London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski

Jean-Féry Rebel: Les élémens (Simphonie nouvelle)
Darius Milhaud: La Création du monde, ballet
Interval
John Adams: Harmonielehre

The French baroque, jazz era Paris and 1980s America collide in this concert of music by Rebel, Milhaud and John Adams.

How do you make a new musical world? Well, begin by forgetting everything you thought you knew about French baroque music – as Jean-Féry Rebel did in his uproarious Les élémens. Give it a bit of a swing, like Milhaud did in La Création du monde – a genre-busting ballet from the cafés and dance-halls of Jazz-Age Paris. And then, perhaps, like John Adams, close your eyes and dream of a supertanker rocketing skywards out of San Francisco Bay. That's the astonishing vision that launches Adams' 'minimalist symphony' Harmonielehre: the glittering finish to a concert that might just change the very way you listen to music.