Name: A Hero's Life
Start: 2024-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: South Bank Centre

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Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Mark Elder

Instrumentalist

James Ehnes

Violin

Southbank Centre

A Hero's Life

London

United Kingdom

Royal Festival Hall

Public

Concert

Ma mère l´oye

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in D minor, Op. 44

A Hero's Life, op. 40

Joshua Dos

Approved

South Bank Centre

A Hero's Life: Ma mère l´oye Suite Ravel (+2 More)

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.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble