Sir Simon Rattle can still draw a crowd in Berlin. Although he has returned for a handful of guest appearances since leaving his post with the Berlin Philharmonic, his most recent visit came as part of a tour by the London Symphony Orchestra with whom he now serves as music director. The concert, given as part of this year’s Musikfest, featured Hans Abrahamsen’s let me tell you, a work which has become remarkably popular in the six years since its première, followed by Messiaen’s final orchestral masterpiece Éclairs sur l’Au-delà…; however the lack of empty seats in the Philharmonie was perhaps less a testament to the choice of repertoire than to Sir Simon’s enduring popularity with the Berlin audience.
let me tell you, a three-part piece for soprano and orchestra based on the novel by Paul Griffiths, had its first performance in Berlin…
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