Sir John Eliot Gardiner 70th Birthday Concert

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Barbican HallSilk Street, London, Greater London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)	Apollo (Apollon musagète)
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)	Oedipus Rex	Libretto by Jean Cocteau, based on Sophocles' Oedipus Rex

Performers

Sir John Eliot Gardiner	Conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Gentlemen of the Monteverdi Choir
Jennifer Johnston	Mezzo-soprano
Gidon Saks	Bass-baritone
Fanny Ardant	Narrator
Stuart Skelton	Tenor	Oedipus

Tickets £10-£36

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Sir John Eliot Gardiner at 70 with the LSO and Stravinsky

Paul Kilbey, 26th April

There’s something quite strongly “neoclassical” about the whole historically-informed performance movement. Someone like Sir John Eliot Gardiner, who has championed the use of detailed historical knowledge of performance practice and instruments, has never actually been attempting to transport us all back to the 18th century. That would be futile, obviously.

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