London Philharmonic Orchestra & Borodin Quartet: Life out of Death

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Borodin Quartet: Life out of Death

Fourteen trumpets line up across the stage: Janácek’s Sinfonietta might have started as a colourful portrait of his hometown of Brno, but it goes out in a blaze of raw, untamed glory.

No recording can ever do it justice – you need to feel the air shake as the composer’s huge orchestra gives a resounding shout of triumph.

But the 20th century had darker things in store for Czech composers.

Tonight, Vladimir Jurowski enlists one of the world’s great string quartets to tell two musical stories of exile, renewal and defiance in the face of unthinkable crimes.

Repertoire

Klein Partita for strings (arr. Saudek for chamber orchestra from String Trio)
Schulhoff Concerto for string quartet & wind orchestra
Interval
Martinů Concerto for string quartet & orchestra
Janáček Sinfonietta

Performers

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Borodin Quartet