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London Philharmonic Orchestra A monthly podcast from the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Listen to interviews with conductors, soloists and the orchestra?s players to find out what inspires the artists, and share their thoughts on the music they will be performing at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall.
Format : Classical Music |
Turnage and Honegger: November 2011 Updated: 2011-10-31 11:30:00 Description: In October, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and viola soloist Lawrence Power performed Mark-Anthony Turnage's On Opened Ground. In this podcast you can hear part of the pre-concert talk in which composer and soloist discussed the work, the freedom...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nicholas Collon interviewed: October 2011 Updated: 2011-09-29 14:30:00 Description: Nicholas Collon is this season's assistant to the London Philharmonic Orchestra's Principal Conductor, Vladimir Jurowski. In this interview he explains what the role involves, and the challenges of conducting an orchestra that has already played the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mahler orchestral songs: September 2011 Updated: 2011-08-31 11:30:00 Description: The Greek myth of Prometheus has attracted composers over the centuries, including Beethoven, Liszt, Nono and Scriabin. The London Philharmonic Orchestra's Principal Conductor, Vladimir Jurowski explores the myth, and in particular the visionary wor...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mahler orchestral songs: June 2011 Updated: 2011-06-01 15:30:00 Description: In this final Mahler Anniversary Season pre-concert talk, Surrey University Lecturer Jeremy Barham explores the early 20th century collection of German folk poetry 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn' (The youth's magic horn), placing it in historical and litera...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mahler the arranger: May 2011 Updated: 2011-04-27 15:30:00 Description: Gustav Mahler is known today through his music, but in his own time was equally known as a conductor and arranger. In this Mahler Anniversary Season pre-concert talk, Surrey University Lecturer Jeremy Barham looks at the fascination the music of JS ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mahler and Zemlinsky: April 2011 Updated: 2011-03-28 15:30:00 Description: Placing composers in the context of their contemporaries often helps us to understand their music, and sometimes to trace how new compositional ideas spread. In this Mahler Anniversary Season pre-concert talk, Surrey University Lecturer Jeremy Barh...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mahler and Liszt: March 2011 Updated: 2011-03-03 12:30:00 Description: Placing composers in the context of their contemporaries often helps us to understand their music, and sometimes to trace how new compositional ideas spread. In the second of this Mahler Anniversary Season's pre-concert talks, Surrey University Lec...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Yannick Nezet-Seguin: February 2011 Updated: 2011-02-01 12:30:00 Description: Yannick Nézet-Séguin is in his third season as the London Philharmonic Orchestra's Principal Guest conductor. He looks back at the highlights of 2010 - a year in which he accepted the position of Music Director at the Philadelphia Orchestra and ma...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Julian Anderson: January 2011 Updated: 2011-01-04 11:30:00 Description: Julian Anderson is the London Philharmonic Orchestra's new Composer in Residence. Before a performance of his 1998 work The Stations of the Sun, Julian spoke to broadcaster Christopher Cook about his plans for the residency, learning through collabo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Shostakovich Symphony 11: November 2010 Updated: 2010-11-29 16:00:00 Description: Shostakovich's Symphony No 11 is filled with Revolutionary songs and the weight of uprising and oppression. In this pre-concert talk the Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko and writer and broadcaster David Nice discuss the work, the 1905 revolution th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rossini opera: November 2010 Updated: 2010-10-29 15:00:00 Description: Why have some of Rossini's operas become central to the repertoire of opera houses, while others remain rarely performed? Opera Rara and the London Philharmonic Orchestra recently performed Rossini's Aureliano in Palmira at the Royal Festival Hall. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mahler Anniversary: October 2010 Updated: 2010-09-28 11:30:00 Description: What did Mahler's contemporaries think of his music? And how have his works been interpreted, performed and transformed over the 100 years since his death? With particular reference to Mahler's 3rd Symphony, this engaging pre-concert talk given by D...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robert McDuffie on Philip Glass: June 2010 Updated: 2010-05-28 09:30:00 Description: American violinist Robert McDuffie speaks to Edward Seckerson about performing Philip Glass, and in particular the second violin concerto, The American Four Seasons, which was written for him. Recordings: The LPO's recent release of Brahms Symphon...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Debut Sounds - young composers: May 2010 Updated: 2010-04-26 13:00:00 Description: Conductor Clement Power introduces Debut Sounds - a concert showcasing the work of four young composers who have been given workshop and mentoring opportunities via the LPO Young Composers scheme; and composers Isa Khan and Aaron Parker share their ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A trio of conductors: April 2010 Updated: 2010-03-25 12:00:00 Description: Three conductors speak about the music they are performing with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in April 2010 at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall. As part of The Bernstein Project festival, Festival Director Marin Alsop conducts Bernstein's...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Season launch and The Band: March 2010 Updated: 2010-02-23 12:00:00 Description: The 2010-11 season of concerts at the Royal Festival Hall has been revealed, and Chief Executive and Artistic Director Timothy Walker introduces the themes and highlights. How does the Orchestra work with young musicians from different musical back...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jurowski and Nezet-Seguin: February 2010 Updated: 2010-01-26 10:00:00 Description: Principal Guest Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin reveals his approach to working on French music with the LPO and talks about his favourite work by Poulenc. Vladimir Jurowski, the London Philharmonic Orchestra's Principal Conductor introduces Shosta...