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A Hero’s Life
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- Mark Elder conductor
- James Ehnes violin
Sir Mark Elder presents a programme of storytelling, starring Strauss’s stupendous Ein Heldenleben.
We’re all the heroes of our own lives. Strauss’s contemporaries couldn’t see the funny side of Ein Heldenleben (‘A Hero’s Life’): a riotously tuneful self-portrait of the artist as superhero, written for a colossal orchestra and featuring some of the most stupendous sounds ever imagined. The great Sir Mark Elder brings all his matchless flair for musical storytelling to a concert that opens in the shimmering wonderland of Ravel’s fairytale ballet, and stars Canadian virtuoso James Ehnes in the underrated sequel to Bruch’s ever-popular First Violin Concerto. It’s almost never heard – and it’s a delight.
Fri 25 Oct 2024, 7.30pm
London, Royal Festival Hall
Tickets £7 - £70
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Conductor Mark Elder is the master of marshalling such diverse forces, and this was a wholly confident and well-prepared London premiere by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
The Telegraph
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