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Roll over Beethoven: classical concert to be like a rock gig
Louise Jury, Chief Arts Correspondent28 Jan 2010
Russian conductor Vladimir Jurowski is preparing for his first gig in a venue better known for hosting Jimi Hendrix, Oasis and Jay-Z.
Jurowski will conduct the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in a programme of Beethoven at the Roundhouse in Camden at 9pm tomorrow. It will be the first in a season of “rules-free” concerts that allow audiences to talk, drink and move about in non-seated areas as they would at a rock gig.
Jurowski, 37, who also works with the London Philharmonic, said: “Formalities must be shattered to open up classical music to a younger audience.”
Tickets for the Roundhouse are £7.50-£15. The next Night Shift event will also feature Beethoven and is at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 25 May.
