La London Symphony Orchestra en Ibermúsica: altas expectativas

By David Santana Cañas, 25 October 2023

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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 24 October 2023

Bartók, Divertimento for Strings, Sz 113

Say, Violin Concerto "1001 Nights in the Harem", Op. 25

Beethoven, Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op.92

London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Violin

Denis Kozhukhin: captivating storytelling with the London Symphony

Clare Varney, 1st May

At the Konzerthaus Dortmund, Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO are joined by Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin to plunge into the depths of despair in Bernstein’s melancholic The Age of Anxiety.

***11

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

Pappano and the LSO: a thrilling collision between heaven and hell

Charlotte Gardner, 16th April

Vilde Frang joins Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican for transcendent Korngold alongside darker fare.

****1

Han Kang’s The White Book takes on a compelling new life

Peter Quantrill, 5th March

At the Barbican, Laura Bowler's new work for Barbara Hannigan translates Han Kang's novel into a soundscape of icy stillness

****1

A curious evening from Noseda, Kopatchinskaja and the LSO

Mark Valencia, 26th February

Good, bad, but never ugly, a curious evening unfolds at the Barbican, inspired at times, ill-judged in places.

***11

Borodin steps into the symphonic limelight: Noseda and the LSO

Mark Pullinger, 15th February

Seong-Jin Cho continues his Artist Portrait series with the LSO by performing Chopin's poetic Second Piano Concerto.

****1

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David Santana Cañas

David Santana (Bilbao, 1996) comienza sus estudios de música en la especialidad de fagot en el Conservatorio Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga de Bilbao. En 2014 se traslada a Madrid, donde cursa el grado en Musicología en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y continúa y finaliza sus estudios musicales de fagot en el Conservatorio Adolfo Salazar de Madrid. Actualmente se encuentra ampliando su formación con la realización del Máster de Investigación de Música Española e Hispanoamericana en la UCM.