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LondonFauré’s Requiem
Weir, Fauré, Vaughan Williams
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Louise Alder; Gerald Finley; London Philharmonic Choir
LondonDas Paradies und die Peri
Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Christiane Karg; Samantha Clarke; Beth Taylor; Robert Murray
LondonThe Dream of Gerontius
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38: Prelude
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Natalie Lewis; Michael Spyres; Yngve André Søberg; London Philharmonic Choir
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Warning and consolation: Britten’s War Requiem from the LPO
Edward Gardner conducts an exceptionally fine account of a work that is taxing to prepare – and even, in some senses, to hear.
Romantic piety and passion from Ryan Bancroft and BBC NOW
A rare outing for Szymanowski's Stabat Mater forms the highlight of an imaginatively 'spiritual' Prom at the Royal Albert Hall.
Elder and LPO plumb new depths in Vaughan Williams
Elder's reading of A Sea Symphony has the maturity and surefooted-ness of a conductor who has fully absorbed the work and long since recognised it as a masterpiece.
Edward Gardner takes the long view in Mahler's Eighth
Sacred and secular, operatic and symphonic dimensions united in a thrilling climax to the London Philharmonic Orchestra's season.
Witnesses to history: Schoenberg and Shostakovich speak truth to power
A perennially unsettling pair of complementary post-war masterpieces, conducted by Andrey Boreyko, and a moving return to London for Gidon Kremer.
Fine Rachmaninov from Edward Gardner and the LPO
Leif Ove Andsnes brings out the singing line of Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto before vocal soloists Kristina Mkhitaryan, Dmytro Popov and Kostas Smoriginas join the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra for The Bells.
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Trust the process: Edward Gardner on finding his element with the LPO
The London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Principal Conductor talks about returning to Britten’s War Requiem to launch the 2026–27 season, conducting opera, Sibelius and Schumann, and trusting in music to communicate its message.