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LSO Season 2015/16 Concert Guide From the An unrivalled family of artists The LSO is fortunate not only to be made up of the finest orchestral musicians – many of whom are artists in their own right – but to also work regularly with a renowned group of visiting international artists whose affection and respect concert hall … for the LSO is completely mutual. This season explores pivotal ballet 2014/15 to 2015/16 scores close to his heart, returns alongside pianists and Imogen Cooper, The LSO continues its pioneering concert series in London at the Barbican and around the world. Sir continues his exploration of Mendelssohn’s orchestral works, celebrates his 20th anniversary working with the LSO, SIR and Thomas Adès conduct their own works, and there will be new programmes from , Sir Antonio Pappano and Sir Mark Elder. Remembering World War I

November 2014 was a poignant moment for people across Britain as the poppies at the Tower of London BERNARD HAITINK became a symbol for nations remembering those whose lives were so changed by the outbreak of World War I. MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS The LSO is the only London orchestra still in existence today that was in existence then, being ten years old in 1914; we therefore mark centenary moments until 2018, a century after the war ended. Sally Beamish’s Equal Voices launched our four-year tribute with a work for full orchestra and chorus based on Sir Andrew Motion’s intense poetry that uses extracts from the memoirs of soldiers who fought. Our commemorations this season mark the Battle of the Somme, featuring works by English with World War I connections and Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand, written for pianist Paul Wittgenstein who lost his right arm in battle.

SALLY BEAMISH & SIR ANDREW MOTION

Opera in concert with Sir Simon Rattle

January 2015 saw two landmark performances by Sir Simon Rattle with the LSO, including a work he champions – Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri – which has paved the way for an exciting On Tour – Australia, , annual focus for the LSO’s designate in the next three years. In January 2016, Sir Simon unites with visionary director and beyond for two semi-staged performances of Debussy’s The LSO visited the four corners of the world in the 2014/15 season, Pelléas et Melisande. The two have crafted momentous and truly including its first visit to Australia in 30 years with Principal Conductor memorable performances over the years – including Pelléas previously Valery Gergiev and pianist Denis Matsuev. Also, in celebration of at the BBC Proms, in and elsewhere – and this LSO Principal Guest Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas’ 70th birthday, with the Barbican will be a highlight of the LSO’s 2015/16 season. the Orchestra embarked on an extensive tour of the United States,

LSO IN OPERA HOUSE alongside visits to many European cities and more. This season will see the Orchestra tour to Japan, with return visits to residencies in and , among extensive concerts across Europe.

2 LSO.CO.UK 3 … to your home THE DIGITAL ORCHESTRA LSO PLAY On 1 October 2013 the LSO launched an innovative online platform which enables the viewer to get inside the orchestra. Using high definition footage LSO PLAY: DISCOVER THE ORCHESTRA of LSO concerts recorded at the Barbican, users can choose from a variety of camera angles across the stage, seeing what it’s like to follow a conductor or zoom in on what a single section is playing, and dig deep into finding out 11,475,807 692,885 Explore the Orchestra from the inside CONDUCTOR CAMERA ANGLE more about the orchestra’s instruments and make-up. LSO Play won a and view the conductor as LSO players Webby Award and a Lovie Award in 2014 for its unique take on exploring YouTube Views Social Network Likes STRINGS WOODWIND BRASS PERCUSSION the orchestra, and is generously supported by Reignwood Group. Watch interviews, concert excerpts, Say Hello! on Facebook, do whilst learning more about the music Violins Flutes Horns Timpani season overviews, talks, Twitter and Google Plus of Berlioz and Ravel. Violas Piccolo Percussion DIGITAL THEATRE and much more Oboes Trombones Harps People across the globe can now access the full LSO concert experience Double Basses Cor Anglais Bass Trombone Piano in their living rooms on digitaltheatre.com. All performances are in HD Clarinets Tuba and are available through some SmartTVs, through the Digital Theatre E-flat Clarinet app on the Apple App Store, and through the Digital Theatre website. 554,873 Bassoons LSO LIVE 1m LSO Live has reached over a hundred releases in its fifteen-year history and many of them are available across multiple platforms including SACD, Mastered for iTunes, in ultra high-quality formats through specialist LSO Live Visits to LSO Play Bowers & Wilkins’ Society of Sound, on online MP3 stores such as Over one million downloads annually Dive into the orchestra and Amazon, and on streaming services such as Spotify. You can also and over a hundred albums of Live choose your seat explore the whole catalogue on the LSO Live App for iPad. in high definition sound

LSO Live 11,000 lsolive.lso.co.uk 20 LSO Play App play.lso.co.uk Downloads Hours Digital Theatre lso.co.uk/digitaltheatre Mastered for iTunes lso.co.uk/masteredforitunes Bowers & Wilkins Society of Sound iPad To watch on TV lso.co.uk/societyofsound Explore the entire LSO Live catalogue, Recent concerts available online read sleeve notes, and read and on SmartTV (Digital Theatre) Figures correct at time of going to press in June 2015 interviews with conductors or to watch via MezzoHD in Europe

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Main Season Concert in the Barbican Hall | Please note, Sunday evening concerts start at 7pm throughout the 2015/16 season

Thu 15 Oct 2015 1pm, LSO St Luke’s Thu 26 Nov 2015 1pm, LSO St Luke’s OCTOBER 2015 BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT NOVEMBER 2015 BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT LONDON RESOUNDING I CHOPIN, LISZT & BARTÓK IV

Sun 4 Oct 2015 10.30am–4.30pm, LSO St Luke’s Baroque chamber Florilegium celebrates Thu 5 Nov 2015 1pm, LSO St Luke’s Liszt Vallée d’Obermann; Gnomenreigen * the life of concert-promoter extraordinaire Thomas BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT Chopin Three Nocturnes Op 9; Two Nocturnes Op 27 † LSO COMMUNITY SINGING DAY Britton in works by Handel, Pepusch, Banister and others. Bartók Piano duet *† A TASTE OF AMERICA CHOPIN, LISZT & BARTÓK III Ashley director Maria João Pires†, Ashot Khachatourian* piano David Lawrence conductor Chopin Ballade No 1 in G minor; Fantasie in F minor Florilegium Bartók Suite In partnership with Maria João Pires’ Partitura Project supported by Ghislaine Morgan vocal coach Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, Belgium Liszt Après une lecture du Dante Includes works by some of America’s greatest Sun 18 Oct 2015 7pm piano composers such as , Thu 26 Nov 2015 7.30pm and , accompanied by piano. Bartók (complete ballet) Stravinsky Chant du rossignol LSO BRASS ENSEMBLE Fri 6 Nov 2015 7.30pm Bartók Concerto for Orchestra Original music and specially arranged works for Thu 8 Oct 2015 1pm, LSO St Luke’s Bernstein Prelude, and Riffs ten-piece brass, including a new commission by former Valery Gergiev conductor (world premiere) BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT LSO Soundhub Ayanna Witter-Johnson. CHOPIN, LISZT & BARTÓK I Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements Thu 22 Oct 2015 1pm, LSO St Luke’s Bernstein Chichester Psalms Bartók Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs Chopin Nocturne in E-flat major; Nocturne in B major BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT James Gaffigan conductor Liszt Mephisto Waltz No 1; Petrarch Sonnet No 104; LONDON RESOUNDING II violin Hexaméron Cramer Piano in E-flat major Op 43 No 3 chorus director Ingolf Wunder piano Clementi in D major Op 25 No 6 (12 NOV) Field Piano Sonata in E-flat major Op 1 No 1 Haydn Piano Sonata in E-flat major Hob XVI/52 Sat 14 Nov 2015 11am–4.30pm, LSO St Luke’s IMOGEN COOPER (23 SEP) Ronald Brautigam fortepiano LSO CHORAL SINGING DAY THE SEASONS SEPTEMBER 2015 Thu 29 Oct 2015 1pm, LSO St Luke’s Haydn The Seasons BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT accompanied by piano CHOPIN, LISZT & BARTÓK II Simon Halsey conductor Tue 15 Sep 2015 7.30pm Bartók Romanian Folk Dances Mozart No 24 Chopin Three Waltzes; Scherzo No 2 in B-flat minor Thu 19 Nov 2015 1pm, LSO St Luke’s Bruckner Symphony No 7 Liszt Six Consolations; Concert paraphrase BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT Bernard Haitink conductor on Verdi’s ‘’ LONDON RESOUNDING IV Murray Perahia piano Alice Sara Ott piano Haydn Trio in G major Hob XV/15 Clementi Sonata in C major Op 21 No 1 (‘La chasse’) Sun 20 Sep 2015 7pm Thu 29 Oct 2015 7.30pm J C Bach Sonata in C minor Op 17 No 2 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 Ravel pour une infante défunte Graf Grand Sonata in G major Mahler Symphony No 4 Ravel Mother Goose – Ballet Musica ad Rhenum NICOLA BENEDETTI (6 NOV) MARIA JOÃO PIRES (26 NOV, 6 & 16 DEC) Bernard Haitink conductor John Adams Scheherazade.2 (UK premiere) Murray Perahia piano John Adams conductor Sun 8 Nov 2015 2.30pm Thu 19 Nov 2015 7.30pm Anna Lucia Richter soprano Leila Josefowicz violin LSO DISCOVERY Janácˇek Jenu˚fa – Suite DECEMBER 2015 (9 & 11 OCT) 6pm LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists FAMILY CONCERT: Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Wed 23 Sep 2015 7.30pm Instrumental and chamber works by John Adams WONDERLAND Dvorˇák Symphony No 9 (‘From the New World’) Sun 6 Dec 2015 7pm Purcell arr Stucky Funeral Music for Queen Mary Fri 9 Oct 2015 7.30pm Ben Gernon conductor Manfred Honeck conductor Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1 Bartók Suite Fri 30 Oct 2015 6.30pm, LSO St Luke’s Paul Rissmann presenter Hélène Grimaud piano Chopin Piano Concerto No 1 Brahms Symphony No 1 Bruckner Symphony No 4 Bartók Piano Concerto No 2 LSO RUSH HOUR CONCERT LSO Discovery Bernard Haitink conductor Stravinsky (original ballet) LSO PERCUSSION: LSO commission generously supported by Queen Mary Daniel Harding conductor Imogen Cooper piano Maria João Pires piano Valery Gergiev conductor Steve Reich Clapping Music; Yefim Bronfman piano Music for Pieces of Wood; Sextet Thu 12 Nov 2015 1pm, LSO St Luke’s Sun 13 Dec 2015 7pm BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT Sun 11 Oct 2015 10am–5.30pm, Join the LSO Percussion Ensemble for a 45-minute rush hour concert featuring , , LONDON RESOUNDING III LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS Barbican and LSO St Luke’s A CHORAL CHRISTMAS bass drums, crotales, tam-tam, piano, synth and more. A celebration of the life of Tobias Hume, redoubtable LSO DISCOVERY DAY 17th-century soldier and viol-player, who died in 1645 Simon Halsey conductor STRAVINSKY AND DANCE in the Charterhouse in Smithfield. London Symphony Chorus Witness the LSO rehearse scores by Stravinsky LSO Community Fretwork in the morning, followed by and LSO Discovery Choirs discussion in the afternoon. Join Simon Halsey and all of the LSO’s singing ensembles Thu 12 Nov 2015 7.30pm in this festive choral celebration of Christmas. Sun 11 Oct 2015 7pm Beethoven Symphony No 5 Strauss Death and Transfiguration Stravinsky Symphony in C major Wed 16 Dec 2015 7.30pm Strauss Closing Scene from ‘’ Bartók Piano Concerto No 3 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 Nikolaj Znaider conductor Stravinsky Bruckner Symphony No 9 (four movement version) Soile Isokoski soprano Valery Gergiev conductor Daniel Harding conductor 6pm LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists Yefim Bronfman piano Maria João Pires piano MURRAY PERAHIA (15 & 20 SEP) LEILA JOSEFOWICZ (29 OCT) Songs by Strauss HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD (19 NOV) Supported by LSO Friends

