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LSO Season 2015/16 Advance Concert Listings Season 2015/16 Man of the Theatre GERGIEV CONDUCTS Highlights DRAMATIC BALLET SCORES Stravinsky and Bartók top the bill in ’s 2015/16 season with pivotal dramatic works to which the LSO’s Principal Conductor brings a wealth of theatrical experience. Pieces include The Firebird, The Rite of Spring and The Miraculous Mandarin. Page 8

Creative Geniuses SIR & PETER SELLARS Pelléas et Mélisande begins Sir Simon Rattle’s 2015/16 concerts with the LSO and, with director Peter Sellars on board following several critically acclaimed co-productions with Rattle in the past, this semi-staged performance of Debussy’s opera promises to cast an exciting new light. Page 4

Shakespeare 400 GIANANDREA NOSEDA & SIR JOHN ELIOT GARDINER MARK THIS SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY The Power of the Voice Celebrate one of the most iconic figures IMMERSIVE CHORAL WORKS in English literary history – a man who has inspired 400 years’ worth of music, The London Symphony Chorus, under the direction art, drama and culture. Gianandrea Noseda of Simon Halsey, continues to break new ground. and Sir John Eliot Gardiner conduct works Stand-out works of 2015/16 include Haydn’s inspired by all corners of his oeuvre – the The Seasons with Sir Simon Rattle, The Dream tragedies Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth, of Gerontius with highly-regarded Elgar interpreter comedy in A Midsummer Night’s Dream Sir Mark Elder, and a new community and and, from the history plays, Richard III. children’s opera by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Page 10 Page 6

2 WELCOME 3 CREATIVE GENIUSES Sat 9 & Sun 10 Jan 2016 Creative Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande (semi-staged performance) Sir Simon Rattle conductor Peter Sellars director Geniuses Wed 13 Jan 2016 Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin SIMON RATTLE AND PETER SELLARS Dutilleux L’arbre des songes Delage Four Hindu Poems PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE Dutilleux Métaboles Ravel Daphnis and Chloe – A collaboration between two of the boldest creative minds in theatre Suite No 2 and music forms the backbone of this series of concerts exploring works of Sir Simon Rattle conductor Leonidas Kavakos true creative genius. Thu 14 Apr 2016 Peter Sellars and Sir Simon Rattle delight in subverting expectations. Messiaen Take for example Debussy’s opera Pelléas et Mélisande. Where most see an Couleurs de la cité céleste evocative fairy-tale presented as a sensuous wash of sound and colour, Sellars Bruckner Symphony No 8 and Rattle see absolute clarity, hard-edged realism and modernity. Their critically Sir Simon Rattle conductor acclaimed 1993 production transposed Debussy’s timeless impressionistic Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano masterpiece into the present day, highlighting the darkness that lingers just below Sun 17 Apr 2016 Haydn The Seasons the surface of Debussy’s score. It is this ability to see and hear what no-one else does, (sung in German) and make it a tangible reality that characterises the genius of Rattle and Sellars. Sir Simon Rattle conductor ‘Rattle was absolutely on top of the piece, In 2015/16, Sellars and Rattle, both of whom have a long history of Sun 30 Jun 2016 directing with a Boulez-like tension and innovative productions at the Barbican, return to Pelléas for the first time Ives The Unanswered Question in over twenty years, in a new production that will undoubtedly cast an Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 severity, and the LSO playing was top notch.’ exciting new light on Debussy’s opera. Elsewhere in the series Sir Simon will Rachmaninov Symphony No 2 on Sir Simon Rattle with the LSO Sir Simon Rattle conductor interpret scores of incredible genius and sensitivity with highlights including piano Henri Dutilleux’s exalted L’arbre des songes (Tree of Dreams), Haydn’s The Seasons, and Charles Ives’ seminal work The Unanswered Question.

4 CREATIVE GENIUSES Full listings and booking information pages 12 to 20 5 ‘Simon Halsey had trained the chorus to a high incisiveness.’

