London Philharmonic Orchestra & Vladimir Jurowski: To the Summit

The London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Principal Conductor and soloist Nicola Benedetti present expressive masterworks by Strauss and Elgar.

Richard Strauss once boasted that he could depict even a knife and fork in music.

So when he set out to portray the Bavarian Alps, the results are exactly as spectacular as you’d expect, complete with waterfalls, glaciers, and an ear-splitting storm.

But Vladimir Jurowski finds an extra dimension in Strauss’ vast hymn to nature: the huge vistas and moments of stillness that make this infinitely more than just the world’s greatest musical picture postcard.

It should make a fitting counterpart to Nicola Benedetti’s performance of Elgar’s Violin Concerto – still the ultimate proof of the profoundly romantic heart behind Elgar’s veneer of Edwardian reserve.

Programme

Elgar Violin Concerto Op. 61
Interval
Strauss An Alpine Symphony Op. 64

Performers

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Nicola Benedetti violin