Sound and Music

Rautavaara Incantations (world premiere)
Bruckner Symphony 8

Yannick Nezet-Seguin conductor
Colin Currie percussion

After evenings of indescribable electricity with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in recent seasons, here Colin Currie takes flight once more with a world first: the premiere performance of Einojuhani Rautavaara's Incantations, a piece that promises to marry aura and animation, finesse and fireworks. Over a hundred years before, Austrian Anton Bruckner had been hard at work on an Eighth Symphony. The resulting piece is one of magical solemnity - an incomparable portrait in sound glistening with the strings of Bruckner's newly discovered harp.

Rautavaara's Incantations is jointly commissioned by the London Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Tampere Philharmonic and Baltimore Orchestras.

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6.15pm-6.45pm | Free | Royal Festival Hall
Colin Currie demonstrates sections of Rautavaara's Incantations.