Posted on February 9, 2010 by Liz White
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, in his thirties and already the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor, is a hugely successful emerging artist, having received rave reviews and audience adulation for his London Philharmonic Orchestra concerts.
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Resident at Southbank Centre, talk with their Principal Guest Conductor about his interests and insight into his career so far:
What is [...]
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Posted on January 11, 2010 by Southbank Centre staff
In the latest podcast from Southbank Centre residents the London Phiharmonic Orchestra, Finnish conductor Osmo Vänska gives us a preview of the forthcoming Sibelius series he has curated for the orchestra.
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Vänska tells Edward Seckerson what the music of Sibelius means to him, and why he chose not to programme the popular Violin [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2009 by Southbank Centre staff
In this major festival, described in The Times last week as ‘crazy world; crazy music; but so compelling’ the life and music of the eccentric genius Alfred Schnittke is explored in depth at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.
Hear Alfred Schnittke’s music for film, theatre and the concert hall through concerts, film screenings, opera and a [...]
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Posted on November 5, 2009 by Southbank Centre staff
This Friday Yutaka Sado conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra with the virtuoso Russian pianist Denis Matsuev.
With a fantastic programme of Verdi, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak it’s no wonder that the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s concert on Friday 6 November has sold out. Following the success of our Steve Reich live stream last week we’re delighted to announce [...]
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Posted on August 28, 2009 by Sam Dub
The London Philharmonic Orchestra, resident at Southbank Centre has just launched it’s own iPhone app, and in the Southbank Centre office we’ve spending far too much time playing around with it.
The app gives you an easy way to check details of concerts, buy tickets and listen to complete movements from the LPO’s own superb in house music [...]
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Posted on May 5, 2009 by Southbank Centre staff
The London Philharmonic Orchestra performs Torsten Rasch’s new work My Heart is on Fire on 31 May. This new song cycle goes deep into the language of love – from 19th-century poetry to the lyrics of industrial metal band Rammstein. Listen to sound clips of the work. Vladimir Jurowksi conducts this performance, and you can [...]
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Posted on April 20, 2009 by Southbank Centre staff
That’s how Vladimir Jurowski describes Silvestrov’s Fifth Symphony in the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s April podcast. Here the work live on Wednesday at Royal Festival Hall, in a programme including cellist Mischa Maisky performing Yusupov’s Cello Concerto and Georgian composer Giya Kancheli’s Another step.
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