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Sun 24 Jan 2016 10am–5.30pm, Thu 25 Feb 2016 1pm, LSO St Luke’s Barbican and LSO St Luke’s JANUARY 2016 FEBRUARY 2016 BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT MARCH 2016 LSO DISCOVERY DAY PAVEL HAAS RESIDENCY IV AFTER ROMANTICISM Sun 3 Jan 2016 7pm Wed 3 Feb 2016 7.30pm Schubert in C major D956 Sun 6 Mar 2016 11am–4.30pm, LSO St Luke’s Join conductor François-Xavier Roth in a morning NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA LSO STRING ENSEMBLE Danjulo Ishizaka LSO CHORAL SINGING DAY Barbican rehearsal, followed by an afternoon at Pavel Haas Quartet BEETHOVEN’S CHORAL SYMPHONY OF GREAT BRITAIN LSO St Luke’s exploring the post-Romantic idea of Elgar Introduction and Allegro Tchaikovsky Overture: the hero, with chamber music and talks. Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Beethoven Symphony No 9 (‘Choral’) Korngold Violin Concerto Britten Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge Thu 25 Feb 2016 7.30pm accompanied by piano Prokofiev Symphony No 5 Simon Halsey conductor Sun 24 Jan 2016 7pm Roman Simovic director Nicholas Collon conductor Webern Im Sommerwind LSO String Ensemble Smetana Richard III Tai Murray violin Berg Violin Concerto Liszt Piano Concerto No 2 Wed 9 Mar 2016 10am–6pm, LSO St Luke’s National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Tchaikovsky Overture: Strauss Thu 4 Feb 2016 1pm, LSO St Luke’s LSO FUTURES / GUILDHALL Strauss Macbeth François-Xavier Roth conductor BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT GETTING IT RIGHT? Thu 7 Jan 2016 1pm, LSO St Luke’s Renaud Capuçon violin PAVEL HAAS RESIDENCY I Gianandrea Noseda conductor NEW MUSIC AND DANCE CONFERENCE Simon Trpcˇeski piano BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT 5.30pm LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists Smetana String Quartet No 2 in D minor; Julian Anderson curator SHAKESPEARE 400 I Berg songs and chamber music String Quartet No 1 in E minor (‘From my life’) This one-day conference, the third in a series of Guildhall Schumann Excerpts from ‘Novelletten’ Pavel Haas Quartet ResearchWorks/LSO Getting it right? conferences, Korngold Much Ado About Nothing – Suite brings together leading figures and emerging artists Beethoven Piano Trio in D major (‘Ghost’) from the worlds of new music and dance to explore the Gould Piano Trio Sun 7 Feb 2016 2.30pm dynamic relationship between the two disciplines. LSO DISCOVERY FAMILY CONCERT Wed 9 Mar 2016 7.30pm Sat 9 & Sun 10 Jan 2016 7pm LSO COMPOSER FOCUS Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande (semi-staged performance) ALISA WEILERSTEIN (17 JAN) Thu 11 Feb 2016 1pm, LSO St Luke’s THOMAS ADÈS Sir Simon Rattle conductor Peter Sellars director Sun 17 Jan 2016 7pm BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT Thomas Adès Magdalena Kožená Mélisande Tchaikovsky Overture: PAVEL HAAS RESIDENCY II Brahms Violin Concerto Pelléas Elgar Cello Concerto Shostakovich String Quartet No 10 in A-flat major; Thomas Adès Brahms Gerald Finley Golaud Dvorˇák Symphony No 7 Piano Quintet in G minor Thomas Adès Genevieve Pablo Heras-Casado conductor Denis Kozhukin piano Thomas Adès conductor Franz-Josef Selig Arkel Alisa Weilerstein cello Pavel Haas Quartet Anne-Sophie Mutter violin London Symphony Chorus 5.30pm LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists Simon Halsey chorus director RENAUD CAPUÇON (24 JAN) SIMON TRPCˇ ESKI (25 FEB) Chamber music by Dvorˇák Produced by the LSO and Barbican Part of LSO 2015/16 Season and Barbican Presents Thu 28 Jan 2016 1pm, LSO St Luke’s Sun 28 Feb 2016 10am–5pm, Multi-buy and group discounts do not apply to these concerts Thu 21 Jan 2016 1pm, LSO St Luke’s BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT Barbican and LSO St Luke’s BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT SHAKESPEARE 400 IV LSO DISCOVERY DAY Wed 13 Jan 2016 7.30pm SHAKESPEARE 400 III Kodály An Ode for Music BERLIOZ AND SHAKESPEARE Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin Arne Where the Bee sucks; When daisies pied Giles Swayne Three Shakespeare Songs A morning watching Gianandrea Noseda guiding the LSO Dutilleux L’arbre des songes Haydn She never told her love Wood Full fathom five; It was a lover and his lass through Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliet suite at the Barbican, Delage Four Hindu Poems Schubert An Silvia; Ständchen Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Four Shakespeare Songs with afternoon chamber music and more at LSO St Luke’s. Dutilleux Métaboles Wolf Bottom’s dream Cecilia McDowall When time is broke (world premiere) Ravel Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No 2 Vaughan Williams Orpheus with his lute Paul Mealor Let Fall the Windows of Mine Eyes Sun 28 Feb 2016 7pm ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER (9 MAR) Sir Simon Rattle conductor Quilter Fear no more the heat of the sun; Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs violin Under the Greenwood tree David Hill director Fri 11 Mar 2016 10am–1pm & 2–6pm, LSO St Luke’s Susan Gritton soprano Warlock Take, O take, those lips away Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 2 BBC Singers LSO FUTURES Tippett Three songs for Ariel Berlioz Romeo and Juliet – Suite PANUFNIK COMPOSERS WORKSHOP Dring The Cuckoo; Take, O take, those lips away; Gianandrea Noseda conductor Sun 31 Jan 2016 7pm François-Xavier Roth conductor It was a lover and his lass Janine Jansen violin Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Featuring new works for orchestra by Patrick Giguere, James Gilchrist tenor 5.30pm LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists Anna Tilbrook piano Respighi Roman Trilogy (Fountains of Rome – Pines of SIR JOHN ELIOT GARDINER (16 FEB) Bethan Morgan-Williams, Deborah Pritchard, Rome – Roman Festivals) Songs based on Shakespeare texts Daniel Lewis Fardon, Daniel Moreira and Ewan Campbell. Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Tue 16 Feb 2016 7.30pm The Panufnik Composers Scheme is supported by the Helen Hamlyn Trust Thu 21 Jan 2016 7.30pm Alice Sara Ott piano Wagner Prelude to Act I from ‘’ Sun 13 Mar 2016 4pm, LSO St Luke’s Berg Seven Early Songs Mendelssohn Symphony No 1 Mahler Symphony No 5 Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream LSO FUTURES LEONIDAS KAVAKOS (13 JAN) AFTERNOON CONCERT François-Xavier Roth conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor Monteverdi Choir Darren Bloom Dr Glaser’s Experiment Thu 14 Jan 2016 1pm, LSO St Luke’s soprano (world premiere, LSO commission) BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT Thomas Adès Chamber Symphony Sat 23 Jan 2016 11am–4.30pm, LSO St Luke’s Thu 18 Feb 2016 1pm, LSO St Luke’s SHAKESPEARE 400 II Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No 1 LSO CHORAL SINGING DAY BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT 17th-century songs by Morley, Robert Jones, François-Xavier Roth conductor THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS PAVEL HAAS RESIDENCY III Banister and Purcell to texts by or inspired by Shakespeare, LSO Chamber Orchestra plus music by various composers for The Tempest. Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Prokofiev String Quartet No 1 in B minor LSO commission generously supported by the counter-tenor accompanied by piano Bartók String Quartet No 5 PRS for Music Foundation and The Britten-Pears Foundation. ALICE SARA OTT (31 JAN) JANINE JANSEN (28 FEB) Only LSO Futures multibuy discount applies to this concert Elizabeth Kenny lute Simon Halsey conductor Pavel Haas Quartet

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Sun 17 Apr 2016 7pm Fri 10 Jun 2016 7.30pm APRIL 2016 Haydn The Seasons (sung in German) MAY 2016 LSO ARTIST PORTRAIT Sir Simon Rattle conductor RECITAL Monika Eder soprano Thu 5 May 2016 1pm, LSO St Luke’s Sibelius Three Pieces (‘Kyllikki’); The Birch; Sun 3 Apr 2016 7pm tenor The Spruce; The Forest Lake; Song in the Forest; Nielsen Overture: Masquerade BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT Florian Boesch baritone ELGAR UP CLOSE IV Spring Vision Sibelius Symphony No 3 London Symphony Chorus Beethoven Piano Sonata No 18 in E-flat major (‘The Hunt’) Anders Hillborg Exquisite Corpse Simon Halsey chorus director Purcell Three Fantasias Debussy La soirée dans Grenade from ‘Estampes’; Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Elgar String Quartet in E minor Three Études: ‘Pour les arpèges composés’ – ‘ conductor Thu 21 Apr 2016 1pm, LSO St Luke’s Elias String Quartet Pour les huit doigts’ – ‘Pour les octaves’; Joshua Bell violin Étude in A-flat major from ‘Trois nouvelles études’ BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT Chopin Impromptu in A-flat major; Nocturne in F Major; 5.30pm LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists ELGAR UP CLOSE II Chamber music by Nielsen Ballad No 4 in F minor Elgar Introduction and Allegro ANTONIO PAPPANO (19 & 29 MAY) Leif Ove Andsnes piano Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Thu 7 Apr 2016 7.30pm Britten Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge Thu 19 May 2016 7.30pm Sun 12 Jun 2016 2.30pm ELIZABETH OGONEK (13 MAR) Sibelius Roman Simovic director Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 1 Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 2 LSO DISCOVERY LSO String Ensemble Mahler Symphony No 6 Sun 13 Mar 2016 7pm, Barbican Nielsen Symphony No 4 (‘The Inextinguishable’) FAMILY CONCERT Sir Antonio Pappano conductor LSO FUTURES Alan Gilbert conductor Sun 24 Apr 2016 7pm EVENING CONCERT Daniil Trifonov piano violin Thu 16 Jun 2016 7.30pm Elgar The Dream of Gerontius 6pm LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists Ligeti Atmosphères Supported by LSO Patrons LSO DISCOVERY Elizabeth Ogonek Sleep & Unremembrance Sir Mark Elder conductor Chamber music by Shostakovich ANNUAL LSO DISCOVERY SHOWCASE (world premiere, Panufnik commission) Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Allan Clayton tenor Witness the electrifying results when an orchestra Berio Sun 29 May 2016 7pm Gerald Finley bass founded at the beginning of the 20th century meets François-Xavier Roth conductor London Symphony Chorus Beethoven Violin Concerto young musicians born at the beginning of the 21st. Synergy Vocals Simon Halsey chorus director Elgar Symphony No 2 The Panufnik Composers Scheme is supported by the Helen Hamlyn Trust Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Sun 26 Jun 2016 7pm Only LSO Futures multibuy discount applies to this concert 5.30pm LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists A recital of English songs Nikolaj Znaider violin The Hogboon 5.30pm LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists (world premiere of a new children’s opera, LSO commission) Wed 16 Mar 2016 7.30pm Thu 28 Apr 2016 1pm, LSO St Luke’s Piano by Beethoven Berlioz LSO COMPOSER FOCUS (LSO and Guildhall musicians side by side) THOMAS ADÈS BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT ELIAS STRING QUARTET (5 MAY) ELGAR UP CLOSE III Sir Simon Rattle conductor Thomas Adès Guildhall School musicians Sun 8 May 2016 7pm JUNE 2016 Sibelius Violin Concerto Stravinsky Three Pieces for String Quartet LSO Discovery Choirs Franck Symphony in D minor Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor LSO ARTIST PORTRAIT London Symphony Chorus LEIF OVE ANDSNES Sun 5 Jun 2016 7pm Thomas Adès conductor Huw Watkins piano Simon Halsey chorus director violin Elias Quartet Mozart Piano Concerto No 20 Mahler Symphony No 2 (‘Resurrection’) Bruckner Symphony No 3 Daniel Harding conductor Thu 30 Jun 2016 7.30pm Sun 20 Mar 2016 7pm Thu 28 Apr 2016 7.30pm Daniel Harding conductor Miah Persson soprano Ives The Unanswered Question Leif Ove Andsnes piano Anna Larsson alto Schumann Scenes from Goethe’s ‘’ FRANÇOIS-XAVIER ROTH (21 & 24 JAN, 11 & 13 MAR) Butterworth A Shropshire Lad Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 Vaughan Williams London Symphony Chorus Rachmaninov Symphony No 2 Daniel Harding conductor Simon Halsey chorus director Thu 14 Apr 2016 1pm, LSO St Luke’s A Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No 3) * Thu 12 May 2016 7.30pm Christian Gerhaher Faust Sir Simon Rattle conductor Ravel Concerto for the Left Hand 5.30pm LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists Christiane Karg Gretchen BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT LSO ARTIST PORTRAIT piano Debussy Songs by Mahler and Wolf Christianne Stotijn Noth ELGAR UP CLOSE I LEIF OVE ANDSNES Alastair Miles Mephistopheles Elgar Sir Mark Elder conductor Schumann Piano Concerto Andrew Staples Ariel Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending for violin and piano Elizabeth Watts soprano * Beethoven Symphony No 9 (‘Choral’) London Symphony Chorus Cédric Tiberghien piano Elgar Sospiri Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Simon Halsey chorus director Jennifer Pike violin Leif Ove Andsnes piano Choir of Eltham College Peter Limonov piano Christine Rice mezzo-soprano Toby Spence tenor Neal Davies baritone Thu 14 Apr 2016 7.30pm London Symphony Chorus Messiaen Couleurs de la cité céleste Simon Halsey chorus director Bruckner Symphony No 8 Supported by Baker & McKenzie LLP Sir Simon Rattle conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano Sat 14 May 2016 10.30am–4.30pm, LSO St Luke’s (9 JUN)

LSO COMMUNITY SINGING DAY Sun 17 Apr 2016 10am–5.30pm, JAZZAMATAZZ! Thu 9 Jun 2016 7.30pm Barbican and LSO St Luke’s D v o rˇ á k Overture: Othello David Lawrence conductor LSO DISCOVERY DAY Bartók Violin Concerto No 1 THE SEASONS A day of singing great vocal arrangements of D v o rˇ á k Symphony No 8 songs like Blue Skies, It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got One of Haydn’s best-loved choral works is rehearsed in Daniel Harding conductor that swing, Just the way you look tonight and others. the morning with Sir Simon Rattle, the LSO and the Lisa Batiashvili violin You’ll be joined in the afternoon by a jazz trio who London Symphony Chorus, followed by an afternoon’s will lift your spirits even further. The day will culminate 6pm LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists CHRISTIANE KARG (20 MAR) exploration of the seasons in art and music. CÉDRIC TIBERGHIEN (28 APR) KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN (30 JUN) in an informal performance. Featuring D v o rˇ á k ’ s Wind Serenade

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London’s Symphony Orchestra Made up of players from across the globe THE THEATRE IS IN VALERY GERGIEV’S BLOOD

‘Everyone in the hall At the Mariinsky, like a true man of the theatre, Valery Gergiev controls all of the strings, was instantly transported juggling orchestra, singers, dancers, directors and even overseeing the construction of a new hall, Mariinsky II. to the Russian fair.’ But it’s not just that, after all his relationship with the writes LSO Principal Flute London Symphony Orchestra doesn’t rely on the Gareth Davies on visual aspects of opera or ballet – or does it? Valery Gergiev LSO Principal Flute Gareth Davies explains …

Plenty has been written about Gergiev’s often unconventional style Fri 9 Oct 2015 7.30pm of . Barely a concert review goes by without mention of the Bartók toothpick, fluttering fingers or his seemingly impossible to decipher Bartók Piano Concerto No 2 Stravinsky The Firebird gestures. It seems that despite the lack of dancers and lavish sets, the (original ballet) visual aspect of Gergiev’s style is often centre stage. I remember the very Valery Gergiev conductor first time we played Stravinsky’s . The piece begins in the hustle Yefim Bronfman piano and bustle of the fair – the strings and clarinets whizz around, the flutes shriek like Whitecross Street market traders. Valery practically ran through Sun 11 Oct 2015 7pm the violins, and in one punch of a gesture, shook the Leader’s Stravinsky Symphony in C major Bartók Piano Concerto No 3 hand, bowed and whipped around bringing his right hand crashing in for Stravinsky The Rite of Spring the . The house lights were still up. I wasn’t ready, but somehow Valery Gergiev conductor managed to make it just in time. Audience chatter was suddenly silenced, Yefim Bronfman piano the players were already on the edge of their seats, everyone in the hall was instantly transported to the Russian fair. It was breathless, it was Sun 18 Oct 2015 7pm exciting – it was theatre. Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin Stravinsky Chant du rossignol Performances of The Rite of Spring are so commonplace these days Bartók Concerto for Orchestra that critics often complain that they have become sanitised, they are too Valery Gergiev conductor perfect, they no longer sound like a struggle. However, one only has to see the look of violence in Gergiev’s eyes when he casts the upbeat at the start Sun 11 Oct 2015 10am–5.30pm, of the ‘Dance of the Young Girls’ to understand why his performance sounds Barbican and LSO St Luke’s like it does; the jerks and stabs of his shoulders punctuate the texture with LSO DISCOVERY DAY STRAVINSKY AND DANCE offbeat accents. He said to me once in an interview that there are times when Witness the LSO rehearse scores he is deliberately unclear to the players in his gestures; he likes to create by Stravinsky in the morning, tension and a sense of reinvention – certainly I don’t recall ever giving the followed by chamber music and same performance twice with him in charge. I think what he does is not only discussion in the afternoon. create a theatrical atmosphere of anticipation, danger and unpredictability for the audience, but also crucially and uniquely, for the Orchestra.

