Barbican HallSilk Street, London, Greater London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Programme
| Glass, Philip (b. 1937) | Akhnaten: Prelude to Act I | |
| Glass, Philip (b. 1937) | Double Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra | |
| Glass, Philip (b. 1937) | Itaipú |
Performers
| Katia Labèque | Piano |
| Marielle Labèque | Piano |
| Marin Alsop | Conductor |
| BBC Symphony Chorus | |
| BBC Symphony Orchestra |
Marin Alsop conducts an all-Glass programme, including the UK premiere of his Concerto, written for renowned piano duo and siblings, Katia and Marielle Labèque.
As a young violinist, Marin Alsop led the orchestra in the first recording of Glass’s The Photographer, and has long championed the influential Minimalist’s music. She also conducts Itaipú, Glass’s choral homage to the world’s largest hydroelectric dam, and the prelude to the opera Ahknaten about the Egyptian pharaoh.
