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A blockbuster night on the Southbank with Gemma New and the LPO

London Philharmonic Orchestra
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“The evening with the LPO may as well have been an evening at the cinema”
Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 12 November 2025
Frank, Contested Eden
Walton, Cello Concerto, Op.68
Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: excerpts
Nicolas Altstaedt, Cello
Gemma New, Conductor
Paavo Järvi marks his new LPO appointment in Tchaikovsky and Sibelius
*****
Canellakis, Mutter and the LPO at the Elbphilharmonie
****1
Phoenix Lands: the London Philharmonic blazes with energy
****1
Jurowski and the LPO’s Mahler cycle reaches a momentous climax
****1
Explosive performances from Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO
****1
Beth Taylor’s commanding Sea Pictures with the London Philharmonic
*****
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