London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Chausson and Scriabin transport us to intoxicating musical realms, plus a world premiere by the celebrated organist and composer Bernard Foccroulle. Passions run high in two dreamy, high-Romantic tone poems. Scored for soprano and orchestra and set against an oceanic backdrop, Chausson’s Poème de l’amour et de la mer blends the rich universes of Wagner and Debussy as it charts the course of a love affair. Scriabin, equally indebted to Debussy, takes us on a metaphysical journey to cosmic bliss – his glorious one-movement Poem of Ecstasy has a magical timelessness, and builds inexorably to one of music’s most astonishing and overwhelming climaxes. In between these two heady works, UIESH (meaning ‘somewhere’) by Bernard Foccroulle sets powerful poems by Innu Elder, Joséphine Bacon, with translations by Jessica Moore. World-renowned singers, mezzo soprano Sasha Cooke and baritone Stéphane Degout join the LSO and Sir Antonio Pappano in this concert of sublime colour and emotional depth. The concert will finish at approximately 8.45pm, including a 20-minute interval (timings subject to change). Programme Ernest Chausson Poème de l’amour et de la mer Bernard Foccroulle UIESH (world premiere) Alexander Scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy (Symphony No 4) Performers London Symphony Orchestra Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Stéphane Degout baritone Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano