SOUTHBANK CENTRE

Christian Tetzlaff

Royal Festival Hall

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Resident at Southbank Centre

Wednesday 24 September 2008, 7.30pm

Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No.8 in D minor
Mark-Anthony Turnage Violin Concerto (Mambo, Blues & Tarantella)
INTERVAL
Gyorgy Ligeti Atmospheres
Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Vladimir Jurowskiconductor
Christian Tetzlaffviolin

First Igor Stravinsky reappraised rhythm: thrusting it into the foreground as the dominant force of his ballet score The Rite of Spring, creating a fiery picture of ritual sacrifice far from the palace-bound romance that went before. It seemed music had changed forever. Until, that was, the arrival of Gyorgy Ligeti, whose Atmospheres reassessed even the concept of the musical 'note', creating otherwise unattainable 'atmospheres' through continuous, captivating sonorities.

Mambo, Blues and Tarantella is commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra in collaboration with the Stockholm Philharmonic and Toronto Symphony Orchestras.

Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: Vladimir Jurowski talks to Edward Seckerson about the evening's concert and the season to come. Admission free.

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