Playing the Game: Symphonic Odysseys

By Danny Riley, 21 June 2017

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Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 20 June 2017

Uematsu, Opening Fanfare

Uematsu, The Final Fantasy Legend / Final Fantasy Legend 2

Uematsu, Final Fantasy XIV: On Windy Meadows

Uematsu, Blue Dragon: Waterside

Uematsu, Final Fantasy concerto for piano and orchestra

Uematsu, King's Knight: Pretty Day Out

Uematsu, Chrono Trigger: Light of Silence

Uematsu, The Last Story: Spreading Your Wings

Uematsu, Lost Odyssey

Eckehard Stier, Conductor

Mischa Cheung, Piano

London Symphony Chorus

London Symphony Orchestra

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

Pappano and the LSO: a thrilling collision between heaven and hell

Charlotte Gardner, 16th April

Vilde Frang joins Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican for transcendent Korngold alongside darker fare.

****1

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

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Danny Riley

Danny Riley worked as Bachtrack's content creator from 2017-2018 and is now a freelance contributor. Having also written for sites such as The Quietus and Bandcamp, he loves music of all genres, with a particular fondness for folk and minimalism, and recently completed a PhD on representations of sound in contemporary British poetry.

Playing the Game: Symphonic Odysseys at the Barbican