The Sunday Times on Simon Halsey with the LSC

CHORAL SINGING DAYS THE POWER OF THE VOICE CONCERTS Sat 14 Nov 2015 Fri 6 Nov 2015 Sun 24 Apr 2016 Haydn The Seasons Bernstein Chichester Psalms Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Sat 23 Jan 2016 James Gaffigan conductor Sir Mark Elder conductor Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Sun 13 Dec 2015 Thu 12 May 2016 FROM ORATORIOS TO CHORAL Sun 6 Mar 2016 A Choral Christmas Beethoven SYMPHONIES AND COMMUNITY OPERA Beethoven Simon Halsey conductor Symphony No 9 (‘Choral’) Symphony No 9 (‘Choral’) Sun 20 Mar 2016 Michael Tilson Thomas conductor LSO Sing, the London Symphony Orchestra’s singing programme, devised Schumann Sun 26 Jun 2016 by Choral Director Simon Halsey, takes on an international flavour this year. Scenes from Goethe’s Faust Peter Maxwell Davies COMMUNITY Daniel Harding conductor new community and LSO Sing is supported by the The Chorus’ season begins in transatlantic style featuring Bernstein’s signature SINGING DAYS J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust Sun 17 Apr 2016 children’s opera soundworld in the Chichester Psalms, linking his US roots back to the UK; and the John S Cohen Foundation. Sun 4 Oct 2015 Haydn The Seasons Sir Simon Rattle conductor the Chichester Festival being the work’s commissioner. The opposite end of this A Taste of America LSO Discovery Choirs Why not consider adding your support (sung in German) and help us bring singing and music choral year brings a brand new opera by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies co-commissioned Sat 14 May 2016 Sir Simon Rattle conductor LSO Community Choir Guildhall School musicians to as many people as possible. by the LSO, and the Aix-en-Provence Festival. Jazzamatazz!! Email [email protected] The collaborative opera is the brain-child of Simon Halsey and Sir Simon for more information. Rattle: an opera for a mixed-ability chorus of children, teenagers and adults, and performed in three individually-crafted stagings in three concert halls in Berlin, London and Aix. It demonstrates the power of the voice to bring people of all ‘Since Halsey took backgrounds, ages and cultures together. over it has undergone In between, the LSC celebrates its 50th anniversary in Spring 2016 and The Power takes centre stage in Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, Haydn’s The Seasons, a spectacular Schumann’s Faust and Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony, all in under eight weeks. transformation.’ At LSO St Luke’s a programme of complementary LSO Singing Days offers a chance to sing the concert pieces, join a scratch choir for a day, meet Evening Standard on of the Voice other like-minded people, and enjoy a masterclass with Simon Halsey himself. Simon Halsey with the LSC

6 THE POWER OF THE VOICE Full listings and booking information pages 12 to 20 7 Valery Gergiev: Man of the Theatre

‘Gergiev is the eye at the centre of a musical storm, swooping and soaring on his podium … A true music treat.’ (Australia) on Gergiev with the LSO

GERGIEV EXPLORES PIVOTAL VALERY GERGIEV: MAN OF THE THEATRE BALLET SCORES Fri 9 Oct 2015 Bartók Dance Suite The past eight years have seen Valery Gergiev guide the LSO through a Bartók Piano Concerto No 2 wealth of repertoire. Highlights have included full cycles of the symphonies of Stravinsky The Firebird Prokofiev, Brahms, Szymanowski, Mahler and Tchaikovsky, as well as in-depth (complete ballet) explorations of the music of Berlioz, Shostakovich, Shchedrin and Dutilleux. Valery Gergiev conductor In addition to this, he leaves a legacy of over 20 LSO Live recordings of his Yefim Bronfman piano breathtaking Barbican Hall concerts. Sun 11 Oct 2015 Stravinsky Symphony in C major As a conductor Gergiev made his career in operatic and theatrical repertoire, Bartók Piano Concerto No 3 making his debut with the Kirov Opera in 1978. This close connection with the Stravinsky The Rite of Spring theatre has always remained; in 1988 he was appointed chief conductor and Valery Gergiev conductor artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre Company. In all his conducting work, Yefim Bronfman piano one can sense Gergiev’s keen eye and ear for drama and theatricality, developed Sun 18 Oct 2015 and honed over decades working with the world’s finest opera companies. Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin Stravinsky Chant du rossignol For the thrilling culmination of his tenure as LSO Principal Conductor, Bartók Concerto for Orchestra Valery Gergiev returns to his theatrical roots in a series of three concerts placing Valery Gergiev conductor the dramatic works of Stravinsky and Bartók side by side with their concert works. Highlights will include the complete ballet scores to Stravinsky’s The Firebird, and The Rite of Spring, and Bartók’s visceral The Miraculous Mandarin.

