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2010/11 in the press Gergiev instinctively knows how this music breathes, he knows how to catch it on the wing, so to speak, to take the sound away and achieve that airiness and balletic poise that can be so elusive. Edward Seckerson (The Independent) on 12 & 15 May 11: Gergiev – Shostakovich / Tchaikovsky Genuinely special. George Hall (The Guardian) on 16 Jan 11: Previn – Strauss / Vaughan Williams 18 In Your Words The centrepiece of Colin Davis’ latest LSO concert was a performance of the Four Last Songs that was at once magisterial and at times almost intolerably moving. Tim Ashley (The Guardian) on 20 Mar 11: Sir Colin Davis – Stravinsky / Strauss / Beethoven There’s nothing on the classical music circuit that quite compares to the full Valery Gergiev experience. Neil Fisher (The Times) on 2 & 3 Mar 11: Gergiev – Mahler BLAZING yet never over the top. Zachary Woolfe (The New York Times) on 27 Feb 11: Gergiev – Mahler (Avery Fisher Hall) The LSO rattled, thundered and charged along to her precise beat. Neil Fisher (The Times) on 3 Apr 11: Zhang – Prokofiev Colin Davis, the [LSO’s] lion in winter, is a passionate champion… Neil Fisher (The Times) on 5 Oct 11: Sir Colin Davis – Mendelssohn / Elgar The LSO playing was top notch. Martin Kettle (The Guardian) on 7 Mar 11: Rattle – Messiaen / Bruckner The vigour of Gergiev’s interpretation, all darting flashes of colour and contrast, was immensely appealing, and the finesse and panache of the playing were second to none. Very fine. Tim Ashley (The Guardian) on 23 & 24 Mar 11: Gergiev – Shostakovich / Tchaikovsky Thu 23 June 2011.indd 18 6/20/2011 11:50:09 AM
LSO On Tour This summer LSO takes up its residency in Aix-en-Provence In July, the Orchestra begins a month long residency in southern France at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, performing Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito with Sir Colin Davis and Verdi’s La traviata with Louis Langrée, alongside three other concert performances. Central to the residency is a ground-breaking LSO Discovery Community Opera project – a creative collaboration which will bring together LSO musicians with the diverse communities of Marseille and Aix, including Slam poet teenagers, an Arabic Choir and Video Artists to develop their own response to Mozart’s opera – a work he wrote in just 18 days. Canada’s Black Creek Summer Festival For the first time in a number of years, the LSO will be performing three concerts in Canada as part of the Black Creek Summer Festival. Between 27 and 30 August, Lorin Maazel will conduct works by Beethoven, Copland, Gershwin, Mussorgsky and more. Closer to home... Tue 28 Jun 8pm, St Paul’s Cathedral The London Symphony Orchestra’s esteemed leader Gordan Nikolitch opens this concert, as part of the City of London Festival, with Bach’s Partita No 2 for solo violin, before being joined by his LSO colleagues and the virtuoso Tenebrae choir in Fauré’s Requiem. And finally, at the BBC Proms this Summer… Thu 23 Aug 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall Prom 52 – Valery Gergiev presents Prokofiev’s Symphony No 1 & 5, along with Henri Dutilleux’ L’arbre des songes and Slava’s Fanfare. Sun 4 Sep 7pm, Royal Albert Hall Prom 67 – Sir Colin Davis conducts Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. To keep up-to-date with where we are over summer, visit: lso.co.uk/lsoontour LSO On Tour Thu 23 June 2011.indd 19 6/20/2011 11:50:10 AM 19
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