A Guide to Our Concerts & Events
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
A Guide to our Concerts & Events LISTINGS FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME DISCOVERY DAYS FAMILY CONCERTS MAIN SEASON CONCERTS HALF SIX FIX BBC RADIO 3 CONCERTS CONCERTS Immerse yourself in music, Enjoy the spectacle of a live Performances in the Barbican Concerts with the full Orchestra Friday recitals at our venue 45-minute performances history and ideas at these symphony orchestra with Hall featuring the full Orchestra, in the Barbican Hall lasting LSO St Luke’s, lasting just over by LSO and Guildhall School study days, which feature your family in these themed joined by our family of just over an hour to kick-start an hour. The concerts are curated musicians at LSO St Luke’s, the chance to sit in on a programmes, and get into the conductors, guest artists and, your evening. Hear from the by BBC Radio 3 and recorded with introductions from morning LSO rehearsal at the spirit with free activities and in selected concerts throughout conductor as they introduce for future broadcast, and link presenter Rachel Leach. Barbican, before an afternoon workshops in the Barbican the season, the London the music from the stage, to the repertoire and artists session with chamber music foyers beforehand. Suitable Symphony Chorus. LSO main delve deeper through digital featured in the Orchestra’s SINGING DAYS performances and talks. for 7 to 12-year-olds and season concerts usually start at programme notes, get a close- main season concerts. Get to grips with classic choral their families. 7pm or 7.30pm, with an interval. up view of the musicians on our works at these sessions, DISCOVERY SHOWCASES big screens, bring your drinks led by LSO Choral Director Discover new musical voices MORE … into the concert hall, and enjoy Simon Halsey. in showcases by composers For information about the relaxed atmosphere. taking part in the LSO’s Jerwood live-streamed concerts, PANUFNIK COMPOSERS Composer+ and Soundhub open rehearsals, relaxed WORKSHOP schemes, and watch as performances at LSO St Luke’s, Hear new orchestral works in promising young musicians and opportunities to take part progress, as composers on the from east London perform in community music-making Panufnik Composers Scheme alongside their LSO mentors. groups, visit lso.co.uk workshop their music with Olivier Stankiewicz (Principal Oboe) the LSO. Sarah Quinn (Second Violin) 16 Our Concerts lso.co.uk | 020 7638 8891 17 Create your Season Explorer Collections Unlock savings and benefits with just three or more concerts. Explore the themes, series and world-class artists appearing Our new Explorer Collections have been created to help you make throughout the season – for the very best value. We offer a the most of the season, giving you the most varied and in-depth number of different ways to save on your booking. Read on for experience, plus exclusive benefits, from everything the LSO has to offer. more information, or turn to page 27 for details of other offers. To receive a 20% discount and additional benefits, selectthree or more concerts from one collection – you can then add any further concerts from across the full season, and get the same or greater discount. See the table opposite for the discounts available. lso.co.uk/explorer WEEKEND WEEKDAY HALF SIX FIX Multibuy Concert Packages EXPLORER COLLECTION EXPLORER COLLECTION EXPLORER COLLECTION Sunday 13 September Tuesday 15 & Thursday 17 Early evening concerts, with Save up to 40% on your season by booking Tippett Piano Concerto September introductions from the conductor, Britten The Young Person’s Berg Wozzeck a relaxed atmosphere, and a three or more concerts at the same time. Guide to the Orchestra with Sir Simon Rattle close-up view of the musicians with Sir Simon Rattle & on our large screens. Peter Donohoe Wednesday 21 October There are two different types of multibuy package to choose Elgar Violin Concerto Wednesday 28 October from – Flexible and Explorer. Flexible packages allow you to make Sunday 1 November Brahms Symphony No 4 Varèse Ionisation & Arcana your choice from the full season, while Explorer packages give you Szymanowski Violin Concerto No 1 with Robin Ticciati & with François-Xavier Roth Duparc Songs Christian Tetzlaff additional discounts and benefits when you book three or more with Sir Antonio Pappano, Wednesday 11 November concerts from a series of curated collections. Christian Tetzlaff & Thursday 29 October Shostakovich Symphony No 13 Joyce DiDonato Varèse Arcana with Gianandrea Noseda Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Sunday 8 November with François-Xavier Roth Wednesday 27 January FLEXIBLE EXPLORER Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 3 Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances See page 44 for ticket prices Shostakovich Symphony No 13 Thursday 5 November with Marin Alsop with Gianandrea Noseda & Violin Concerto No 1 and further details. Explorer Shostakovich Vivace Allegro Moderato Collections Simon Trpčeski Zemlinsky Sinfonietta Wednesday 17 February lso.co.uk/multibuy with Susanna Mälkki & Varèse Intégrales Terms, conditions and exclusions apply. Any 12+ Any 8-11 Any 4-7 3+ concerts Sunday 6 December Christian Tetzlaff Bartók Violin Concerto No 2 See page 44. concerts concerts concerts from an Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 with François-Xavier Roth & from the full season from the full season from the full season Explorer Collection Hindemith Mathis der Maler – Thursday 21 January Isabelle Faust Discount on Tickets Symphony Barber, Weill, Gershwin & 40% 30% 20% 20% with Sir Simon Rattle & Copland Wednesday 17 March Krystian Zimerman with John Wilson & James Ehnes Rachmaninoff Symphony No 3 Free Pair of Wildcard Tickets Include a 3+ Explorer package to for a Half Six Fix concert or the ✓ ✓ with Sir Simon Rattle Conducting Competition Final unlock benefit Sunday 31 January Thursday 11 February Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No 5 Janáček Taras Bulba Thursday 8 April 20% Off ✓ Include a 3+ Explorer package to ✓ Ravel Boléro Debussy La mer Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 BBC Radio 3 Concerts unlock benefit with Elim Chan & Javier Perianes with Duncan Ward with Gianandrea Noseda 20% Off Include a 3+ Explorer package to LSO Live recordings ✓ unlock benefit ✓ Sunday 7 March Thursday 11 March Wednesday 26 May Sibelius The Tempest Francisco Coll Violin Concerto Sibelius Symphony No 5 Top-Up Discount Adès Totentanz Ravel La valse with Michael Tilson Thomas to use on any later ticket purchases 40% 30% 20% 20% with Thomas Adès with François-Xavier Roth & Patricia Kopatchinskaja Sunday 13 June Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Berlioz Lélio with François-Xavier Roth & Alice Sara Ott 18 Multibuy Concert Packages lso.co.uk | 020 7638 8891 19 September 2020 Season Highlight Sunday 13 September 7pm Friday 18 September 12.30pm Barbican LSO St Luke’s RATTLE LSO DISCOVERY SEASON OPENING FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT Mark-Anthony Turnage Last Song for Olly (world premiere)* Wednesday 23 September 7.30pm Tippett Piano Concerto Barbican Interval Thomas Adès Luxury Suite from RATTLE ‘Powder Her Face’ MELODIC REVOLUTIONS Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Ligeti Atmosphères Wagner Prelude from ‘Lohengrin’ Sir Simon Rattle conductor Webern Six Pieces Peter Donohoe piano Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from ‘Tristan and Isolde’ * LSO commission generously supported by Interval Susie Thomson Brahms Symphony No 2 Recorded for broadcast by Mezzo Sir Simon Rattle conductor Friday 25 September 1pm WOZ Christian Gerhaher (15 & 17 Sep) Part of Thomas Adès at 50 at the Barbican LSO St Luke’s BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT WOZ Friday 4 September 1pm Tuesday 15 September 7.30pm BRAHMS AND BEYOND LSO St Luke’s Thursday 17 September 7.30pm Barbican Brahms String Sextet No 1 in BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT B-flat major BRAHMS AND BEYOND RATTLE Webern Langsamer Satz WOZZECK Strauss Prelude to 'Capriccio' Brahms Horn Trio Strauss Andante for horn and piano Berg Wozzeck (concert performance) Quatuor Arod ZECK Korngold Much Ado About Nothing Adrien La Marca viola 15 & 17 September Sir Simon Rattle conductor Bruno Philippe cello ZECK Benjamin Gilmore violin Anja Kampe Marie with Sir Simon Rattle, LSO Music Director Alec Frank-Gemmill horn Christian Gerhaher Wozzeck Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 Daniel Grimwood piano Thomas Blondelle Drum Major Introduction by Paul Griffiths John Tomlinson Doctor Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 Peter Hoare Captain Sunday 27 September 11am–4.30pm Evan LeRoy Johnson Andres LSO St Luke’s Alexander Kiechle Apprentice In 1917 Alban Berg, a composer from tonality, melodies can Around this, Berg built a Tomasz Kumiga Apprentice LSO DISCOVERY and a soldier, started work on a move in all kinds of directions, classic three-part form. Anna Lapkovskaja Margret SINGING DAY: CARMINA BURANA Sunday 13 September 10am–5pm Graham Clark The Fool Accompanied by piano project that had been nagging harmonies shake us by their The first act establishes the Barbican & LSO St Luke’s Guildhall School Singers him: making an opera of Georg ignorance and waywardness. central relationships – or Simon Halsey conductor Büchner’s play of army life, Musically, as dramatically, this non-relationships – and ends LSO DISCOVERY Generously supported by the Wozzeck, in which a simple is a world without absolutes. with Marie’s succumbing to DISCOVERY DAY: Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne GREAT BRITISH COMPOSERS batman, much put upon, the irresistible. The second OF THE 20TH & 21ST CENTURIES suddenly explodes into violence. The action is straightforward: builds from the arousal of Büchner’s quick lines exposed a love triangle whose sides fail Wozzeck’s suspicions to their Attend a morning LSO rehearsal the rudiments of emotional to meet. The Drum Major is confirmation. The third is the conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, life, the tendons of frustration, thoroughly self-absorbed. His double catastrophe, for Marie followed by an afternoon of talks and chamber music, focusing on desperation, hopelessness, victim Marie is helpless in her and for Wozzeck, leaving their Britten, Tippett, Thomas Adès and and love.