8 VALERY GERGIEV: MAN OF THE THEATRE Full listings and booking information pages 12 to 20 9 INSPIRING THE ARTS, FOUR CENTURIES ON …

‘…not of an age, but for all time.’

Ben Jonson, from the preface to Shakespeare’s ‘First Folio’

In our times William Shakespeare has taken on an almost legendary status. SHAKESPEARE 400 His dramatic writing is considered to be amongst the greatest ever conceived in Thu 16 Feb 2016 the English language, and it is continuously performed, studied, re-interpreted Mendelssohn and adapted throughout the world in countless contexts and situations. A Midsummer Night’s Dream His timeless comedies, romances and tragedies explore a vast array of human Sir John Eliot Gardiner emotion, and have provided inspiration for generations of writers and dramatists. conductor Shakespeare’s impact has spread far beyond its literary roots, and his Monteverdi Choir influence is represented in all facets of modern culture including painting, film, Thu 25 Feb 2016 Smetana Richard III dance, architecture and music. Generations of great composers have found Tchaikovsky inspiration in Shakespeare’s work, whether it is in the inherent musical flow Overture: Romeo and Juliet and pulse of his words, or the bold, dramatic trajectories his plays map out. Strauss Macbeth In this series of concerts marking 400 years since Shakespeare’s death, Gianandrea Noseda conductor the LSO will explore some of the greatest music inspired by his words. Sun 28 Feb 2016 Highlights include a performance of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Berlioz Romeo and Juliet – Suite conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, and two concerts with Gianandrea Noseda Gianandrea Noseda conductor featuring Tchaikovsky’s iconic Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture and a suite from Berlioz’s ‘symphonie dramatique’, Romeo and Juliet.

2016 marks the quatercentenary of Shakespeare’s death on 23 April 1616. To celebrate, 20 cultural institutions based in or around Greater London have come together in partnership with the London Shakespeare Centre at King’s College London to participate in this special season. Between January and September 2016, Shakespeare’s life and work will be celebrated through a wide range of performances, broadcasts, exhibitions and educational outreach underlining London’s pivotal role in the performance and public understanding of the works of Shakespeare. Full details on Shakespeare 400 will be announced in the New Year.

