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LPO NEWS
NEW & NOTEWORTHY JUROWSKI’S RING FINALE – 27 APRIL 2024
Vladimir Jurowski conducting Wagner’s Siegfried, with Elena Pankratova as Brünnhilde and Torsten Kerl as Siegfried, 1 February 2020 Our last Royal Festival Hall concert of the 2023/24 season, on Saturday 27 April, will see Vladimir Jurowski, former LPO Principal Conductor and now Conductor Emeritus, bring his critically acclaimed LPO Ring Cycle to a dramatic and unmissable conclusion with the fourth and final opera of the cycle, Götterdämmerung. Launched with Das Rheingold in 2018 to celebrate Jurowski’s 10th anniversary as Principal Conductor, his Ring Cycle has consistently received rave reviews from audiences and press alike. Following Die Walküre in 2019, the Financial Times wrote that: ‘Jurowski’s Wagner is fit for the gods … Jurowski and the London Philharmonic on fine form had as much to say as many a fully-staged production.’ In Götterdämmerung on 27 April, Svetlana Sozdateleva (Brünnhilde) will head an outstanding international cast including Burkhard Fritz as Siegfried and Brindley Sherratt as Hagen, plus the combined forces of the London Philharmonic Choir and London Voices. The performance starts at 3pm and will last around 6 hours 15 minutes with two intervals including a long dining interval – see page 14 for full details and booking information. GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY MEMBERS OF THE ORCHESTRA’S RING CYCLE SYNDICATE
BIRDSONG TO BIRDLAND: SPRING AT ST JOHN’S
Join us at St John’s Church in Waterloo this spring for two unique chamber concerts showcasing the talents of our musicians. On 17 January we’ll be chasing away the winter blues with a 6.30pm ‘rush-hour’ performance of John Luther Adams’s stunning songbirdsongs. Inspired by the beauty of birdsong, this unique work will be brought to life by an LPO chamber ensemble of ocarinas, piccolos and percussion. Then on 7 February, again at 6.30pm, we present ‘Jazz Roots, Soul Branches’. The evening will feature chamber arrangements of Duke Ellington’s most-loved tunes, Carl Davis’s reimagining of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, an homage to Miles Davis, and tributes to Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan, whose chart-topping hits will be experienced afresh as an LPO bassoon quartet breathe new life into ‘Ain’t Nobody’ and ‘Superstition’. These events continue our successful partnership with St John’s which was launched last year. Booking details are on pages 14–15. 17 JANUARY CONCERT GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY TIOC FOUNDATION
This summer the LPO invites you to share in the marvellous and the mischief at our spellbinding ‘Midsummer Magic’ Gala, taking place at the beautiful St John’s Waterloo on Tuesday 25 June. Guests will be treated to a fairytale evening of fine wine and food, and enchanted by an exclusive performance by the Orchestra under the batons of our rising star Fellow Conductors, Luis Castillo-Briceño and Charlotte Politi. Our magical 2024 Gala will gather the LPO family of close and valued friends and supporters to share in the wonder of the Orchestra’s work, raising vital funds to further our pursuits both on and off the concert platform. We hope to see many of you there for what promises to be a charming evening. For more information please contact gala@lpo.org.uk or call Eleanor Conroy on 020 7840 4209.
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Siegfried © Simon Jay Price
MIDSUMMER MAGIC: LPO GALA 2024
