{"id":341,"date":"2014-08-29T10:47:44","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T09:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stuffbysofia.com\/blog\/?p=341"},"modified":"2014-08-29T10:51:55","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T09:51:55","slug":"philharmonia_lpo_autumn2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stuffbysofia.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/philharmonia_lpo_autumn2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Ideas for the autumn season of the Philharmonia and London Philharmonic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hands down I love the Philharmonia Orchestra<\/strong> and the London Philharmonic Orchestra<\/strong>. Both have given me some quite memorable evenings in the Royal Festival Hall.<\/p>\n

Now, I get it, orchestral music may sound a tad boring but don’t knock it until you have actually gone to a concert. No, it’s not the same if you listen to it at home. Seeing the orchestra working together is half the fun.<\/p>\n

Another point. Performances are dirt cheap. I mean come ON! When was the last time you could\u00a0spend \u00a312 for a concert? Don’t be scared of the cheap seats at the back, acoustics in the Royal Festival Hall are to die for.<\/p>\n

Already booked a good number of tickets so I thought I could note some interesting things I saw in their programme. I should say here that even though I enjoy classical music I am NOT qualified to judge adequately so I might be missing some GREAT ones<\/strong>. Please leave me a comment to suggest more \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Shostakovich\u2019s vision of war<\/a>
\nJurowski conducts Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Lindberg. There, that says it all. Be prepared to possibly shed a tear with the Shostakovich piece.
\nRoyal Festival Hall – 24 September 2014<\/em><\/p>\n

Rachmaninov Inside Out Series (London Philharmonic)\u00a0<\/a>
\nRussian genius. I mean, what is not to like? Try and book for one where\u00a0Vladimir Jurowski is conducting, he is a pleasure to watch (and listen). I am gutted that I can’t go to the 3rd of October one<\/a>,\u00a0when Jurowski conducts and Alexande Ghindin rocks the piano.
\nRoyal Festival Hall – various dates<\/em><\/p>\n

Sci-Fi movies (Philharmonia)\u00a0<\/a>
\nIf you don’t know if you like orchestral music this is the one you should go to. Just see what a proper orchestra does with recognisable tunes and you’ll probably be booking Berlioz after.
\nRoyal Festival Hall – 15 October 2014<\/em><\/p>\n

Van Zweden conducts Mahler\u2019s Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)<\/a>
\nThis will probably be one of those concerts where you will not be able to get up and leave after it ends. Mahler certainly does that to me.
\nRoyal Festival Hall – 01 November 2014<\/p>\n

Pell\u00e9as Et M\u00e9lisande (Philharmonia)<\/a>
\nWhat is not to like? Debussy as a one hit opera wonder? Check. Paris? Check. Love triangle? Check. Should be great.
\nRoyal Festival Hall – 27 November 2014\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Rouvali Conducts Prokofiev (Philharmonia)\u00a0<\/a>
\nJust cause I love Prokofiev.
\nRoyal Festival Hall – 11 December 2014<\/em><\/p>\n

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