10 SHAKESPEARE 400 Full listings and booking information pages 12 to 20 11 DECEMBER 2015 Sun 17 Jan 2016 7pm Thu 25 Feb 2016 7.30pm Tchaikovsky Overture: The Tempest SHAKESPEARE 400 Sun 6 Dec 2015 7pm Elgar Cello Concerto Smetana Richard III Season 2015/16 Chopin Piano Concerto No 1 Dvorˇák Symphony No 7 Liszt Piano Concerto No 2 CONCERTS AT THE BARBICAN Bruckner Symphony No 4 Pablo Heras-Casado conductor Tchaikovsky Daniel Harding conductor Alisa Weilerstein cello Overture: Romeo and Juliet Strauss Macbeth OCTOBER 2015 NOVEMBER 2015 Maria João Pires piano Please note, Sunday evening Thu 21 Jan 2016 7.30pm Gianandrea Noseda conductor concerts now begin at 7pm Sun 13 Dec 2015 7pm Wagner Prelude to Act I from ‘Parsifal’ Simon Trpcˇeski piano throughout the season. Fri 9 Oct 2015 7.30pm Fri 6 Nov 2015 7.30pm LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS Berg Seven Early Songs Bartók Dance Suite Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs A CHORAL CHRISTMAS Mahler Symphony No 5 Sun 28 Feb 2016 7pm Bartók Piano Concerto No 2 Wynton Marsalis SEPTEMBER 2015 SHAKESPEARE 400 Stravinsky Violin Concerto (world premiere) Simon Halsey conductor François-Xavier Roth conductor The Firebird (complete ballet) Stravinsky London Symphony Chorus Camilla Tilling soprano Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 2 Tue 15 Sep 2015 7.30pm LSO Community Choir Berlioz Romeo and Juliet – Suite Valery Gergiev conductor Symphony in Three Movements Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 LSO Discovery Choirs Sun 24 Jan 2016 7pm Yefim Bronfman piano Bernstein Chichester Psalms Gianandrea Noseda conductor Bruckner Symphony No 7 James Gaffigan conductor Join Simon Halsey and all three of Webern Im Sommerwind Janine Jansen violin Bernard Haitink conductor Sun 11 Oct 2015 7pm Nicola Benedetti violin the LSO’s singing ensembles in this Berg Violin Concerto Murray Perahia piano London Symphony Chorus festive choral celebration of Christmas. Strauss Ein Heldenleben MARCH 2016 Stravinsky Symphony in C major Simon Halsey chorus director Bartók Piano Concerto No 3 François-Xavier Roth conductor Sun 20 Sep 2015 7pm Wed 16 Dec 2015 7.30pm Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Renaud Capuçon violin Wed 9 Mar 2016 7.30pm Schubert Symphony No 8 (‘Unfinished’) Thu 12 Nov 2015 7.30pm Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 LSO COMPOSER FOCUS Valery Gergiev conductor Mahler Symphony No 4 Bruckner Symphony No 9 Sun 31 Jan 2016 7pm THOMAS ADÈS Yefim Bronfman piano Beethoven Symphony No 5 Bernard Haitink conductor Strauss Death and Transfiguration Daniel Harding conductor Rachmaninov Thomas Adès Polaris Strauss Closing Scene from ‘Capriccio’ Anna Lucia Richter soprano Sun 18 Oct 2015 7pm Maria João Pires