Gergiev: Gareth Davies has been LSO Principal Flute since 2000. Alongside playing with the LSO, Gareth writes regularly for BBC Music Magazine, Classic FM and his own blog, has written a book on a century of LSO touring – The Show Must Go On – and is a professor of flute at the .

GERGIEV ON LSO LIVE Man of the theatre Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Awarded Disc of the Year and Best Orchestra Recording by BBC Music Magazine in 2011, Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet is considered to be one of the most exceptional realisations of Shakespeare in music.

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16 GERGIEV: MAN OF THE THEATRE ~ LSO.CO.UK Main Season Concert FULL CONCERT LISTINGS PAGES 8 TO 13 ~ BOOKING DETAILS PAGE 55 17 AT THE BARBICAN Tue 15 Sep 2015 7.30pm Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 Bruckner Symphony No 7 Bernard Haitink conductor Murray Perahia piano

Sun 20 Sep 2015 7pm Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 Mahler Symphony No 4 Bernard Haitink conductor Murray Perahia piano Anna Lucia Richter soprano

Wed 23 Sep 2015 7.30pm Purcell arr Stucky Funeral Music for Queen Mary Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1 AT HOME & ABROAD Brahms Symphony No 1 Bernard Haitink conductor Whenever the LSO and conductor Bernard Haitink Imogen Cooper piano come together for a performance, the result is always a true musical partnership. BERNARD HAITINK CONDUCTING THE LSO IN JAPAN

Haitink is revered by audiences and critics worldwide, In 2015/16, it’s the great pianist Murray Perahia who the recipient of thunderous ovations and rapturous plaudits, teams up with Haitink, opening the LSO’s season together but this mesmerising chemistry is cherished perhaps most of with one of Mozart’s most striking piano concertos. all by the Orchestra itself. In the words of LSO Percussionist The core of the symphonic repertoire – Brahms, Bruckner David Jackson, ‘there’s a palpable fizz in the air’ whenever and Mahler – is explored in the three opening concerts, Haitink takes to the rostrum for the first rehearsal. before Haitink leads the LSO on a tour of Japan. For Sarah Quinn, LSO Sub-Principal Second Violin, Remembering the Orchestra’s last tour to East Asia who first worked with the conductor in 1995 as a member with Haitink in 2013, David recalls, ‘I’ve never seen him Bernard of the Youth Orchestra, Haitink was as smile so much. It was such a lovely trip. He said, ‘This is inspiring 20 years ago as he is today. ‘He’s the sort of man going to be the last time I go to the Far East with a big who doesn’t say a huge amount, but what he does makes orchestra’, but lo and behold, we get back to London a tremendous impact,’ she explains. ‘You always felt like and the reports come back that he’s had such a good time you had time and space to play everything, no matter that he’d quite like to do it again – which we are this year! Haitink how difficult it was … It was as if he could make time When that kind of information filters back to the players, stand still and everything was possible.’ that speaks volumes of how much he enjoys working David, meanwhile, cites the humility and ‘quiet authority’ with us, and how we love working with him.’ DAVID JACKSON (LSO PERCUSSION) that Haitink exercises each time he stands on the podium. ‘When he comes onto the stage, he says very little to the Fiona Dinsdale, LSO Marketing Manager JAPAN WITH HAITINK OTHER CONCERTS ON TOUR Orchestra, usually starts off with a very subtle joke … The LSO is grateful to Moore Group for its generous support of Mon 28 Sep to Mon 5 Oct 2015 Sun 27 Sep to Sun 4 Oct 2015 and you just feel safe. He’s very much a conductor who concerts in Japan this year. The Orchestra’s concerts around the Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 FINAL SYMPHONY II world offer further valuable opportunities for tour partnerships. invites you to play.’ Sarah agrees: ‘He walks onto the Mahler Symphony No 4 Alongside concerts with Contact [email protected] for more information. Bruckner Symphony No 7 Haitink during the LSO tour platform and it’s like a switch. He has complete control Purcell arr Stucky of Japan, the Orchestra also gives and complete authority over what he’s doing at all times’. HAITINK ON LSO LIVE Funeral Music for Queen Mary Bruckner Nos 4 & 9 audiences an opportunity to Over the last two decades, the relationship between Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 hear music recorded for the Brahms Symphony No 1 Final Fantasy video games and the Orchestra and conductor has grown steadily stronger, ‘It’s absolutely sensational … a really Bernard Haitink conductor from the Final Symphony album. with David praising the feeling of mutual respect, mature reading, by a very mature and a highly experienced and a 28 Sep , Tokyo Eckehard Stier conductor ‘something that’s earned over a long period of time’, completely relaxed conductor’ 30 Sep Muza Kawasaki Mischa Cheung piano that permeates each performance. ‘He seems to have a BBC Radio 3 CD Review Symphony Hall, Tokyo 27 Sep Osaka huge affection for the LSO and we love working with him,’ Audiophile Audition (US) 1 Oct NHK Hall, Tokyo 4 Oct Yokohama 3 Oct Concert Hall, Kyoto confirms Sarah. This propensity for forming musical Pizzicato (Luxembourg) 5 Oct Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo For more information on the LSO’s worldwide tours, see page 54 partnerships extends to soloists too – Maria João Pires, ‘This performance from last year with and , to name just a handful the London Symphony Orchestra on stupendous form seems to mark a pitch SARAH QUINN (LSO VIOLIN) of recent collaborators. For David, this is at the heart of of understanding and communication Haitink’s approach to music-making: ‘He surrounds himself which it wouldn’t be possible to surpass.’ with friends and has a good time – he just enjoys it’. BBC Music Magazine

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PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE

Sir Simon Rattle and Peter Sellars, who have worked together for over three decades, bring their joint dramatic chemistry to the Barbican. George Hall introduces Debussy’s only completed opera.

When two artists that are as sought after No discussion or arguments between characters THE STORY as Rattle and Sellars join forces, there can be whom I see at the mercy of life or destiny.’ no doubt as to the combined creative genius It is almost as if Debussy imagined Pelléas et The tale is set in the mythical land of that player and public alike are about to witness. Mélisande before he actually encountered it. Allemonde and begins as Prince Golaud, a Their landmark staged performances around He read Maeterlinck’s Pelléas around 1892 and widower and the grandson of the king, discovers the world – including the Bach St Matthew years later acknowledged, ‘The drama of Pelléas … a young woman weeping in the forest while he and St John Passions and previous productions contains far more humanity than those so-called is out hunting. Although her identity and story of Debussy’s dramatic Pelléas et Mélisande ‘real-life documents’ [and] suits my intentions remain shrouded in mystery, she reveals that her in the mid-1990s – have reached ‘legendary’ admirably … there is an evocative language whose name is Mélisande and agrees to accompany status as described by New York critic . sensitivity could be extended into music and into Golaud away from the forest. In January 2016, the pair once again re-visit the orchestral backcloth’. Maeterlinck agreed to Word is soon received that Mélisande and Debussy’s masterpiece at the Barbican along Debussy making a musical setting. It was complete Golaud have been married and the couple arrive with the combined forces of the London by 1895, but the Opéra-Comique in Paris took at the castle, where they encounter Golaud’s Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and a three years to accept it. Its eventual premiere in half-brother, Pelléas. Golaud is angered when star-studded cast of soloists. 1902 proved to be a landmark in French music. Mélisande loses her wedding ring in a well, Pelléas is one of the most original and and he sends her and Pelléas out to find it. THE WORK influential of its period. Its atmosphere is His bitterness grows as he begins to suspect that distinctive and indeed unique, a self-enclosed the couple, who are visibly drawn to each other, Debussy completed only one opera, but it was world where the characters often say one thing are falling in love. Golaud encourages his son, quickly recognised as a masterpiece and indeed when they mean quite another. This sense of Yniold, to spy on them, while warning Pelléas one of the great 20th-century works in the form. ambiguity is highlighted by Debussy’s complex that Mélisande is expecting a child. He took a long time, however, both to discover and subtle harmony and his delicate use of As Pelléas decides to leave the castle, the right subject and to compose the piece. orchestral colour throughout. Ironically, Golaud’s jealousy descends into violence: he Between 1890–93 Debussy worked on his Maeterlinck’s play has largely disappeared from questions Mélisande, accusing her of infidelity, first substantial attempt at an opera to a libretto view – as if Debussy, in providing its precise then seizes her by the hair and throws her to the on the Spanish medieval warlord El Cid, but he musical equivalent, had left no need for it to floor. She goes to meet Pelléas for the final time lost interest in its plot and grand operatic manner, continue to be performed. While we may regret and the couple declare their love for each other. eventually abandoning it. By this time he had that Debussy’s later operatic projects failed However, Golaud has been spying on them. discovered the plays of Maurice Maeterlinck, to reach completion, the one masterpiece The story ends in tragedy, with the deaths though before that he had a clear idea of the we have has proved to be one of opera’s of both Pelléas, killed by his half-brother, kind of opera he would rather: ‘The ideal would greatest achievements. and Mélisande, who gives birth prematurely be two associated dreams. No time, no place. and dies maintaining her innocence. No big scene. Music in opera is far too predominant. George Hall writes widely on classical music, including My idea is of a short libretto with mobile scenes. for , BBC Music Magazine and Opera.

