London Concerts and Spanish Tour
This month, Michael Tilson Thomas returns to the London Symphony
Orchestra, where he is Principal Guest Conductor, for a series of
concert and recital programs in London and throughout Spain. On January
24, MTT and the LSO take the stage at Barbican Hall, London,
performing Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and works by
Debussy: the Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra with pianist Nelson
Freier and selected préludes orchestrated by Colin Matthews. On February
2, MTT and the orchestra are joined by Synergy Vocals and
mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter for a program that includes Kurt
Weill's Seven Deadly Sins as well as
Debussy's La mer.
In between their two London concerts, MTT and the LSO tour Spain
with works by Debussy, Berlioz, and Weill. They give two
performances in Madrid on January 27 and
28.
To round out their tour, MTT and the LSO present their Barbican
program in Valencia on
January 29 and in Zarazoga on
January 30.
LSO St. Luke's Chamber Concert
To complement his performances of Debussy with the orchestras,
MTT takes a more intimate look at the French composer's music. On
February
1, he performs Debussy's violin and cello sonatas. The program
also includes the Chansons de Bilitis - Debussy's
settings of three erotic poems by Pierre Louÿs - and the
sparkling Danse sacrée et profane, a piece composed
in 1904 to showcase the newly invented chromatic harp. For this
concert, MTT collaborates as pianist and conductor with members of
the LSO and mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter at Jerwood Hall, LSO
St. Luke's.
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