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Welcome to the London Philharmonic Orchestra's podcast archive - where you can catch up with last season's interviews and news. Don't forget to listen to the most recent podcasts too!
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May 2012 - Debut Sounds
The London Philharmonic Orchestra's Composer in Residence, Julian Anderson, introduces Tristan Murail's concerto for ondes martenot and ensemble, plus a preview of new works by the LPO's four Leverhulme Young Composers.
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April 2012 - Colin Currie
Percussionist Colin Currie speaks about the new concerto by Kalevi Aho which he premieres in April with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Osmo Vänskä.
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March 2012 - Julian Anderson
Prior to the world premiere, the LPO's Composer in Residence, Julian Anderson, introduces the musical and literary inspirations for his work The Discovery of Heaven.
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February 2012 - Marin Alsop in conversation
In a recent pre-concert talk, conductor Marin Alsop explored the programme of Martinů, Dvořák and Liszt, including the art of conducting concertos.
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January 2012 - Prokofiev: Man of the People?
The Orchestra explores the music and the writings of Sergei Prokofiev in a three week festival. Artistic Director Vladimir Jurowski introduces the man and his music.
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December 2011 - Anderson's Fantasias and The Band
The Orchestra's Composer in Residence, Julian Anderson, introduces his virtuoso work Fantasias, music which has been the starting point for this term's creative sessions of The Band.
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November 2011 - Turnage and Honegger
Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage and viola soloist Lawrence Power discuss Turnage's concerto 'On Opened Ground', and Vladimir Jurowski introduces the new release on the LPO CD Label of works by Arthur Honegger.
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October 2011 - Nicholas Collon
Nicholas Collon is this season's assistant to Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski. In this interview he explains what the role involves, and introduces some of the recent recordings on the LPO CD Label.
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September 2011 - Prometheus in music
Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski explores the Greek myth of Prometheus and the forthcoming performance with newly commissioned lighting of Scriabin's Prometheus, Poem of Fire. Join Composer in Residence Julian Anderson for a musical introduction to the work's soundworld.
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June 2011 - Mahler orchestral songs
Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn songs and the Romantic ideal that led to the collection of the folk texts examined by Dr Jeremy Barham in a pre-concert talk.
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May 2011 - Mahler the arranger
Bach and Beethoven reimagined by Mahler. Dr Jeremy Barham explores Mahler's fascination with Bach, and the ways in which his arrangements offer us an alternative perspective on the music.
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April 2011 - Mahler and Zemlinsky
Personal competition and musical exchanges between Mahler and Zemlinsky, taken from a pre-concert talk by Dr Jeremy Barham, lecturer at Surrey University, before a performance of Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony.
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March 2011 - Mahler and Liszt
As part of this season's Mahler Anniversary celebrations, a look at the musical relationship between Mahler and Franz Liszt, whose 200th anniversary of birth falls in 2011.
Pre-concert talk given by Dr Jeremy Barham, lecturer at Surrey University
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February 2011 - Yannick Nézet-Séguin
The LPO's Principal Guest Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin looks back at 2010 and forward to his concerts in February with the LPO. Plus his approach to working with orchestras around the world.
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January 2011 - Julian Anderson
The LPO's new composer in residence, Julian Anderson, talks about composing The Stations of the Sun, the challenge of writing melody in the 21st cenutry, and his approach to collaboration.
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December 2010 - Shostakovich with Vasily Petrenko
Conductor Vasily Petrenko talks to David Nice about the historical events behind Shostakovich's revolutionary Eleventh Symphony, preparing the work for performance and why violas are the best instruments for mourning...
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November 2010 - Rossini with Opera Rara
Rossini's opera Aureliano in Palmira placed in the musical and political context of the 1800s.
Pre-concert talk given by Roger Parker (King's College, London) and Benjamin Walton (University of Cambridge)
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October 2010 - Mahler Anniversary
What did Mahler's contemporaries think of him? And how has the 20th century treated and used his music?
Pre-concert talk given by Dr Jeremy Barham, lecturer at Surrey University
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June 2010 - Robert McDuffie on Philip Glass
Violinst Robert McDuffie on performing the violin concertos by Philip Glass. Vernon Handley is remembered in a new LPO CD release of Elgar with Dame Janet Baker. Plus - send us your feedback and win LPO CDs.
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