Love imperiled, love broken, love betrayed – the 2011 New Moves series at LSO St Luke’s opens with music and dance inspired by the darker side of desire. Ranging from Mahler’s last anguished symphonic utterance to the crystallised grief of Dido’s Lament, this visceral programme also features jealousy-fuelled tango, songs by John Lennon and Sam Swallow, and the world première of a virtuosic new arrangement of the Symphonic Dances from Bernstein’s West Side Story.
With guest appearances from accordionist Ian Watson, singer/songwriter Sam Swallow, and David and Kim Benitez, two of London’s most fêted tango dancers.
PRE-CONCERT TALK, 6.40pm: Concert ticket includes admission to a free pre-concert talk on tango by the Argentinian poet, novelist, and pyschoanalyst Gregorio Kohon.
Series
New Moves at LSO St Luke's
Venue
LSO St Luke's, London
161 Old Street, EC1V 9NG (map)
Repertoire
Piazzolla (arr. Watson) Libertango
Purcell (arr. Farrington) Dido's Lament
Gardel Por una Cabeza
Mahler (arr. Colnot) Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Sam Swallow Rinse it Out
Osvaldo Pugliese (arr. Watson) Recuerdo
Bernstein (arr. Farrington) Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Lennon (arr. Oliver Weeks) Jealous Guy
Featuring
David & Kim Benitez (dancers)
Sam Swallow (voice/piano)
Ian Watson (accordion)
Nicholas Collon (conductor)
