Four composers speak to war and mortality

By Gus Mitchell, 12 November 2018

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“The LPO and Jurowski did not shy away from intensity, contradiction and a heavy dose of mystery”

Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 10 November 2018

Debussy, Berceuse héroïque

Lindberg, Triumph to Exist (World premiere)

Stravinsky, Requiem Canticles

Janáček, The Eternal Gospel, legend for soloists, choir and orchestra

Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor

London Philharmonic Choir

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Portraits and pictures from Ibragimova, Gardner and the LPO

Roy Westbrook, 1st April

From Three Screaming Popes to Pictures at an Exhibition, a pair of works inspired by paintings frame a violin concerto by Béla Bartók at London's Southbank Centre.

****1

Ticciati and the LPO deliver epic Sibelius plus lively Wennäkoski

Nick Boston, 25th March

Sibelius' Kullervo receives a dramatic performance from Ticciati and the LPO, with strong turns from Shenyang, Miina-Liisa Värelä and the YL Male Voice Choir.

****1

Paavo Järvi marks his new LPO appointment in Tchaikovsky and Sibelius

Mark Valencia, 4th March

Paavo Järvi demonstrates just why the London Philharmonic Orchestra has chosen him as its next Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor.

*****

Canellakis, Mutter and the LPO at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 24th February

Anne-Sophie Mutter’s commanding presence meet the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s exceptional adaptability, yielding a concert that balances tradition-steeped authority with modern transparency, rhythmic vitality and the orchestra’s own electrifying spontaneity.

****1

Phoenix Lands: the London Philharmonic blazes with energy

Charlotte Gardner, 4th February

Edward Gardner’s Bacewicz, Martinů, Lutosławski and Janáček set the Royal Festival Hall ablaze.

****1

Jurowski and the LPO’s Mahler cycle reaches a momentous climax

Peter Quantrill, 24th January

Retrospection held at bay by the conductor’s unusual choice of Rudolf Barshai's completion to Mahler’s last symphony.

****1

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Gus Mitchell

Gus is a recent graduate in English from Trinity College, Cambridge. He is especially attracted to music of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the piano and its history.

Debussy, Lindberg, Stravinsky and Janáček speak to war and mortality