Prom 43 – Philharmonia/Salonen

Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe UK premiere of The Hague Hacking, Louis Andriessen's piece for two pianos and orchestra – the novelty in the Philharmonia's prom with music director Esa-Pekka Salonen – turned out to be anything but the extrovert romp one might have expected. The 18-minute score grew from an encore piece for two pianos, and comes with a whole bundle of unlikely musical connections: a dance popular in Dutch nightclubs in the 1990s; a song, O, O, the Hague, which has bec...

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