New World but blazing with nostalgia for Europe. And it gets more intense after the interval, with Janáček’s sensational orchestral melodrama Taras Bulba. If Taras Bulba was a film, it would be directed by Tarantino; but for Janáček, this bloody medieval tale of war and betrayal is simply an excuse for some serious sonic thrills. Hold tight.
© Jean Baptiste Millot
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