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Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 & 10 Songs
LPO conducted by Vladimir Jurowski
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Bloch
The music
- Robert Laidlow Exoplanets (world premiere) (25’)**
The performers
- Edward Gardner conductor*
- Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Be transported to a different world.
Music can take us to different worlds. For the LPO it’s always an adventure to play with cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, and tonight he summons up Bloch’s sumptuous vision of a Biblical past and a longed-for future. But Edward Gardner also conducts Rachmaninov’s sweeping Third Symphony – music filled with nostalgia, hope, and heartfelt melodies – and travels with the young British composer Robert Laidlow to the outer reaches of our galaxy, where he beams an urgent musical message back home to Earth. A very special moment in our Harmony with Nature season.
*Edward Gardner’s position in the LPO is generously supported by Aud Jebsen.
**Commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Interfinity Festival Basel, in collaboration with Professor Raymond Pierrehumbert, Associate Professor Hannah Wakeford and NCCR Planets.
Supported by Cockayne Grants for the Arts, a Donor Advised Fund, held at The Prism Charitable Trust.
Join us for a free pre-concert talk
Sat 29 Nov 2025, 6.00pm
Harmony with Distant Planets
Royal Festival Hall
- Robert Laidlow composer
- David Kipping astronomer
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[Sheku] held the audience spellbound with an interpretation of exceptional authority.
The Guardian
Featuring
Edward Gardner, LPO Principal Conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
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