L'Ange et le Séraphin : Sir Simon Rattle et le LSO à la Philharmonie

By Apolline Gouzi, 27 January 2020

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“De l'introduction glaçante à l'exultation du chœur final, il semble n'y avoir qu'un seul souffle”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 25 January 2020

Berg, Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel"

Beethoven, Oratorio "Christus am Ölberge" (Christ on the Mount of Olives), Op.85

London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Chorus

Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor

Lisa Batiashvili, Violin

Elsa Dreisig, Soprano

Pavol Breslik, Tenor

David Soar, Bass

Pappano and the LSO’s Mahler 5: less than the sum of its parts

David Karlin, 11th June

In a mismatched pairing of Elgar and Mahler, the London Symphony Orchestra produce immaculate instrumental sound quality, but is that enough?

***11

Heavenly Mahler – and Strauss – from Lucy Crowe and the LSO

Roy Westbrook, 21st May

Songs and symphonies from Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, concluding with a vision of “heavenly life” from Gustav Mahler.

****1

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

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Apolline Gouzi

Étudiante en musicologie au CNSMD de Paris et à l’École Normale Supérieure, Apolline Gouzi pratique le violon et le chant. Passionnée de musique anglaise, elle consacre ses recherches à la musique de Benjamin Britten. Elle travaille également sur les festivals de musique en France au lendemain de la seconde guerre mondiale.