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London Symphony Chorus Simon Halsey chorus director Sun 17 Apr 2016 7pm Produced by the LSO and Barbican Haydn The Seasons (sung in German) Part of LSO 2015/16 Season and Barbican Presents Multi-buy and group discounts do not apply Sir Simon Rattle conductor to these concerts Monika Eder soprano John Mark Ainsley tenor Perfect Partners Wed 13 Jan 2016 7.30pm Florian Boesch baritone Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin London Symphony Chorus Peter Sellars is someone I’ve known all my life as Debussy wanted, not in this block with the it has always had a bit of the ‘pirate ship’ about it, Dutilleux L’arbre des songes Simon Halsey chorus director Sir Simon Rattle has Delage Four Hindu Poems and is an astonishing force of nature: incredibly woodwinds all together but with them spread always going for broke. The point is that you been Principal Conductor Dutilleux Métaboles Sun 26 Jun 2016 7pm bright, extraordinarily eloquent, quite maddeningly around the strings – will be a different feeling have to go for it! What’s so interesting is that it’s of the Ravel Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No 2 Peter Maxwell Davies The Hogboon since 2002, and prior to certain of everything of which he’s certain. Our first and we’ll have to get used to the sounds coming reinvented itself yet I don’t think it’s lost all of that, Sir Simon Rattle conductor (world premiere, LSO commission) that was Music Director big project wasn’t until my mid-30s when we first from other places and blending in other ways. it’s an orchestra that can do just about anything. Leonidas Kavakos violin Berlioz Symphonie fantastique of the City of Birmingham Susan Gritton soprano (LSO and Guildhall musicians side by side) did Pelléas et Mélisande. On the first day, Peter It will be fascinating. There’s an extraordinary quality of freshness, Symphony Orchestra for arrived off a plane, met an entire company of The LSO is an extraordinary thing and I’ve which is very unusual, with an amazing ability 18 years. He was awarded Sir Simon Rattle conductor the by Her London Symphony Chorus people who told him their names – he didn’t write been listening to it all my life. I remember it as to just turn on the moment – working with an LSO Discovery Choirs Majesty the Queen in 2014 Thu 14 Apr 2016 7.30pm them down but remembered them – and he could being a rather unpredictable orchestra. We tend improvisatory conductor such as Valery Gergiev for his commitment to Guildhall School musicians Messiaen Couleurs de la cité céleste music and the arts. From still remember them three years later. He then to forget, now that it’s such an incredibly civilised has only made that more so. So you feel that the Bruckner Symphony No 8 September 2017 he will be did a two-hour talk on Pelléas without any notes and open orchestra, how much it’s changed, LSO can go anywhere with you. And you do feel Thu 30 Jun 2016 7.30pm Music Director of the LSO. Sir Simon Rattle conductor Ives The Unanswered Question and then rehearsed the first scene from full score, but it was always very good. Because of its history they’re a family. They look after each other. Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 on which he had written nothing. And that’s Peter! Rachmaninov Symphony No 2 The amount of knowledge and the amount of musical Sir Simon Rattle conductor understanding staggered all of us immediately. Krystian Zimerman piano Peter and I have worked on various projects over the years, the most moving being the recent two Bach Passions. Peter has a way of creating an atmosphere where everybody gives away parts of themselves that they thought were hidden or private, and he creates an atmosphere where egos are left outside the door – just simply working on ‘what does the music mean’. I remember at one point – an aria which is about death and loss – I couldn’t get what I needed from the players. Peter just wandered up to them quietly: ‘these notes – you’re giving me a healthy heartbeat. I don’t want a healthy heartbeat, I want a heartbeat that’s nearly extinct and that could at any moment’, and immediately the players brought something else to it. It was a total collaboration in every possible way and we decided that this is something we simply needed to do year after year. So, the LSO and I have three projects coming up with Peter, starting with us revisiting Pelléas et Mélisande. I don’t think the LSO will quite know what’s hit them in Pelléas because Peter will be involved with everything and they will find themselves doing things that they never imagined they would – or at least in an atmosphere that they’ve never had – these wonderful open musicians will love it! There’s such a mystery in Pelléas. The idea that the singers can be wandering through the orchestra – and that we will try to seat the orchestra

22 SIR SIMON RATTLE ~ LSO.CO.UK Main Season Concert FULL CONCERT LISTINGS PAGES 8 TO 13 ~ BOOKING DETAILS PAGE 55 23 BARBICAN CONCERTS FOUR CENTURIES OF GIANANDREA NOSEDA AND Tue 16 Feb 2016 7.30pm INSPIRING THE ARTS SIR JOHN ELIOT GARDINER PRESENT … SHAKESPEARE 400 Mendelssohn Symphony No 1 Mendelssohn In his preface to the first publication of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream First Folio in 1623, poet Ben Jonson made a prediction on the Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor Monteverdi Choir enduring legacy of Shakespeare’s works, proclaiming them as

‘… not of an age, but for all time’. Shakespeare Thu 25 Feb 2016 7.30pm This turned out to be an accurate prediction – in our time William SHAKESPEARE 400 Shakespeare has elevated in popularity and reputation, becoming a Smetana Richard III Liszt Piano Concerto No 2 monumental figure in British literature. His dramatic writing is considered to be Tchaikovsky amongst the greatest ever conceived in the English language, and his works 400 Overture: Romeo and Juliet are continually performed, studied, re-interpreted and adapted the world over. Strauss Macbeth His iconic comedies, romances and tragedies manage to distil the very Gianandrea Noseda conductor Simon Trpcˇeski piano essence of the human condition – from the dizzying heights of passion, to the lowliest depths of despair – into profoundly lyrical and eloquent language. Sun 28 Feb 2016 7pm Shakespeare’s words have provided inspiration for generations of artists in SHAKESPEARE 400 every conceivable medium reaching far beyond its literary roots. From theatre Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 2 and film to painting, sculpture and music, his influence has affected all facets Berlioz Romeo and Juliet – Suite of modern culture. This enduring appeal can be put down to the universal Gianandrea Noseda conductor nature of the subject matters that Shakespeare confronts – love, loss, power, Janine Jansen violin ambition and greed are all timeless, and instantly accessible to anyone. 5.30pm LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists This unique quality makes his stories inherently relatable and incredibly Songs based on Shakespeare texts adaptable; they hold just as much relevance now as they did 400 years ago, GIANANDREA NOSEDA transposing seamlessly from period settings to modern-day adaptations. ON THE LITERARY MASTER LSO ST LUKE’S EVENTS In music, Shakespeare’s influence has been profound, inspiring many great composers to write their finest works. , a particularly ardent Every Thursday from 7 Jan 2016 and committed admirer of Shakespeare, once described his influence as ‘Shakespeare is one of history’s greatest story tellers. to 28 Jan 2016 1pm ‘a sublime thunderclap, illuminating the most distant depths. I recognised true He produced masterpieces in which human emotions BBC RADIO 3 grandeur, true beauty, and dramatic truth’. In the world of opera Shakespeare’s and contradictions are depicted with merciless SHAKESPEARE 400 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS plays have proven particularly important, inspiring of well over precision and direct emotional involvement. 7 Jan Gould Piano Trio 400 separate works. It is easy to see why – the vividly drawn characters, The power and drama of his stories couldn’t be more 14 Jan Iestyn Davies (baritone) lyrical, pulse-driven language and bold, dramatic narrative trajectories engaging for composers who try to express these and Elizabeth Kenny (lute) translate perfectly from the theatre to the opera-house. emotions through their music. That’s why for example 21 Jan James Gilchrist (tenor) and Anna Tilbrook (piano) In a special series of concerts marking the quatercentenary of Macbeth’s obsession with power, the impossible love 28 Jan BBC Singers Shakespeare’s death in April 1616, the LSO will explore some of the of Romeo and Juliet and the madness of Richard III have greatest music inspired by his words. The series opens with Sir John inspired composers over the centuries and nurtured Sun 28 Feb 2016 10am–5pm, Eliot Gardiner conducting Mendelssohn’s incidental music to A Midsummer their imagination. As performers, our responsibility is Barbican and LSO St Luke’s Night’s Dream. Gianandrea Noseda will conduct two separate programmes; to create the same sense of wonder in our audience LSO DISCOVERY DAY the first features Tchaikovsky’s iconic Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture when they hear these works, as the master storyteller BERLIOZ AND SHAKESPEARE alongside Strauss’ Macbeth and Smetana’s Richard III. The season comes does when we read them.’ A morning watching Gianandrea to a climactic close with Berlioz’s monumental Romeo and Juliet Suite. Noseda guiding the LSO through Plus, throughout January 2016 our series of BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Gianandrea Noseda conducts Smetana’s Richard III and Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliet Suite at Concerts at LSO St Luke’s focuses on great chamber works inspired Strauss’ Macbeth on Thursday 25 February 2016; and Berlioz’s the Barbican, with afternoon chamber Romeo and Juliet – Suite on Sunday 28 February 2016 music and a talk at LSO St Luke’s. by Shakespeare, with ensembles including the Gould Piano Trio and the BBC Singers. NOSEDA ON LSO LIVE Fri 26 Feb 2016 12.30–1.15pm, Britten War LSO St Luke’s Financial Times FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT Benjamin Picard, LSO Marketing Co-ordinator Rondo (Germany) SHAKESPEARE 400 (3 max) Point de Vue (France) SPECIAL Best International Album of the Year Rachel Leach presenter 2012 Musical Toronto (Canada) Music and words to celebrate CD of the Week Sunday Times Shakespeare 400 is a cultural initiative across London in 2016. To celebrate, the 400th anniversary of cultural institutions based in and around Greater London have come together Shakespeare’s death. in partnership with the London Shakespeare Centre at King’s College London. From January to September a special season of connected performances, broadcasts, exhibitions and educational outreach events will underline London’s pivotal role in the performance and public understanding of the works of Shakespeare.

