An Evening with the London Phil

One of the world’s most historic orchestras, the London Philharmonic, founded in 1932 by the legendary conductor Sir Thomas Beecham, showed off its talents at the Granada, part of the popular UCSB Arts & Lectures program.

Led by principal conductor Edward Gardner the entertaining performance featured “Raices, (Origins),” a new piece by Pulitzer Prize-winning Cuban American composer Tania León.

Shostakovich’s “Concerto No.1 in A Minor” featured violinist extraordinaire Patricia Kopatchinskaja, with Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No.4 in F Minor” concluding the rousing show.

An enchanting evening…