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Simon Rattle’s LSO directorial debut brilliantly captured in no-frills film

‘There are no visual gimmicks, no additional features, and not even the titles of the works in the programme are shown’

Freya Parr

Published: October 23, 2019 at 9:59 am

‘There are no visual gimmicks, no additional features, and not even the titles of the works in the programme are shown’

This is Rattle Works by Elgar, Knussen, Thomas Adès, Harrison Birtwistle and Helen Grime (DVD) Christian Tetzlaff (violin); LSO/Sir Simon Rattle LSO Live LSO3066 115 mins

Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.

Simon Rattle’s LSO directorial debut brilliantly captured in no-frills film

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