24 SHAKESPEARE 400 ~ LSO.CO.UK Main Season Concert FULL CONCERT LISTINGS PAGES 8 TO 13 ~ BOOKING DETAILS PAGE 55 25 Sun 6 Dec 2015 7pm 2010 Chopin Piano Concerto No 1 Bruckner Symphony No 4 Daniel Harding conductor Maria João Pires piano

Wed 16 Dec 2015 7.30pm Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 Bruckner Symphony No 9 (four movement version) Daniel Harding conductor Maria João Pires piano 2009 Supported by LSO Friends

Sun 20 Mar 2016 7pm Schumann 2006 Scenes from Goethe’s ‘Faust’ Daniel Harding conductor Christian Gerhaher Faust Christiane Karg Gretchen Christianne Stotijn Noth Alastair Miles Mephistopheles Andrew Staples Ariel London Symphony Chorus 20 years Simon Halsey chorus director Sun 8 May 2016 7pm 2014 Mozart Piano Concerto No 20 Bruckner Symphony No 3 Daniel Harding conductor DANIEL HARDING Leif Ove Andsnes piano with This season, LSO Principal Guest Conductor In the years since, Harding has taken the Orchestra Daniel Harding celebrates his twentieth through everything from 15th-century Jean-Philippe Sun 5 Jun 2016 7pm Rameau to 21st-century , and much Mahler Symphony No 2 anniversary of working with the Orchestra. beyond. He no longer has to prove the breadth of (‘Resurrection’) his talent, and this season sees him focus on core Daniel Harding conductor the LSO Miah Persson soprano Daniel Harding first stepped out to conduct the LSO works from the symphonic repertoire. Anna Larsson alto on 29 March 1995. He was 19 and charged with a single He begins in December with Bruckner, the Fourth and London Symphony Chorus piece slipped into the middle of a Mahler concert with the Ninth Symphonies, before the Third follows later in May. Simon Halsey chorus director Michael Tilson Thomas – the intricate Éclat by . And how do you prepare an audience for the solemn 5.30pm LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists ‘Daniel Harding is Within a year he was on his own, and far from easing expanse of these monumental works? With a display Songs by Mahler and Wolf himself into it his first full programme featured a pair of dazzling technique from two of the world’s leading very much a thinking of contemporary scores mixed with modern masters pianists, Maria João Pires and Leif Ove Andsnes, who will Thu 9 Jun 2016 7.30pm Britten and Bartók, the first of many musical challenges play concertos by Chopin, Beethoven and Mozart to set Dvorˇák Overture: Othello conductor. He takes a faced fearlessly throughout his career. these programmes in motion. Bartók Violin Concerto No 1 Dvorˇák Symphony No 8 Ten years, two tours and 18 performances later Harding held a full audience rapt and silent for over considered view of a Daniel Harding conductor he joined Michael Tilson Thomas again, but this time a minute as the final sounds of Mahler Symphony No 9 Lisa Batiashvili violin piece and he doesn’t to become LSO Principal Guest Conductor in 2006. expired into the back of the Barbican Hall in October 2014. 6pm LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists In June 2016 he returns to Mahler again with the Featuring Dvorˇák’s Wind Serenade do routine, both of which Second Symphony (‘The Resurrection’) for the second of two concerts with the London Symphony Chorus. DANIEL HARDING ON LSO LIVE are all to the good.’ Though he performs Schumann’s Scenes from Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Speranza and From the Wreckage Martin Kettle, The Guardian Goethe’s Faust in March 2016, Harding doesn’t need on Daniel Harding Daniel Harding London Symphony Orchestra to sell his soul to the devil to get what he wants – he LSO Live premiered has twenty years of experience here to draw on instead. From the So as this creative partnership enters its third decade, Wreckage in a Mark-Anthony Turnage series devoted we invite you to join us and hear Daniel Harding continue Speranza From the Wreckage to Turnage Daniel Harding to grow with the LSO in 2015/16. Håkan Hardenberger London Symphony Orchestra in 2013. Alongside the work, trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger performed Speranza, a work written for him by Turnage in 2005. Mark Parker, LSO Marketing Co-ordinator 2012

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Sun 8 May 2016 7pm Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes returns LSO ARTIST PORTRAIT LEIF OVE ANDSNES for his second featured series with Mozart Piano Concerto No 20 the LSO since his debut nearly two Bruckner Symphony No 3 Daniel Harding conductor decades ago. Leif Ove Andsnes piano

In 2001, the Norwegian pianist, then aged 30, joined the Orchestra and Michael Tilson Thomas Thu 12 May 2016 7.30pm for a successful series of concertos, recitals and LSO ARTIST PORTRAIT ‘I have no choice but to make music. LEIF OVE ANDSNES pre-concert talks. Andsnes’ relationship with the Schumann Piano Concerto Orchestra goes back further, to his debut in 1997, I love music so much, it is so much Beethoven Symphony No 9 (‘Choral’) when he performed Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Concerto under Tadaaki Otaka. He has made steady a part of me, that I just have to do it.’ Leif Ove Andsnes piano returns to the Orchestra with Sir John Eliot Gardiner Leif Ove Andsnes Christine Rice mezzo-soprano Tony Spence tenor (in 2006) and Sir Antonio Pappano (2009 and 2010), Neal Davies baritone securing his place as a loyal LSO collaborator. London Symphony Chorus What is it that keeps drawing the LSO and Simon Halsey chorus director Andsnes back together, almost 20 years on from Supported by Baker & McKenzie LLP their first encounter?

The answer may lie in ’s assertion that Andsnes is ‘one of the few who Fri 10 Jun 2016 7.30pm possess power and personality in equal measure’. LSO ARTIST PORTRAIT The LSO is fortunate to perform with outstanding LEIF OVE ANDSNES soloists as a matter of course but it is only when Sibelius Three Pieces (‘Kyllikki’); The Birch; The Spruce the quality of music-making is matched by an LSO Artist The Forest Lake; Song in the Forest; Spring Vision equally strong human bond that a long-term Beethoven relationship can flourish. Piano Sonata No 18 in E-flat major (‘The Hunt’) Debussy ‘I have no choice but to make music. I love La soirée dans Grenade; Three Études: music so much, it is so much a part of me, that I ‘Pour les arpèges composés’ – ‘Pour les huit doigts’ – just have to do it. I am driven by music from the Portrait ‘Pour les octaves’; Étude in A-flat major Chopin inside, and need the connection with it. And I want Impromptu in A-flat major; Nocturne in F Major to share it with others.’ Ballad No 4 in F minor Andsnes has gone on record eschewing It has amounted to over 60 concerts across more meaningful connection with music is something Leif Ove Andsnes piano the cult of celebrity musicians and inflated pay, than ten countries. Andsnes returns to Beethoven that has to be learned.’ LSO CONCERTS ON MEZZO noting that some of his happiest moments in his recital (10 June), with the Piano Sonata in E-flat. Andsnes is generally deeply thoughtful Sat 28 May 2016 7pm, Milton Court have been at festivals such as Risør (which he Andsnes has also taken a lead role in the about the next generation of musicians, regularly BARBICAN PRESENTS European broadcaster Mezzo films LSO concerts live LEIF OVE ANDSNES co-founded in 1991 and was Artistic Director of accompanying education project, Feel the Music, engaging with community and outreach activities, & FRIENDS – at the Barbican and relays them to the Continent. until 2010) where ‘we can only pay very small fees which takes Beethoven’s deafness as its jumping and in this sense he is an excellent fit for the LSO, BRAHMS QUARTETS [but] all participants return happily every time … off point and invites children with hearing disabilities especially as LSO Discovery celebrated its 25th Brahms Bringing the London Symphony Orchestra’s Szymanowski and Brahms with Valery Gergiev, the atmosphere is intimate and personal – to experience music using all of the senses. birthday in 2015. Piano Quartet No 1 in G major music to as wide an audience as possible is Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Simon Rattle and Piano Quartet No 2 in A major for example, we all come together for meals’. On his commitment to bringing access to music Devoted to music itself whilst revelling in at the heart of the partnership, and for both Michael Tilson Thomas with pianist . Piano Quartet No 3 in C minor The pianist’s most recent demonstration of ever wider, he comments: its capacity to forge meaningful relationships, Mezzo and the LSO it’s as much about providing In 2016, they will broadcast Leif Ove Andsnes’ Leif Ove Andsnes piano putting the music first is his Beethoven Journey ‘One can no longer take for granted that people and develop the minds of people of all ages; Christian Tetzlaff violin an experience as close to that of being in a performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto, which he started in 2012. This was Andsnes’ sing in church, in a choir, or with their children, it seems Leif Ove Andsnes and the LSO have Tabea Zimmerman viola concert hall as possible. Mezzo work with the best alongside other concerts throughout the year. Clemens Hagen cello personal challenge to play-conduct and record all or that music is an integral part of everyone’s life a lot in common. European producers and directors in their field. Produced by Barbican, not part of the LSO Season Beethoven’s five piano concertos with the Mahler in some form. It’s a shame when music is relegated Visit barbican.org.uk for details Over the past four seasons, Mezzo has broadcast On satellite and on cable in central Europe Chamber Orchestra, in all corners of the globe. to background noise trickling from speakers … Fabienne Morris, LSO Communications Manager concerts of Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Stravinsky, Visit mezzo.tv/en for details

