Peter Maxwell Davies' thrilling last work premiered

By Jack Johnson, 30 June 2016

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Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 26 June 2016

Davies, The Hogboon (World première)

Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, Op.14

Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor

LSO Discovery Choirs

LSO Community Voices

Guildhall School Musicians

Karen Gillingham, Director

Ruth Mariner, Director

London Symphony Orchestra

Rhiannon Newman Brown, Set Designer

Sean Turner, Set Designer

London Symphony Chorus

Mark Stone, Baritone

Capucine Daumas, Soprano

Katherine Broderick, Soprano

Claudia Huckle, Contralto

Peter Auty, Tenor

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

Rare Vaughan Williams from Pappano and the LSO

Chris Garlick, 7th December

Tchaikovsky and Vaughan Williams make rare bedfellows, but Pappano's grip on these disparate scores impresses, with the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra on wondrous form.

****1

Top drawer French music from Ott, Bloch and the LSO

Roy Westbrook, 27th November

Debussy and Ravel frame a performance of Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra as Alexandre Bloch guests with the London Symphony Orchestra.

****1

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Jack Johnson

After completing a postgraduate degree in Music at King's College London in 2013, Jack now works in development for an arts charity based in London. Aside from regularly attending concerts, he plays piano and clarinet and enjoys singing with several choirs. Particularly passions include Bach, Prokofiev and the neglected choral works of Hummel

The Hogboon: Peter Maxwell Davies' thrilling last work premiered at the Barbican