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sibelius Symphonies - January 2010 Updated: 2010-01-05 10:00:00 Description: Osmo Vänska conducts a four-concert series Sibelius's seven symphonies (27 January - 5 February 2010). He speaks to Edward Seckerson about the works he has chosen to complement the symphonies and what this Finnish composer means to him. Plus a loo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Renga Ensemble - December 2009 Updated: 2009-11-23 13:00:00 Description: The Renga Ensemble is a group of musicians from the London Philharmonic Orchestra who work with performers and composers from outside the classical mainstream - such as jazz, folk, Indian and African styles. Director Scott Stroman talks to Edward Se...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alfred Schnittke festival - November 2009 Updated: 2009-10-26 14:00:00 Description: London Philharmonic Orchestra's Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski introduces the festival Between Two Worlds - exploring the life and work of Alfred Schnittke. A Russian composer, who grew up in Germany in the 1930s, Schnittke's music is renowne...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bruckner and Rautavaara - October 2009 Updated: 2009-09-28 11:00:00 Description: London Philharmonic Orchestra's Principal Guest Conductor, Yannick Nézet-Séguin reflects on his first year with the Orchestra, including their performance of Bruckner's Symphony No.7. He looks ahead to his performance of Bruckner Symphony No 8 on ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mahler, Sibelius, Schnittke and Tchaikovsky - September 2009 Updated: 2009-08-26 09:00:00 Description: Vladimir Jurowski, the London Philharmonic Orchestra's Principal Conductor, looks ahead to the 2009-10 season's concerts at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall. He introduces the opening concerts (25 and 26 September) of Mahler's Symphony No.2 "R...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Glyndebourne Festival Opera - summer 2009 Updated: 2009-06-19 16:00:00 Description: Every summer for over 40 years, the London Philharmonic Orchestra has played in the pit at Glyndebourne Festival Opera. In this special summer edition of the podcast, viola player Tony Byrne talks about what playing in Glyndebourne's Resident Orches...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mahler, Mendelssohn and Rasch - May 2009 Updated: 2009-05-05 11:00:00 Description: This season, Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski begins a cycle of Mahler symphonic works, and on 31 May performs Totenfeier, the early version of the 1st movement of his second symphony. Programmed with Mendelssohn and a new song cycle by Torsten...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chamber Music at Wigmore Hall - April 2009 Updated: 2009-04-07 15:00:00 Description: Welcome to the London Philharmonic Orchestra's Wigmore Hall podcast special. This season marks the fourth year that the London Philharmonic Orchestra has promoted a chamber music series at Wigmore Hall. It provides the opportunity for members of th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Exploring Valentin Silvestrov's Fifth Symphony - April 2009 Updated: 2009-03-26 11:00:00 Description: Welcome to the London Philharmonic Orchestra's April 2009 podcast, presented by Edward Seckerson.S This month focuses on Valentin Silvestrov's 5th Symphony - an extraordinary work of the late 1980s which has gained a large worldwide following. Expe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Conductors Christoph Eschenbach and Marin Alsop, plus 2009-10 season overview - March 2009 Updated: 2009-02-23 11:00:00 Description: Welcome to the London Philharmonic Orchestra's March 2009 podcast. Conductor Christoph Eschenbach talks to Edward Seckerson about his early career as a pianist, the heritage of the London Philharmonic Orchestra's sound, and his two concerts on 11 an...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Leon Fleisher's return to performance, plus Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Vladimir Jurowski - February 2009 Updated: 2009-01-26 12:00:00 Description: Welcome to the London Philharmonic Orchestra's February 2009 podcast. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Orchestra's new Principal Guest Conductor, talks to Edward Seckerson about his affinity for Bruckner, the character of the London Philharmonic Orchestr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mark Elder and Jonathan Biss in conversation - January 2009 Updated: 2009-01-05 12:00:00 Description: American pianist Jonathan Biss makes his debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Mozart's Piano Concerto No 22 conducted by Marin Alsop. Edward Seckerson speaks to Jonathan about the delights and challenges of an international career. On 24...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Opera in the concert hall - December 2008 Updated: 2008-11-24 13:00:00 Description: The London Philharmonic Orchestra is familiar with opera, spending up to 4 months each year as the resident orchestra at Glyndebourne Festival Opera. What happens if you release the Orchestra from the pit, and place them centre stage at the Royal Fe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tchaikovsky, touring and family concerts - November 2008 Updated: 2008-10-31 13:30:00 Description: Following on from the Revealing Tchaikovsky festival, the Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony on November 26 in London after an 8 concert tour in Germany. Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski explores how the context for the symph...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Revealing Tchaikovsky festival - October 2008 Updated: 2008-09-29 14:15:00 Description: The London Philharmonic Orchestra's two week festival Revealing Tchaikovsky opens on 22 October. Artistic Director Vladimir Jurowski explores the importance of this composer to his own musical upbringing, and the influence Tchaikovsky had on later c...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Vaughan Williams, Stravinsky and Turnage - September 2008 Updated: 2008-09-15 15:15:00 Description: Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski talks about the links between the four works that make up the opening concert of the season - Vaughan Williams, Ligeti, Turnage and Stravinsky- and the similarities he sees between Vaughan Williams and Prokofiev...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Season introduction - August 2008 Updated: 2008-08-28 17:14:00 Description: Presenter Edward Seckerson picks his highlights of the new season in conversation with the London Philharmonic Orchestra's Chief Executive and Artistic Director, Timothy Walker. They also discuss taking risks with unfamiliar works, and the uniqueness...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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