Performances Jan-Mar 2008 London Philharmonic Orchestra's
Composer in Residence
London Philharmonic Orchestra Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski conducts works by Mark-Anthony Turnage in three separate tours in early 2008, in addition to concerts at the Royal Festival Hall.
Like Benjamin Britten's before him, Turnage's music for singers
seems to match perfectly the contours of the English language
and human voice, whilst his lifelong love of woodwind instruments
is seen in works including Hidden
Love Song for soprano saxophone and orchestra, premièred
by the Orchestra in 2006, and in Riffs
and Refrains for clarinet and orchestra, of which Michael
Collins gives the London première on 13 February 2008 conducted by Marin Alsop.
There's also a revival of the spellbinding Evening
Songs (performed and recorded by the Orchestra in 2004)
on 2 February, and the London première of Turnage's
tribute to one of his early mentors: Lullaby
for Hans, written for the 80th birthday of Hans Werner
Henze and conducted by Vladimir Jurowski (alongside works
by Henze himself) on 30 January.
Follow the links below to go to the full programme information and to buy tickets for concerts in London.
Royal Festival Hall
all concerts conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, except where shown
30 January : Evening Songs : London, Royal Festival Hall
2 February : Lullaby for Hans (London première) : London, Royal Festival Hall
'Mark-Anthony Turnage's Lullaby for Hans [is] a reflective seven minutes from 2006 in honour of Hans Werner Henze's 80th birthday. As lyric phrases slowly percolated in an atmosphere calm but alert, it was easy to imagine the two composers on Henze's Italian terrace, musing and drinking into the dying light.'
Geoff Brown, The Times, 5 February 2008
13 February : Riffs and Refrains (London première) : London, Royal Festival Hall [Marin Alsop]
Hear what some members of the audience thought about the performance.
On tour
5 February : Evening Songs : Merignac, Le Pin Galant
6 February : Evening Songs : San Sebastian, Auditorio Kursaal
