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LONDON MOZART PLAYERS PIANO
EXPLORED LUNCHTIME SERIES
Designed for everyone from city
workers and resident Londoners to
holiday-makers day-trippers, London
Mozart Players’ Piano Explored is the
perfect addition to your lunch-time. In
one whistle-stop hour, pianist and
conductor Howard Shelley takes you on
an exciting deconstruction of some of
classical music’s most recognised works
for piano.
Founded by Harry Blech in 1949 as
the UK’s first chamber orchestra, the
London Mozart Players (LMP) has
achieved international renown for its
outstanding live performances and CD
recordings of the core Classical
repertoire. The LMP enjoys connections
with Hilary Davan Wetton as Associate
Conductor, and Howard Shelley
(pictured) as Conductor Laureate.
In LMP's 17/18 season, audiences
will uncover the anguish of
Shostakovich, reminisce on a classic
love story that spiralled Schumann to
global success, delve into the grandeur
of Mendelssohn, whisk through Saint-
Saens’ rollercoaster-esque creative
process and dive into the explosive
mind of Grieg.
The first concert in the series will be
on 4 October at 19.30 at St John’s Smith
Square. The players will perform Grieg’s
Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16.
For tickets, telephone 020 7222 1061.
WIGMORE HALL CONCERT
HIGHLIGHTS
Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra
opens its tenth anniversary season on
3 October with its Wigmore Hall debut
under principal conductor Adam
Johnson in a concert including Britten’s
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings by
Nicky Spence and David Tollington.
The following evening, 4 October, in a
continuation of Cuarteto Casals’
Beethoven Cycle, the quartet surveys
three works from his early, middle and
late years in Vienna and presents a UK
première by Spanish composer Mauricio
Sotelo.
Isabelle Faust launches her Wigmore
Hall residency in company with her
close artistic collaborator Alexander
Melnikov, offering three concerts on
7 & 8 October devoted to Mozart’s violin
sonatas across the weekend.
Xavier Sabata and Armonia Atenea,
under the artistic leadership of George
Petrou, return to Wigmore Hall on
9 October with and a programme
coloured by spectacular vocal virtuosity,
entitled ‘Catharsis’.
For the final night of the Vijay Iyer
Jazz Residency (13 October), Iyer,
named as DownBeat’s Artist of the Year
for a second successive time in June
2016, expands his classic Trio with three
truly great horn players, coming together
as the Vijay Iyer Sextet.
wigmore-hall.org.uk
WORLD PREMIERE OF TINA
Stage Entertainment have confirmed
that TINA, a new musical based on the
life of legendary artist Tina Turner, will
open at the Aldwych Theatre in April
2018. Performances will begin on
21 March 2018.
Tina Turner said ‘I am so excited to
be bringing my musical to the West End!
London is a place that means so much
to me and had such a big impact on my
music and my life. Returning now to tell
my full story, in the city I love, feels like
an important chapter and is truly
exciting.’
From humble beginnings in Nutbush,
Tennessee, to her transformation into the
global Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Tina
Turner didn’t just break the rules, she
rewrote them. This new stage musical,
presented in association with Tina
Turner herself, reveals the untold story
of a woman who dared to defy the
bounds of her age, gender and race.
With a career that has spanned more
than half a century, the legendary rock
performer is one of the world's bestselling
artists of all time. She first rose
to fame in the 1960s partnering with her
then-husband Ike Turner, achieving great
acclaim for their live performances and
catalogue of hits. Later, Turner enjoyed
an international solo career with her
1984 album Private Dancer earning her
widespread recognition and numerous
awards, including three Grammys.
Tickets tel; 0845 200 7981.
Photo: Hugo Glendinning
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