piano Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Brahms Violin Concerto Nikolaj Znaider conductor Respighi Roman Trilogy Thomas Adès Brahms Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin Wed 23 Sep 2015 7.30pm Soile Isokoski soprano JANUARY 2016 (Fountains of Rome – Pines of Rome – Thomas Adès Tevot Stravinsky Chant du rossignol Roman Festivals) Purcell arr Stucky Bartók Concerto for Orchestra Thomas Adès conductor Funeral Music for Queen Mary Thu 19 Nov 2015 7.30pm Sat 9 & Sun 10 Jan 2016 7pm Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Valery Gergiev conductor piano Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande Brahms Symphony No 1 Dvorˇák Symphony No 9 (semi-staged performance) Sun 13 Mar 2016 4pm, LSO St Luke’s Thu 29 Oct 2015 7.30pm (‘From the New World’) FEBRUARY 2016 Bernard Haitink conductor Sir Simon Rattle conductor LSO FUTURES PART I Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte Murray Perahia piano Manfred Honeck conductor Peter Sellars director Ravel Mother Goose (complete ballet) Darren Bloom Dr Glaser’s Experiment Hélène Grimaud piano Magdalena Kožená Mélisande Wed 3 Feb 2016 7.30pm John Adams Scheherazade.2 (world premiere) Christian Gerhaher Pelléas LSO STRING ENSEMBLE (UK premiere) Thomas Adès Chamber Symphony Thu 26 Nov 2015 7.30pm Gerald Finley Golaud Programme to include: Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No 1 John Adams conductor Bernarda Fink Genevieve Elgar Introduction and Allegro Leila Josefowicz violin LSO BRASS ENSEMBLE François-Xavier Roth conductor Franz-Josef Selig Arkel Vaughan Williams LSO Brass Ensemble LSO Chamber Orchestra London Symphony Chorus Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis Simon Halsey chorus director Britten Variations on a theme of Sun 13 Mar 2016 7pm, Barbican Produced by the LSO and Barbican Frank Bridge Part of LSO 2015/16 Season and Barbican Presents LSO FUTURES PART II Multi-buy and group discounts do not apply LSO String Ensemble to these concerts Roman Simovic director Ligeti Atmosphères Elizabeth Ogonek new work (world premiere, Panufnik commission) Wed 13 Jan 2016 7.30pm Tue 16 Feb 2016 7.30pm Berio Sinfonia Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin SHAKESPEARE 400 Dutilleux L’arbre des songes François-Xavier Roth conductor Mendelssohn Symphony No 1 Delage Four Hindu Poems Synergy Vocals Mendelssohn Dutilleux Métaboles LSO Futures is part of a celebration A Midsummer Night’s Dream Ravel Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No 2 of contemporary music, see page 17 Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor Sir Simon Rattle conductor for more information. Monteverdi Choir Leonidas Kavakos violin The LSO Panufnik Composing Scheme is supported by the Helen Hamlyn Trust

