Sir Simon Rattle

«Journey to America»

07.03.2024 19:30,

Grand Auditorium

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London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle direction
Kirill Gerstein piano

George Gershwin: Ouverture (Let 'Em Eat Cake) (arr. Don Rose)
George Gershwin: Concerto in F (éd. Timothy Freeze établie à partir de l’édition critique de George et Ira Gershwin)
George Gershwin: Bis: «I Got Rhythm»
Roy Harris: Symphony N° 3
John Adams: Frenzy (commande Philharmonie, London Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Philharmonie de Paris, Toronto Symphony Orchestra et Los Angeles Philharmonic Association – Gustavo Dudamel, directeur artistique et musical)
George Gershwin: Ouverture (Strike Up the Band) (arr. Don Rose)

in the first of two concerts at the Philharmonie given by the London Symphony Orchestra reunited with its charismatic former conductor, Sir Simon Rattle. Enjoy a new work by the ever-creative John Adams, along with Roy Harris’s expansive Symphony N° 3 (often described as «the Great American Symphony»), and George Gershwin’s jazz-infused Concerto in F, featuring virtuoso soloist Kirill Gerstein.