Tan Dun’s Water Concerto
The London Philharmonic Orchestra shares diamond-like music created under immense pressure, which continues to sparkle.
Life finds a way, and even under Soviet repression, composers were testing boundaries and telling forbidden truths.
Arvo Pärt drew on the music of the past to liberate explosive new creative forces. Lutosławski reached for all the colours of a full symphony orchestra, and launched glittering sonic fireworks into grey Cold War skies.
Hannu Lintu rediscovers two modern classics, and Colin Currie – in the words of one critic, ‘surely the world’s finest and most daring percussionist’ – explores new ways of listening, with the extraordinary, culture-crossing Water Concerto by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon composer Tan Dun.
Performers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Hannu Lintu conductor *
Colin Currie percussion
Repertoire
Arvo Pärt: Symphony No.1 (Polyphonic)
Tan Dun: Concerto for water percussion & orchestra
Interval
Lutosławski: Symphony No.3
Need to know
Tickets for Tan Dun’s Water Concerto includes access to After Dark: Colin Currie in the Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer after the main performance. The After Dark performance is standing only. Find out more
* Please note change of conductor from originally advertised
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