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5 May 2022, Southbank Centre, London
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鶹Լ Concert Orchestra 2021 - 22 Southbank Centre Season Mari Samuelsen performs Philip Glass

鶹Լ Concert Orchestra
Mari Samuelsen performs Philip Glass
19:30 Thu 5 May 2022 Queen Elizabeth Hall
Mari Samuelsen performs Philip Glass’ sumptuous Violin Concerto No.1 with the 鶹Լ Concert Orchestra as part of a programme of exciting new classical works led by Anna-Maria Helsing, Principal Guest Conductor.
Mari Samuelsen performs Philip Glass’ sumptuous Violin Concerto No.1 with the 鶹Լ Concert Orchestra as part of a programme of exciting new classical works led by Anna-Maria Helsing, Principal Guest Conductor.

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Samuelsen has forged a reputation for brilliant classical performances and intrepid contemporary music collaborations; with Glass’s concerto these two worlds converge in thrilling style.

Premiered in 1987, this piece marked a new era for Glass as his first major concert composition for orchestra. Having largely ignored traditional genres in his earlier work, Glass’ decision to take on what is arguably the granddaddy of all classical forms – sticking to the usual orchestration and three-movement structure to boot – was in its own way a radical act. “The search for the unique can lead to strange places,” Glass said of the work. “Taboos, the things we’re not supposed to do, are often the most interesting.”

Over 30 years on, it remains one of Glass’ best-loved pieces.

The evening also features new music by Liam Taylor-West and Electra Perivolaris, two of the country’s most exciting young talents. It closes with the joyously inventive Concerto for Orchestra by Jennifer Higdon, the American composer with three Grammy Awards and a Pulitzer Prize to her name.