Performer: Edward Gardner

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LondonFantastic Symphony

Royal Festival Hall, Wed 23 Sep at 19:30

Tchaikovsky, Lutosławski, Berlioz

London Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Gerald Finley

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Royal Festival Hall, Sat 26 Sep at 19:30

Strauss R., Mendelssohn, Adams

London Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; London Philharmonic Choir

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Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, Dec 15 19:30, Dec 19 13:00, Dec 24 18:00, Dec 26 13:00, Dec 28 11:00, 2021 Jan 01 14:00, Jan 08 19:30

Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel

Edward Gardner; Richard Jones; Metropolitan Opera; John Macfarlane; Elizabeth DeShong; Sasha Cooke

Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Sun 24 Jan 2021 at 11:00

Grieg, Nielsen

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Víkingur Ólafsson

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Royal Festival Hall, Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 19:30

Tippett, Liszt, Elgar

London Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Seong-Jin Cho

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Inspired by Elizabethan music: Gardner and the Bergen Phil

David Karlin, 18 Jun

The Bergen Phil and the Edvard Grieg Choir trace music from Elizabethan themes to 20th century works on them, culminating in Pärt's Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten.

***11

Linda Holt, 28 Feb

Michael Daugherty’s Once Upon a Castle, composed in 2003, is the highlight of Edward Gardner's Philadelphia Orchestra debut.

*****

Cameron Kelsall, 25 Jan

Edward Gardner's conducting brings out the nuances of Berlioz's complex score, but The Met's concert staging lacks theatrical thrust.

***11

Erin Wall (Ellen), Stuart Skelton (Peter Grimes) and Samuel Winter (John) © Mark Allan | Southbank Centre

Matthew Rye, 30 Nov

A psychologically penetrating semi-staging of Britten’s Peter Grimes from leading soloists, the Bergen Philharmonic and its chief conductor Ed Gardner laid bare the opera’s music and drama.

****1