Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker at Royal Festival Hall, London on Sunday 15th February 2015

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Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker

Add to my Calendar 15-02-2015 19:30 15-02-2015 21:30 36 Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker Composed a century apart, these two works share an intense engagement with the natural and imagined world. The alluring textures of Lachenmann's virtuosic musique concrète instrumentale – vaulting brass, cross-hatched strings, darting woodwind and splintered metallic percussion – provide a prelude to the climax of The London Residency: a dramatic symphonic epic with Dies Irae plainchant, pastoral dance, teeming fish, a rose, a nightingale, primal light, off-stage brass, transcendent solo voices and a vast choir. Hear musicians from the Berliner Philharmoniker play Schubert's Octet and more on Friday 13 February. Book tickets. Royal Festival Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Rd
South Bank
London
SE1 8XX
England

Sunday 15th February 2015
7:30 PM

Programme

Helmut Lachenmann – Tableau for orchestra
Gustav Mahler – Symphony no.2 in C minor 'Resurrection'

Performers

Sir Simon Rattle – Conductor
Kate Royal – soprano
Magdalena Kozená – mezzo-soprano

Berliner Philharmoniker
London Symphony Chorus
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus

Programme Note

Composed a century apart, these two works share an intense engagement with the natural and imagined world.

The alluring textures of Lachenmann's virtuosic musique concrète instrumentale – vaulting brass, cross-hatched strings, darting woodwind and splintered metallic percussion – provide a prelude to the climax of The London Residency: a dramatic symphonic epic with Dies Irae plainchant, pastoral dance, teeming fish, a rose, a nightingale, primal light, off-stage brass, transcendent solo voices and a vast choir.

Hear musicians from the Berliner Philharmoniker play Schubert's Octet and more on Friday 13 February. Book tickets.

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