“Slatkin is brilliant not only as a conductor but as an educator as well.” The Washington Post

Leonard Slatkin      conductor
WALTON               Excerpts from Henry V Orchestral Suite
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS     Symphony No. 6 in E minor
ELGAR                Enigma Variations, Op 36


 

Revel in a fabulous evening of grand classics with one of the world’s most acclaimed orchestras, helmed by an equally renowned conductor, Leonard Slatkin.

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO), based in London, offers audiences in the UK and abroad the highest possible standards of music-making, accompanied by some of the most acclaimed artists of the day. Since its formation, the orchestra has been directed by some of the world’s finest conductors, most notably Rudolf Kempe, Antal Dorati, André Previn and Vladimir Ashkenazy. Today, it continues to thrive, undertaking a busy concert, touring and recording schedule, under the inspired leadership of Maestro Daniele Gatti, who, from the beginning of the 2009-2010 season, will continue as Conductor Laureate, with Charles Dutoit as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor.

In this concert, the orchestra will perform under the baton of Principal Guest Conductor, Leonard Slatkin, Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and 2008-2009 Principal Guest Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. His many honours and awards include the prestigious 2003 National Medal of Arts and the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.

Together, the orchestra and its conductor will present an evocative programme that moves from lilting, strings-dominated excerpts from Sir William Walton’s score for Sir Laurence Olivier’s film Henry V, to Ralph Vaughan Williams' spirited Symphony No. 6 in E minor, finally culminating in Edward Elgar’s famous “Enigma” Variations, each variation inspired by and dedicated to an individual, beginning with his wife, featuring his close friends, and ending with a self-portrait.

Not to be missed.

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