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In this immersive piece, sound will NEW MUSIC AND DANCE Darren Bloom Dr Glaser’s Experiment A conference in collaboration (world premiere, LSO commission) the 20th century. travel around the ensemble encircling the audience, with Guildhall ResearchWorks Thomas Adès Chamber Symphony while new animations by Ignatz Johnson Higham Julian Anderson curator Schoenberg Chamber Symphony On Wednesday 9 March composers and choreo- subtly interpret the music. This one-day conference, the third François-Xavier Roth conductor graphers discuss the challenges and excitements of The Barbican evening concert showcases the full DARREN BLOOM LSO Chamber Orchestra in a series of Guildhall ResearchWorks/ collaboration. How do composers write for dance and LSO in a new commission by Elizabeth Ogonek. LSO Getting it right? conferences, LSO commission generously supported by the PRS for Music Foundation how do choreographers and dancers work with music? A former Panufnik Composer, she is known for her Described in The Times as ‘almost mystical … a genuine frisson’, brings together leading figures and and the Britten Pears Foundation emerging artists from the worlds Composer Julian Anderson curates this fascinating vivid and energetic writing and is a newly appointed Darren Bloom’s music is noted for its combination of ‘evocative of new music and dance to explore cross-artform conference. Mead Composer-in-Residence at the Chicago Symphony harmony’ and ‘raw power’. His works have been performed across the dynamic relationship between the two disciplines. Sun 13 Mar 2016 7pm, Barbican The LSO Discovery Panufnik Composers Scheme Orchestra. Ligeti’s Atmosphères evokes a sense of Europe and the US by many of today’s leading performers. LSO FUTURES enables emerging composers to experiment and timelessness through its dense clouds of sound. Darren studied with Edwin Roxburgh, Brian Elias and Sir Peter Fri 11 Mar 2016 10am–1pm & 2–6pm, EVENING CONCERT write for full orchestra, guided by eminent composer Finally the Orchestra is joined by Synergy Vocals to Maxwell Davies and is starting an AHRC funded PhD at the LSO St Luke’s Ligeti Atmosphères . Visit the public workshops on Friday perform Berio’s spectacular and multi-faceted Sinfonia supervised by Richard Causton. Elizabeth Ogonek LSO FUTURES 11 March to witness the dialogue between charismatic which harnesses the scale and drive of a traditional PANUFNIK COMPOSERS Sleep & Unremembrance WORKSHOP (world premiere, Panufnik commission) LSO Futures conductor François-Xavier Roth, LSO symphony, contemporary musical techniques, and voices Berio Sinfonia François-Xavier Roth conductor musicians and the composers as eight specially composed ancient and new, to speak to the modern world. London Symphony Orchestra François-Xavier Roth conductor pieces are performed and put under the microscope. ELIZABETH OGONEK Synergy Vocals Featuring new works for orchestra by François-Xavier Roth conducts two gripping concerts The Panufnik Composers Scheme Patrick Giguere, Bethan Morgan-Williams, is supported by the Helen Hamlyn Trust on Sunday 13 March, both featuring experiments with Judith Ackrill, Head of LSO Discovery Elizabeth Ogonek is a composer who strives to create music that is Deborah Pritchard, Daniel Lewis Fardon, Daniel Moreira and Ewan Campbell. symphonic form. The afternoon at LSO St Luke’s includes The LSO thanks those who generously support new commissions dramatic and colourful. Often inspired by text, her work explores by leading and emerging composers. There are more opportunities The Panufnik Composers Scheme Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony No 1, a single the transference of poetic imagery to music. She completed her is supported by the Helen Hamlyn Trust this year to become involved and support the next generation movement landmark of early 20th-century Western music. of talented young musicians. Contact [email protected] doctoral studies in July 2015 at the Guildhall School where she Thomas Adès’ Chamber Symphony, also in one movement, for more information. studied with Julian Anderson. In the 2015/16 season she is began as a concerto for basset-horn: jazz and tango LSO composition schemes are generously supported by Mead Composer-in-Residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. emerge, with instruments including an accordion and The Helen Hamlyn Trust, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The Hinrichsen Foundation and Susie Thomson. two percussionists.

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Wed 9 Mar 2016 7.30pm Thomas LSO COMPOSER FOCUS THOMAS ADÈS Thomas Adès Polaris Brahms Violin Concerto Thomas Ades Brahms Thomas Adès Tevot Adès Thomas Adès conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter violin

Wed 16 Mar 2016 7.30pm LSO COMPOSER FOCUS SPIRIT OF TODAY: COMPOSER FOCUS THOMAS ADÈS Thomas Adès Asyla In 2015/16 the LSO welcomes back magnetic pull Adès perceives between notes. Sibelius Violin Concerto Franck Symphony in D minor Thomas Adès, one of Britain’s most Brahms for baritone and orchestra is an ‘anti-homage’ to the composer – it focuses on Brahms’ distinctive Thomas Adès conductor innovative composers and conductors. Christian Tetzlaff violin compositional compulsions, often taking them to extreme and sometimes absurd logical conclusions. SPIRIT OF TODAY: On hearing Adès’ music, one is always struck by its Finally there is Tevot, a towering work of symphonic SEASON PREMIERES ability to occupy two seemingly disparate worlds, sounding magnitude compressed into a continuous 25-minute span. Thu 29 Oct 2015 7.30pm at once completely new, yet possessing a sense of Tevot guides the listener on a turbulent musical journey Ravel Pavane pour une familiarity. On one hand his compositional voice is the contrasting moments of extreme chaos and density with infante defunte ne plus ultra of , complex and entirely distinctive: sudden stasis and calm. The work comes to rest on what Ravel Mother Goose – Ballet chiming batteries of resonant percussion, stratospheric is in essence a simple A-major chord, no different to John Adams Scheherazade.2 (UK premiere) virtuoso filigree, hypnotic cycling and prismic, one you might find in a symphony by Mozart or Haydn. John Adams conductor geometrical harmonies are all typical Adèsian features. But this simple chord is approached in such a way that it Leila Josefowicz violin Beneath the fantastical surface-level activity though, there is made to resonate and glimmer with an unprecedented 6pm LSO Platforms: is always a distinct sense that we are already acquainted clarity and power, all the richer and more vivid for the Guildhall Artists with the sounds we are hearing, whether it is a brief monolithic symphonic journey Adès has led us through. Instrumental and chamber works by John Adams snatch of a Brahms symphony, a distorted tango or simply a basic sequence of intervals. In Adès’ hands these Fri 6 Nov 2015 7.30pm simple musical materials become masses of potential that Benjamin Picard, LSO Marketing Co-ordinator Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs project outwards into elusive, abstract with an Wynton Marsalis almost magnetic momentum. Violin Concerto (world premiere) Stravinsky Adès’ ability to seamlessly elide the new and the Symphony in Three Movements familiar is encapsulated perfectly in the concise, yet Bernstein Chichester Psalms sonically expansive four movement orchestral work James Gaffigan conductor Asyla. Right from the ritualistic tolling of the opening bars Nicola Benedetti violin London Symphony Chorus the composer breaks new ground – tuned cowbells and Simon Halsey chorus director a quarter-tone piano instantly transport the listener to a sparse, alien musical landscape. Suddenly though we are bought back to earth. Horns, in unison, intone a remarkably conventional sounding, almost Mahlerian theme possessing a sense of classical majesty and restraint. This dynamic continues over the course of Asyla’s four movements. Movement two takes the central ‘Adès makes you movement of Franck’s Symphony in D minor as its starting point, reducing the music to a skeletal outline. Movement hear things with three ‘Ecstasio’ evokes the hypnotic, throbbing techno rhythms of a London nightclub, whilst the final movement which you thought you provides a typical Adèsian aerial-view summation, intertwining the music of the previous three movements. were familiar as if they In other works Adès explores similarly captivating ideas. Polaris, the so-called ‘voyage for orchestra’, is inspired by the magnetic -star used by seafarers for were completely new.’ navigation. Its repetitive, meditative cycles possess an , The Guardian almost minimalist clarity, and explore the inherent

32 SPIRIT OF TODAY ~ LSO.CO.UK Main Season Concert FULL CONCERT LISTINGS PAGES 8 TO 13 ~ BOOKING DETAILS PAGE 55 33 LSO SING AT THE BARBICAN London Symphony Chorus CELEBRATING SINGING Fri 6 Nov 2015 7.30pm Sun 17 Apr 2016 7pm 150 FOR EVERYONE Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs Haydn The Seasons (sung in German) Wynton Marsalis Sir Simon Rattle conductor LSO Sing LSO Community LSO Discovery Violin Concerto (world premiere) Monika Eder soprano Choir Choirs An introduction to the LSO’s singing projects Stravinsky John Mark Ainsley tenor Symphony in Three Movements Florian Boesch baritone 110 65 Juniors and their major contribution to the work of the Bernstein Chichester Psalms London Symphony Chorus RELEASE YOUR MIND James Gaffigan conductor Simon Halsey chorus director London Symphony Orchestra. Nicola Benedetti violin THROUGH SONG London Symphony Chorus Sun 24 Apr 2016 7pm Simon Halsey chorus director Elgar The Dream of Gerontius

