Le LSO en Images : les aventures de Simon Rattle à la Philharmonie

By Louise Boisselier, 19 December 2018

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“l’orchestre joue à fond la carte de la narrativité”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 17 December 2018

Brahms, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77

Debussy, Images, for orchestra

Enescu, Romanian Rhapsody no. 1 in A major, Op.11

London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor

Leonidas Kavakos, Violin

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

Rattle and the LSO sell a travel package to Hungary and Spain

Roy Westbrook, 18th January

Opening her LSO Artist Portrait series, Patricia Kopatchinskaja plays Béla Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto before Rattle and the LSO whisk the audience to Falla’s Andalusia.

****1

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Louise Boisselier

Oscillant constamment entre musique et littérature, Louise Boisselier s’attache à partager l’éclectisme de ses goûts par différents vecteurs. Formée dans les classes de musicologie du Conservatoire National de Paris, elle anime régulièrement des ateliers de médiation musicale ou des visites guidées (Philharmonie de Paris), présente des concerts (Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Auditorium du Louvre), ou contribue à diverses rédactions.