Live choice
Cumnock Tryst
Cumnock, 30 September – 3 October
Self-effacingly, artistic director James MacMillan has scheduled none of his own music in this year’s East Ayrshire festival, but he joins saxophonist Christian Forshaw for a masterclass in improvisation. Pianists Steven Osborne and Paul Lewis smuggle Stravinsky into a delectable French duo confection, the Tenebrae choir ponders penitence, and the Hebrides Ensemble is backing Britten.
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Southbank Centre, London, 1 October
Web: www.lpo.org.uk
Having announced himself as the orchestra’s new principal conductor with Tippett’s the week before, Edward Gardner turns to a neat pairing of Lili Boulanger’s (coincidentally, also being performed by the LSO at the Barbican on 10 October) and Lutos¯awski’s Cellocompletes the line-up.
