From Beethoven to Beethoven: Jurowski and the LPO play Beethoven, Schoenberg and Nono

By Paul Kilbey, 29 November 2012

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Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 28 November 2012

Beethoven, Fidelio, Op.72: Overture

Schoenberg, Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte for Voice, Piano and String Quartet, Op.41

Schoenberg, A Survivor from Warsaw, for narrator, male chorus and orchestra, Op.46

Nono, Julius Fučík (UK première)

Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op.67

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Gentlemen of the London Philharmonic Choir

Catherine Edwards, Piano

Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor

Robert Hayward, Narrator

Omar Ebrahim, Fučík

Malcolm Sinclair, Voice

Annabel Arden, Director

Karabits and Szeps-Znaider carouse with the LPO

Christopher Woodley, 8th April

The sparkle of Max Bruch's Fecond Violin Concerto and the drama of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony overcome the gloom of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s dark forebodings.

****1

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.

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Paul Kilbey

Paul was Reviews Editor at Bachtrack from 2012 to February 2014. He has written on music and culture for publications including Culture Wars, the Huffington Post, the Independent and the Guardian. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in music from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and is particularly passionate about contemporary music of all types. His website is here.