MTT returns to the London Symphony Orchestra for London Concerts and Spanish Tour
23 Jan 2012
This month, Michael Tilson Thomas returns to the London Symphony Orchestra, where he is Principal Guest Conductor, for a series of concert and recital programs in London and throughout Spain. On 24 January, MTT and the LSO take the stage at Barbican Hall, London, performing Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and works by Debussy: the Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra with pianist Nelson Freire and selected préludes orchestrated by Colin Matthews. On 2 February, MTT and the orchestra are joined by Synergy Vocals and mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter for a programme that includes Kurt Weill's Seven Deadly Sins as well as Debussy's La mer.
In between their two London concerts, MTT and the LSO tour Spain with works by Debussy, Berlioz, and Weill. They give two performances in Madrid on 27 and 28 January and in Valencia on 29 January and Zaragoza on the 30th. For this concert, MTT collaborates as pianist and conductor with members of the LSO and mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter at Jerwood Hall, LSO St. Luke's.
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