Work: Stormen (The Tempest): Suite no. 1, Op.109 no.2

Having often been featured as a composer on Cleveland Orchestra programs, Thomas Adès makes his podium debut with the orchestra, leading his own music coupled with analogous works of Sibelius.

“Abandon hope all ye who enter here” could have been the strapline for this brilliantly constructed, brilliantly played concert featuring music by Sibelius, Tchaikovsky and Thomas Adès himself. 

The London Philharmonic’s Shakespeare400 series continues with a potted Tempest, preceded by a piano concerto notable for its pastoral heart