LPO 2013-14 season announced

[Nick Armstrong]

Eclectic new season for the LPO 2013/14, including early on:

28 September - Britten Centenary - Peter Grimes (Jurowski) - Stuart Skelton as PG
12 October - Britten Centenary - War Requiem (Jurowski) - inc Bostridge and Goerner

http://www.lpo.org.uk/newseason/1314_listings.html

Jurowski's Mahler 6 next January will be worth hearing....

[Alison]

No Haitink or Jurowski Tchaikovsky 3 but yes plenty to look forward to.

[amateur51]

Very interesting season, Caliban - many thanks

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Very interesting season, Caliban - many thanks

- the most interesting programme for a Symphony orchestra that I've seen in a long time. Pity, though, that the "Soundtrack of the 20th Century" includes work by neither a certain septenarian, nor a past Composer-in-Residence of this particular Orchestra.

[bluestateprommer]

- the most interesting programme for a Symphony orchestra that I've seen in a long time.

Indeed, I second this assessment, from this side of the pond. No American orchestra would dare to program a season as eclectic and off-the-beaten-path as this LPO season, where more standard meat-and-potatoes fare proves more the exception than the rule. Besides the obvious Britten tributes of the War Requiem and Peter Grimes, that all-Britten concert led by Jurowski gives an idea of his imagination at work. Even YNS as principal guest conductor is branching out a bit from his more mainstream concerts like what he does in Philadelphia, and Rotterdam that I can tell, with LPO excursions into Poulenc, Dutilleux, and Prokofiev 7.

A season like this is all the more reason for the Berlin Phil to try to recruit Jurowski as their next music director ;) . Although if the Minnesota Orchestra implodes, which looks more and more likely thanks to the idiocies of their management, Osmo Vanska might become a candidate for Berlin, or the principal conductorship of the LPO for when Jurowski eventually moves on.

[Mahler's3rd]

Managed to get my LPO Tickets, Looking Forward To It
28th September...Peter Grimes
12th October...War Requiem
7th December...Anderson/Macmillan/Turnage/Ades
15th January...Macmillan/Mahler

[Dave2002]

The December concert - Anderson/Macmillan/Turnage/Ades looks the most interesting.

Oh - 30th October - Ligeti, Lutoslawski, Schnittke also.

Some of the others also manage to sneak in unusual things.

This year I might be tempted by film music. Time to check the prices.

Actually for a concert series it does look rather good - who'd be a concert promoter?
I guess they have to put on the most popular Tchaikovsky to get bums on seats. That doesn't mean I don't like Tchaikovsky 6 - I think it's great - but
so many concerts have safe choices - Beethoven 5 and 6 etc. No Miaskovsky or Weinberg this year then.

[amateur51]

Indeed, I second this assessment, from this side of the pond. No American orchestra would dare to program a season as eclectic and off-the-beaten-path as this LPO season, where more standard meat-and-potatoes fare proves more the exception than the rule. Besides the obvious Britten tributes of the War Requiem and Peter Grimes, that all-Britten concert led by Jurowski gives an idea of his imagination at work. Even YNS as principal guest conductor is branching out a bit from his more mainstream concerts like what he does in Philadelphia, and Rotterdam that I can tell, with LPO excursions into Poulenc, Dutilleux, and Prokofiev 7.

A season like this is all the more reason for the Berlin Phil to try to recruit Jurowski as their next music director ;) . Although if the Minnesota Orchestra implodes, which looks more and more likely thanks to the idiocies of their management, Osmo Vanska might become a candidate for Berlin, or the principal conductorship of the LPO for when Jurowski eventually moves on.

Oh please, no!

His performance of Bruckner symphony no 4 at a recent Prom was very uninspiring.

[salymap]

I know I can't getto concerts any morebut lovelooking at the orchestral brochures. It's amazing to me that they have such a large team ofpeople workimg for the orchestra if money is so short. Also pleased to seethe number of women employed, eventhe Librarian. Does she drive the large van, it used to be part of the job.? Expectthey have a team of porters now.

[bluestateprommer]

Jurowski's Mahler 6 next January will be worth hearing....

One thing I saw on the LPO's schedule under that Mahler 6 program is that they for next season is this:

http://shop.lpo.org.uk/performances/detail.asp?9271,63,0,0,0

"Select a link below to listen to selected movements from this concert (Flash Player opens in a new window).

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - I. Allegro energico, ma non troppo. Heftig, aber markig
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - II. Andante moderato
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - IV. Finale: Allegro moderato - Allegro energico"

This would seem to telegraph in advance that Jurowski will conduct Mahler 6 with the middle movements in the order Andante - Scherzo. Not my preferred order, but then I'm not the conductor, of course.

[pastoralguy]

I know I can't getto concerts any morebut lovelooking at the orchestral brochures. It's amazing to me that they have such a large team ofpeople workimg for the orchestra if money is so short. Also pleased to seethe number of women employed, eventhe Librarian. Does she drive the large van, it used to be part of the job.? Expectthey have a team of porters now.

Yes, it surprises me too the number of 'back room' staff that seem to be required to make an orchestra run.