Glorious guests at the LSO's feasting-table: Andsnes and Slobodeniouk

Dima Slobodeniouk

Leif Ove Andsnes

Dima Slobodeniouk conducts the London Symphony Orchestra

By Alexander Hall, 05 February 2024

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“Andsnes delivered bustling energy from the vantage point of sunny uplands”

Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 4 February 2024

Wennäkoski, Of Footprints and Light – Helsinki Variations (UK premiere)

Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 5 in E flat major "Emperor", Op.73

Chopin, Mazurka in D major, Op.33 no.2

Sibelius, Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.43

Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Dima Slobodeniouk, Conductor

Heavenly Mahler – and Strauss – from Lucy Crowe and the LSO

Roy Westbrook, 21st May

Songs and symphonies from Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, concluding with a vision of “heavenly life” from Gustav Mahler.

****1

Denis Kozhukhin: captivating storytelling with the London Symphony

Clare Varney, 1st May

At the Konzerthaus Dortmund, Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO are joined by Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin to plunge into the depths of despair in Bernstein’s melancholic The Age of Anxiety.

***11

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

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Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.

Glorious guests at the LSO's feasting-table: Leif Ove Andsnes and Dima Slobodeniouk