Page 141 - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Coverage Book 2023-24
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30 March 2024
The 10 best classical and jazz concerts to book
tickets for in spring 2024
From an old-school crooner with a “coffee-and-cream” voice, to farewell tears for Mark Elder
Ivan Hewett30 March 2024 • 10:00am
Dee Dee Bridgewater CREDIT: Niccolò Bruna
Bewitching Rhythms – Marsalis and Ravel
The great jazz trumpeter and band-leader Wynton Marsalis stages another raid on classical
territory with a new trumpet concerto, here receiving its UK premiere from Alison Balsom plus the
London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Antonio Pappano – and paired with Ravel’s Daphnis
and Chloé.
Barbican, London EC2 (lso.co.uk) on April 11, and Bristol Beacon (bristolbeacon.org) on April 12
Verdi’s Requiem
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra loves to showcase earth-shaking choral-and-orchestral
blockbusters at the Royal Albert Hall and they don’t come more earth-shaking than this.
Royal Albert Hall, London SW7 (royalalberthall.com), April 23
Shostakovich’s Symphony No.5
