The massive pipe organ at the Leicester de Montfort Hall was majestic last night as it presided over the London Philharmonic Orchestra. This is what the "de Mont" was built for! It was amazing! Around 90 musicians, all top quality, were guided by the conductor Vladimir Jurowski. He was a little eccentric but highly regarded and rightly so as the performance was everything I had hoped for.
For the first eight minutes we enjoyed Mozart's Symphony No.32 in G major. This was followed by the Concierto de Aranjuez where the orchestra was accompanied by the renowned classical guitarist Milos Karadaglic. If you have never heard him it is well worth looking him up on YouTube.
Finally we were treated to Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 6 in B minor. This was the entirety of the second half and lasted 45 minutes. The whole orchestra was on stage for this (previously it had been a reduced number). All I can say is "wow!"
Apologies that the picture is an empty stage - we quite understandably weren't allowed to take photos.
As an aside we sat next to a lovely man who we both worked with 10+ years ago at English Martyrs Catholic School. It was great to catch up.
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