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Piano masterpieces by three of the Four special programmes inspired Sun 20 Mar 2016 7pm Thu 28 Apr 2016 7.30pm Thu 9 Jun 2016 7.30pm greatest eastern-European composers. by Shakespeare, marking the Four concerts of chamber and Butterworth A Shropshire Lad Schumann Dvorˇák Overture: Othello quatercentenery of the literary master. string orchestra works to complement Vaughan Williams Scenes from Goethe’s ‘Faust’ Bartók Violin Concerto No 1 the LSO’s spring Elgar concerts. A Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No 3) * Thu 8 Oct 2015 1pm Daniel Harding conductor Dvorˇák Symphony No 8 Ravel Concerto for the Left Hand Ingolf Wunder piano Thu 7 Jan 2016 1pm Christian Gerhaher Faust Debussy La mer Daniel Harding conductor Gould Piano Trio Thu 14 Apr 2016 1pm Christiane Karg Gretchen Lisa Batiashvili violin Programme to include: Alastair Miles Mephistopheles Sir Mark Elder conductor Thu 29 Oct 2015 1pm Elizabeth Watts soprano * Thu 14 Jan 2016 1pm Elgar Violin Sonata in E minor Andrew Staples Ariel Fri 10 Jun 2016 7.30pm Alice Sara Ott piano London Symphony Chorus Cedric Tiberghien piano Iestyn Davies counter-tenor Jennifer Pike violin LSO ARTIST PORTRAIT TBA piano Simon Halsey chorus director RECITAL Thu 5 Nov 2015 1pm Elizabeth Kenny lute MAY 2016 Sibelius Three Pieces (‘Kyllikki’); piano APRIL 2016 Thu 21 Jan 2016 1pm Thu 21 Apr 2016 1pm The Birch; The Spruce; The Forest Lake; Sun 8 May 2016 7pm Elgar Introduction and Allegro Song in the Forest; Spring Vision Thu 26 Nov 2015 1pm James Gilchrist tenor Sun 3 Apr 2016 7pm LSO ARTIST PORTRAIT Anna Tilbrook piano Vaughan Williams LEIF OVE ANDSNES Beethoven Piano Sonata No 18 Maria João Pires piano Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis Nielsen Overture: Masquerade in E-flat major (‘The Hunt’) Ashot Khachatourian piano Britten Variations on a theme of Sibelius Symphony No 3 Mozart Piano Concerto No 20 Thu 28 Jan 2016 1pm Frank Bridge Anders Hillborg Exquisite Corpse Bruckner Symphony No 3 Debussy La soirée dans Grenade from ‘Estampes’; BBC Singers Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Daniel Harding conductor LONDON RESOUNDING LSO String Ensemble Three Études: ‘Pour les arpèges David Hill conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano Roman Simovic director Alan Gilbert conductor composés’ – ‘Pour les huit doigts’ – Celebrating the wealth of chamber Joshua Bell violin ‘Pour les octaves’; Étude in A-flat music in the capital composed Thu 28 Apr 2016 1pm Thu 12 May 2016 7.30pm major from ‘Trois nouvelles études’ between 1600 and 1800. PAVEL HAAS QUARTET Thu 7 Apr 2016 7.30pm LSO ARTIST PORTRAIT Stravinsky Chopin Impromptu in A-flat major; LEIF OVE ANDSNES Three pieces for String Quartet Sibelius En Saga Nocturne in F Major; Ballad No 4 Thu 15 Oct 2015 1pm The multi-award winning Czech Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 2 Schumann Piano Concerto in F minor quartet returns with guests to Nielsen Symphony No 4 Beethoven Symphony No 9 (‘Choral’) Florilegium Elias Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes piano LSO St Luke’s for a residency. Ashley Solomon director Huw Watkins piano (‘The Inextinguishable’) Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Alan Gilbert conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano Sun 26 Jun 2016 7pm Thu 4 Feb 2016 1pm Daniil Trifonov piano London Symphony Chorus Thu 22 Oct 2015 1pm Thu 5 May 2016 1pm Peter Maxwell Davies Smetana String Quartet No 2 in D minor Simon Halsey chorus director Ronald Brautigam fortepiano Purcell Three Fantasias new community and children’s opera Smetana String Quartet No 1 in E minor Thu 14 Apr 2016 7.30pm Elgar String Quartet in E minor Berlioz Symphonie fantastique (‘From my life’) Messiaen Couleurs de la cité céleste Thu 19 May 2016 7.30pm Thu 12 Nov 2015 1pm Elias Quartet Sir Simon Rattle conductor Bruckner Symphony No 8 Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 1 LSO Discovery Choirs Fretwork Thu 11 Feb 2016 1pm Mahler Symphony No 6 Sir Simon Rattle conductor LSO Community Choir Shostakovich String Quartet No 10 Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Guildhall School musicians Thu 19 Nov 2015 1pm in A-flat major violin Musica ad Rhenum Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor Sun 17 Apr 2016 7pm Thu 30 Jun 2016 7.30pm Jed Wentz director Denis Kozhukhin piano Sun 29 May 2016 7pm Haydn The Seasons (sung in German) Ives The Unanswered Question Sir Simon Rattle conductor Beethoven Violin Concerto Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 Thu 18 Feb 2016 1pm Elgar Symphony No 2 Monika Eder soprano Rachmaninov Symphony No 2 Prokofiev String Quartet No 1 in B minor John Mark Ainsley tenor Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Sir Simon Rattle conductor Bartók String Quartet No 5 Florian Boesch baritone Nikolaj Znaider violin Krystian Zimerman piano London Symphony Chorus Thu 25 Feb 2016 1pm Simon Halsey chorus director Schubert String Quintet in C major cello 14 LISTINGS Box Office 020 7638 8891 | lso.co.uk 15 LSO Discovery AT LSO ST LUKE’S AND BARBICAN

