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February — December 2020 We explore the journey of music with pioneering works that have defined the sound of the 21st century, alongside music that has stood the test of time, written exactly 100 and 200 years before. We use this opportunity to look back as a way of projecting into the future. What will music look, sound and feel like a century from now?
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Just as the defining masterpieces of Beethoven and his contemporaries punctuated the first two decades of the 19th century, this series features pieces that provide a snapshot of the definitive sound of the 21st – each one separated by exactly two centuries from Beethoven’s world. A piece from 1801 encounters a piece from 2001. Beethoven meets Adès, Dutilleux and Knussen. Louis Spohr encounters Einojuhani Rautavaara. Between them, in a world simultaneously like and entirely unlike that of 1820 or 2020, comes the generation of 1900–1920: the composers of the fin de siècle who saw a century remade in war. Who realised that Sibelius’s Second Symphony came exactly a century after Beethoven’s, and that Scriabin, Ravel and Enescu all form part of the same big picture? 2020 Vision brings them together to hear what they have to say to each other, and to us: a fascinatingly fresh perspective on familiar classics, forgotten masterpieces, and the must-hear works of the 21st century.
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THREE CENTURIES COLLIDE Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall Part one
February — December 2020
INNER SPREAD
All events take place at Royal Festival Hall and begin at 7.30pm
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2001
SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2020
BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH
SATURDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2020
Join us for the first concert in our 2020 Vision series, as Vladimir Jurowski celebrates Beethoven’s birthday the way he would have wanted: a conversation between the past, the present and the future of music. Beethoven Symphony No. 1 Péter Eötvös Snatches of a Conversation Scriabin Symphony No. 2 Vladimir Jurowski conductor Marco Blaauw trumpet Omar Ebrahim narrator Free pre-concert event 6.15pm—6.45pm, Royal Festival Hall Join us in examining the past, present and future of music, and what works spanning centuries have to say to each other. Generously supported by Cockayne Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation.
2002
THREE ADVENTURES
WEDNESDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2020 Beethoven and Sibelius’s Second Symphonies – arguably some of the 19th and 20th Centuries’ greatest symphonic triumphs are accompanied by Josefowicz’s colourful performance of Knussen’s 2002 Violin Concerto. Beethoven Symphony No. 2 Knussen Violin Concerto Sibelius Symphony No. 2 Vasily Petrenko conductor Leila Josefowicz violin Generously supported by Victoria Robey.
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POETRY AND BELIEF
SATURDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2020
Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto begins softly, presenting an enigma that Jeremy Denk will relish. Penderecki’s hauntingly beautiful tribute to a great Pole, and Enescu’s poetic Symphony No. 1 complete the programme.
FANTASY AND REVOLUTION Last Night of the Proms star Jamie Barton performs Widmann’s haunting Lied for Orchestra. Plus hear Ravel’s escapist fantasy Shéhérazade, and Beethoven’s explosive ‘Eroica’ Symphony. Jörg Widmann Lied for Orchestra Ravel Shéhérazade Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) Dima Slobodeniouk conductor Jamie Barton mezzo-soprano
2004
NEW VISIONS
WEDNESDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2020 The late Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Book of Visions brings enchanting warmth to this February concert, and Sergej Krylov champions Spohr in a show-stopping performance of his Violin Concerto No. 2.
FRIDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2020
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Krzysztof Penderecki Chaconne in memory of John Paul II Enescu Symphony No. 1 Osmo Vänskä conductor Jeremy Denk piano Generously supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the Romanian Cultural Institute.
2006
THE NEW BACCHUS
WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH 2020 Harnessing the electrifying energy of symphonies by Scriabin and Beethoven, Omer Meir Wellber is joined by cellist Johannes Moser for Saariaho’s ravishing Notes on Light.
Elgar In the South Spohr Violin Concerto No. 2 Webern Im Sommerwind Rautavaara Book of Visions
Beethoven Symphony No. 4 Kaija Saariaho Notes on Light Scriabin Symphony No. 4 (The Poem of Ecstasy)
Osmo Vänskä conductor Sergej Krylov violin
Omer Meir Wellber conductor Johannes Moser cello
The four notes that were heard around the world: the opening of Beethoven’s Fifth is immediately recognisable and precedes a non-stop race to glory. Principal Conductor Designate Edward Gardner conducts, with Sally Matthews in Dutilleux’s meditation on transience and love. Sibelius Symphony No. 3 Dutilleux Le temps l’horloge Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Edward Gardner conductor Sally Matthews soprano
2008
LANDSCAPE AND MEMORY WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL 2020
A symphony whose storms, bird-calls and hymns conceal eternal truths behind serenity – Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony closes a concert that is opened by the perennial question of existence in Ives’s The Unanswered Question and Adès’s adaption of the Book of Genesis. Ives The Unanswered Question Thomas Adès In Seven Days Beethoven Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral) Vladimir Jurowski conductor Nicolas Hodges piano
2009
THE EVEREST OF PIANO CONCERTOS WEDNESDAY 8 APRIL 2020
Commended by The Guardian for his interpretation of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, Nikolai Lugansky performs alongside Wigglesworth’s 2009 modern classic and a fiery 1809 rediscovery – Méhul’s Symphony No. 1. Méhul Symphony No. 1 Ryan Wigglesworth Augenlieder* Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 Vladimir Jurowski conductor Sophie Bevan soprano Nikolai Lugansky piano *Supported by Resonate. Resonate is a PRS Foundation initiative in partnership with the Association of British Orchestras, BBC Radio 3 and Boltini Trust.
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NEW CENTURY, NEW SOUNDS
2010
CROSSING CULTURES
WEDNESDAY 22 APRIL 2020 A concert of genre-defying musical creativity; Anoushka Shankar returns to reprise her solo part in her father’s Symphony, alongside Philip Glass’s balletic Double Concerto and self-descriptive Stomp by John Corigliano. John Corigliano Stomp Philip Glass Double Concerto for violin and cello Shankar Symphony Karen Kamensek conductor Daniel Hope violin Alban Gerhardt cello Anoushka Shankar sitar Generously supported by Cockayne Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation.