LPO: Jurowski conducts Mahler

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Southbank Centre: Royal Festival HallBelvedere Road, London, Greater London, SE1 8XX, United Kingdom

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Programme

MacMillan, Sir James (b. 1959)	Viola Concerto (world première)
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)	Symphony no. 6 in A minor "Tragic"

Performers

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski	Conductor
Lawrence Power	Viola

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Jonathan Russell, 15th January

An astonishing performance of Mahler's Sixth Symphony followed the world première of James MacMillan's Viola Concerto, a haunting mixture of the old and the new. Soloist Lawrence Power joined the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski.

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