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Sat 14 Nov 2015 11am–4.30pm, Sun 4 Oct 2015 10.30am–4.30pm, Sun 11 Oct 2015 10am–5.30pm, Sun 8 Nov 2015 2.30pm, Barbican Fri 4 Sep; 2, 30 Oct; 13 Nov 2015 LSO St Luke’s LSO St Luke’s Barbican and LSO St Luke’s LSO DISCOVERY 12.30–1.15pm, LSO St Luke’s Haydn The Seasons A TASTE OF AMERICA STRAVINSKY AND DANCE FAMILY CONCERT: RHYTHM AND DANCE ALICE IN WONDERLAND Simon Halsey conductor David Lawrence conductor Witness the LSO rehearse ballet Rachel Leach presenter Paul Rissmann presenter accompanied by piano Ghislaine Morgan vocal coach scores by Stravinsky in the morning, Music inspired by the rhythms and Includes vocal works by some of followed by and melodies of traditional songs and Sat 23 Jan 2016 11am–4.30pm, America’s greatest composers such discussion in the afternoon. Sun 7 Feb 2016 2.30pm, Barbican dances from Europe and Russia. LSO St Luke’s as Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, LSO DISCOVERY FAMILY CONCERT Elgar The Dream of Gerontius and George Gershwin. Sun 24 Jan 2016 10am–5.30pm, Fri 29 Jan; 12 Feb; 4 Mar 2016 Barbican and LSO St Luke’s Simon Halsey conductor 12.30–1.15pm, LSO St Luke’s Sun 12 Jun 2016 2.30pm, Barbican accompanied by piano Sat 14 May 2016 10.30am–4.30pm, AFTER ROMANTICISM TEXTURE AND LIGHT LSO DISCOVERY LSO St Luke’s Join conductor François-Xavier Roth FAMILY CONCERT Rachel Leach presenter Sun 6 Mar 2016 11am–4.30pm, JAZZAMATAZZ! in a morning Barbican rehearsal, How composers reflected the French LSO St Luke’s David Lawrence conductor followed by an afternoon at LSO St Luke’s exploring the Thu 16 Jun 2016 7.30pm, Barbican Impressionist art movement Beethoven A day of singing great vocal post-Romantic idea of a hero, LSO DISCOVERY Symphony No 9 (‘Choral’) jazz arrangements of songs like with chamber music and talks. RITES OF PASSAGE Fri 26 Feb 2016 12.30–1.15pm, Blue Skies, It don’t mean a thing if Simon Halsey conductor Witness the electrifying results LSO St Luke’s it ain’t got that swing, Just the accompanied by piano Sun 28 Feb 2016 10am–5.30pm, when an orchestra founded at SHAKESPEARE 400 SPECIAL way you look tonight and others. Barbican and LSO St Luke’s the beginning of the 20th century You’ll be joined in the afternoon by Rachel Leach presenter meets young musicians born at a jazz trio who will lift your spirits BERLIOZ AND SHAKESPEARE the beginning of the 21st. Music and words to celebrate even further. The day will culminate A morning watching Gianandrea Shakespeare’s 400th birthday. LSO Futures brings four days in an informal performance. Noseda guiding the LSO through of contemporary music presented Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliet suite at Fri 13 May; 3, 24 Jun; 1 Jul on every scale at the Barbican the Barbican, with afternoon chamber 12.30–1.15pm, LSO St Luke’s and LSO St Luke’s. As well as music and more at LSO St Luke’s. an evening Barbican concert, BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY there will be chamber concerts, Sun 17 Apr 2016 10am–5.30pm, Rachel Leach presenter informal events and a full day LSO Choral and Community Singing Days provide an exciting Barbican and LSO St Luke’s Music inspired by the English country- of workshops showcasing opportunity to get to grips with many styles of choral works. side before and during World War I. new orchestral music-making. Led by experienced choral conductors, the day comprises morning HAYDN THE SEASONS and afternoon workshops followed by an informal performance. One of Haydn’s best-loved choral Fri 11 Mar 2016 Please note, some sight-singing ability is required for all Choral Singing works is rehearsed in the morning Tickets to LSO Discovery Friday 10am–1pm & 2–6pm, Days. Community Singing Days are open to singers of all abilities. with Sir Simon Rattle, the LSO and the Lunchtime Concerts are free, LSO St Luke’s LSO Sing is supported by the J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust and London Symphony Chorus, followed just turn up on the day! PANUFNIK COMPOSERS the John S Cohen Foundation. by an afternoon’s exploration of WORKSHOP the seasons in art and music. Free entry, booking essential The Panufnik Composers Scheme is supported by the Helen Hamlyn Trust

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