Name: In Living Colour
Start: 2022-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Barbican Centre

Organization

Conductor

Kevin John Edusei

Instrumentalist

Roman Simovic

London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

In Living Colour

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Centre

Barbican Concert Hall

In Living Colour: Concert Various

Public

Crimson

Violin Concerto No.2, Sz.112

Petrushka

Approved

Strong emotions and primary colours, as Kevin John Edusei conducts high-octane musical dramas from Stravinsky, Bartók and Canadian composer Samy Moussa. 
 
It’s springtime in old Russia, and as the fair-goers jostle and laugh, a puppeteer retells a tale of love, jealousy … and murder. Don’t worry, though: they’re only puppets. Aren’t they? There’s more to music than meets the ear, even when it’s as playful as Stravinsky’s riotous ballet, or as passionate as Bartók’s paprika-flavoured Second Violin Concerto. And especially when – like Samy Moussa’s Crimson – it’s creating wondrous new sounds, straight out of thin air.   
 
Guest conductor Kevin John Edusei is making an impact here in the UK: an artist who (according to The Guardian) delivers ‘tasteful restraint and explosive energy’ with the same effortless flair. He’s joined for Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto by one of our in-house stars, LSO Leader Roman Simovic.  

‘Music is a living matter and very often has its own will.’
~Samy Moussa

Samy Moussa Crimson 
Béla Bartók Violin Concerto No 2
-Interval- 
Igor Stravinsky Petrushka (1947 version)

Kevin John Edusei conductor 
Roman Simovic violin
London Symphony Orchestra

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble