Southbank Series: Philharmonia Orchestra

8.00 Southbank Series: Philharmonia Orchestra

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the first concert of his final season as the Philharmonia's Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser. In a typically enticing programme, Salonen contrasts Ravel's refined depiction of innocent childhood and fairy tale with the darker, dreamlike world of Britten's 'Les illuminations'. Britten's brilliant settings of Arthur Rimbaud's cryptic and sometimes obscure poetry are sung by American soprano Julia Bullock, who makes her Royal Festival Hall debut, having already performed 'Les illuminations' with Salonen in the US to great acclaim.

Julia Bullock, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Philharmonia Orchestra Oct 2020 Photo: Mark Allan

Programme:

RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess;

BRITTEN: Les Illuminations Op 18;

RAVEL: Mother Goose, ballet

Julia Bullock (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

Recorded in Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London by the BBC (EBU)