{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Pre-Concert Talk: Esa-Pekka Salonen and John Florance","description":"The Philharmonia Orchestra\u2019s Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor, Esa-Pekka Salonen, chats with journalist John Florance ahead of a concert of Mahler\u2019s 1st Symphony and Beethoven\u2019s 2nd Piano Concerto at De Montfort Hall in Leicester on 10 April 2018. Topics cover Gustav Mahler and Jean Sibelius\u2019s famous encounter in Finland and their differing opinions of what a symphony should contain, the power of provocation in music, and Esa-Pekka Salonen\u2019s own struggle to balance composing, conducting and life. This concert repeats in London at Southbank Centre\u2019s Royal Festival Hall on Thursday 12 April 2018 at 7:30pm. Book here: https:\/\/www.philharmonia.co.uk\/concerts\/1752 Please note: Audience questions have been edited out due to being inaudible on the recording - we cut straight to the panellist answers. ","author_name":"Philharmonia Orchestra Audio Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/philharmoniabackstage.libsyn.com\/webpage","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6473265\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/20349918"}