Sun 13 Dec 2015 7pm Sir Mark Elder conductor Alice Coote mezzo-soprano LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS Not only is music 45 Seniors Allan Clayton tenor A CHORAL CHRISTMAS Gerald Finley bass one of the fundamental Simon Halsey conductor London Symphony Chorus ways we bond with London Symphony Chorus Simon Halsey chorus director each other, it literally LSO Community Choir 5.30pm LSO Platforms: shapes our brains. LSO Discovery Choirs Guildhall Artists English songs recital Dr Oliver Sacks, Join Simon Halsey and all three of the LSO’s singing ensembles in this author of Musicophilia: Thu 12 May 2016 7.30pm festive choral celebration of Christmas. Tales of Music and the Brain LSO ARTIST PORTRAIT LEIF OVE ANDSNES 370 SINGERS Sun 20 Mar 2016 7pm Schumann Piano Concerto Schumann Beethoven Symphony No 9 (‘Choral’) Scenes from Goethe’s ‘Faust’ Michael Tilson Thomas conductor BRAIN. HEART. LUNGS. LSO SING INVOLVES 370 REGULAR SINGERS. LSO Sing is the London Symphony Orchestra’s singing programme Daniel Harding conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano Singing releases endorphins and oxytocin whilst Combined, they sing for over 300 hours every season, led by visionary Choral Director Simon Halsey. He leads a team of five Christian Gerhaher Faust London Symphony Chorus Christiane Karg Gretchen Simon Halsey chorus director offering a cognitive brain workout, it promotes healthy not including rehearsals with the LSO and concerts. conductors and three accompanists putting four choirs through their paces, Christianne Stotijn Noth hearts with energising aerobic exercise and it develops whilst behind the scenes a full-time Choral Projects Manager and the Alastair Miles Mephistopheles Supported by Baker & McKenzie LLP the lungs with synchronised breathing. 14 committed volunteers of the London Symphony Chorus Council are Andrew Staples Ariel London Symphony Chorus the energetic organisers for 370 singers rehearsing every week. Simon Halsey chorus director LSO Sing links naturally with what the London Symphony Orchestra itself Choir of Eltham College Sun 26 Jun 2016 7pm is doing, and is one of the strongest ways the Orchestra can make connections Peter Maxwell Davies with the people living on our doorstep. It gives singers their very first access to The Hogboon (world premiere) Berlioz Symphonie fantastique the LSO from the age of seven, and for some includes a life-time of singing up to Sir Simon Rattle conductor the age of 90. There are two age ranges in the LSO Discovery Choir for children Guildhall School musicians from the City, Hackney and Islington; the adult LSO Community Choir is specifically LSO Discovery Choirs for our neighbours living in EC1, while the large London Symphony Chorus is London Symphony Chorus Simon Halsey chorus director for experienced choral singers from all over London and the home counties. All the choirs perform on stage with the LSO at the Barbican, and with David Lawrence and Lucy Griffiths, Fotini Vergotis joined the important musicians from Hugh Masakela to Bobby McFerrin to Bernard conductors of the LSO Community LSO Community Choir in 2002 Haitink, creating high musical expectations and once-in-a-lifetime memories. LSO SING AT LSO ST LUKE’S Once a year all the singers squeeze on to the stage for a Christmas Choral and Discovery Choirs, rehearse every and has since also become a Celebration in which the audience joins in with traditional carols, raising the CHORAL SINGING DAYS COMMUNITY SINGING DAYS Monday at LSO St Luke’s … Community Ambassador for the LSO … roof of the Barbican this year with , harp and drum (13 December 2015). Sat 14 Nov 2015 11am–4.30pm Sun 4 Oct 2015 10.30am–4.30pm At the end of this season the LSO Discovery Choirs will perform a new opera THE SEASONS A TASTE OF AMERICA There’s a lot of soul in our choirs and a lot of energy. It’s very friendly and not intimidating, and the repertoire commissioned for them by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (26 June 2016). Haydn The Seasons David Lawrence conductor What makes the LSO’s community and children’s choirs is enticing, from folk to classical and everything in This year the London Symphony Chorus celebrates its 50th anniversary accompanied by piano Ghislaine Morgan vocal coach special is that you have to live or work locally to be in between. I feel at home here. It’s an important fixture in season in style performing five major choral works, ranging from Bernstein’s Simon Halsey conductor Includes vocal works by some of them. It really challenges people’s preconceptions my week and has offered amazing singing experiences. Chichester Psalms to Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, culminating in a trip to America’s greatest composers such Sat 23 Jan 2016 11am–4.30pm as Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland about music being elitist because this is all about Singing is catching and therapeutic for many of us. New York to sing the Verdi Requiem under Gianandrea Noseda in October 2016. and George Gershwin. THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS embracing everyone, whoever you are, whatever your I find it challenging, fulfilling and it’s enjoyable. The LSO And if you want to join in yourself, there are five Singing Days for all levels. standard. We specifically encourage people to come and Community Choir plays a pivotal role in the community You could be singing in a choir of 300 at LSO St Luke’s getting first-hand Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Sat 14 May 2016 10.30am–4.30pm accompanied by piano sing, not read music. This is about bringing people to us. around here and is a wonderful addition to people’s lives: experience and tips from the LSO Sing Choral team yourself. Imagine that! JAZZAMATAZZ! Simon Halsey conductor Our singers are participants in the LSO, through belonging we sing for elderly people at the day centre and in our David Lawrence conductor and being a part of the LSO family. And this is a family of local church at Christmas. Being an LSO Community Karen Cardy, LSO Marketing Director and LSO St Luke’s Centre Director Sun 6 Mar 2016 11am–4.30pm A day of singing great vocal jazz arrangements of songs like Blue Skies, musicians with very high expectations. Next year will be Ambassador too, I like to spread the word. I’m passionate ADD YOUR VOICE LSO Sing is generously supported by BEETHOVEN’S CHORAL It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that LSO Sing goes to the heart of communities. For supporting companies, Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement. extraordinary. We both know that it’s the quality of the about LSO St Luke’s and have recruited new singers SYMPHONY swing and others. You’ll be joined in it can build teamwork, enhance communications and develop leadership. LSO Discovery Choirs are generously Beethoven Symphony No 9 (‘Choral’) the afternoon by a jazz trio who will lift repertoire a choir sings that drives the standards up, and from my Citizen’s Advice Bureau, my tennis club, LSO Sing helps transform lives and delivers inspirational experiences for partners. supported by the Slaughter and May accompanied by piano your spirits even further. The day will Charitable Trust and the Sir Siegmund we are preparing our choirs for the Barbican stage and my neighbours and people on Whitecross Street. To find out more about supporting LSO Sing, contact [email protected]. Simon Halsey conductor culminate in an informal performance. Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement. Sir Simon Rattle. It doesn’t get any better than that! It has connected me to my community. lso.co.uk/lsosing

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In 2006 the LSC celebrated 40 years of singing with LSC at 50 the LSO, and Sir wrote to them: ‘Choral pieces are the highlight of what we do with the LSO, and we have such wonderful memories. Our first collaboration back in 1966 was Berlioz’s The Trojans, and CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE our recent work too has been wonderful. I’m very grateful. LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS 1976 INDEPENDENCE DAY 1989 BERNSTEIN Over the years I think I may have upset some of your chorus directors and even some of you, but I think you forgive me!’ The London Symphony Chorus was formed in 1966 to complement The Chorus split from the LSO and, to this day, Leonard Bernstein was a regular with the LSO at 2006 was a year of exceptional activity for the LSC, during which it the work of the London Symphony Orchestra, though the LSC also partners it remains a separate organisation run by a voluntary the Barbican and was its President from 1987–90. toured the US, , France and Germany, and performed throughout the other major and has worked internationally. The Chorus tours Council of singing members. was Alto Dee Home took part in a memorable performance UK with many distinguished conductors. The occasion was also marked extensively throughout Europe and has visited North America, Israel, appointed its Chorus Director and later recalled: and recording of his musical : by specially commissioned works. Australia and South East Asia. ‘When I first heard the Chorus the sound had ‘How privileged we were to record Candide and There are many CDs featuring the Chorus both on LSO Live and many an almost animal quality and I set about refining it. attend rehearsals where changes were still being made other labels. Recent LSO concert highlights have included Schumann’s One of my other key tasks was to find work for the Chorus. Independence to the score. We witnessed the arguments between Lennie and Adolph Green Das Paradies und die Peri, Verdi’s Rigoletto, the world premiere of Sir Peter allowed us to work with many other orchestras both from the UK and abroad, who had difficulty singing the words at the maestro’s speeds. Bernstein was Maxwell Davies’ Tenth Symphony, and Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust including the orchestras of the BBC, Berlin Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, in poor health and wouldn’t stop smoking, even on the Barbican stage.’ and Romeo and Juliet. Philharmonia and Philharmonic.’ Over the past 50 seasons the Chorus has worked with 158 living Here, long-standing members of the Chorus provide a brief insight Richard Hickox’s reign lasted from 1976–91 and in that time the Chorus composers, and continues to sing music by the top rank of international into 50 years of memorable choral music-making. performed in 366 concerts, 89 recordings, and learnt 176 choral works, choral composers, the latest being Eric Whitacre and David Lang. an achievement unmatched by any other of its chorus directors.

1966 BEGINNINGS 1983 TO RUSSIA WITH LOVE 1997 THE PRINCESS OF WALES 2012 SIR COLIN’S FINAL CONCERTS

In February 1966 the London Symphony Chorus International touring became a regular part of the From 1988–96, the LSC was honoured to have Diana, Sir Colin Davis conducted for over forty years was formed by LSO General Manager Ernest Fleischmann LSC schedule. Tenor Peter Sedgewick enjoyed an early Princess of Wales, as its Patron. Members of the Chorus from 1968–2012, and his final concerts with the LSO and Guildhall School Professor of Music . visit behind the Iron Curtain with the USSR State Symphony: were invited to attend her funeral at Westminster Abbey at St Paul’s Cathedral will linger long in the memory. John Marks, current LSC tenor, remembers: ‘When we arrived in Moscow I was taken aside by one in September 1997. Tenor David Leonard recalls of her: Current chairman and alto Lydia Frankenburg says: ‘In the beginning there was an upper age of 30 for of our allocated Russian guides and told that the Chorus ‘Her private visits to rehearsals were always happy ‘For this extraordinary performance of Berlioz’s women and 40 for men. Concert dress was black mini-skirts must stay together as a group at all times. I replied this and relaxed occasions when every member of the Requiem it seemed that every timpanist in London for the ladies and dinner jackets for the men! Some of the early members have was beyond my powers to achieve! There was a lot of rehearsal, partly because Chorus who wanted to had a chance to meet her. The Verdi Requiem was had been recruited. Sir Colin measured the acoustic with skill and precision, become famous in their fields of music: Alan Opie, Peter Skellern and Brian Wright.’ the USSR State Symphony Orchestra was playing Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius one of her favourite pieces, and an excerpt from it was sung at her funeral.’ clearing the famous St Paul’s echo between each phrase. During the break The Chorus quickly established a good reputation. During its first year it and Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast for the first time. I gave my Belshazzar score Six days after the funeral the LSC performed the Verdi Requiem at the some young singers gathered around him for photographs. Sir Colin’s eyes took part in major concerts and recordings conducted by Sir Colin Davis, to a Russian enthusiast in the audience who was desperate for a copy.’ BBC Proms with the LSO. The performance was scheduled to be conducted twinkled with delight.’ István Kertész, , and Sir . The LSC has toured extensively, visiting Europe, North America, Australia, by Sir Georg Solti, but he died a few days after the Princess, so it was Sir Colin had also conducted Berlioz’s Requiem for the LSO’s very first Israel and South East Asia among other places. conducted by Sir Colin Davis, and given as a memorial to both of them. concert in St Paul’s Cathedral as part of the City of London Festival in 1964.

1968 THE EARLY YEARS 2012 HALCYON DAYS WITH HALSEY

Bass Peter Avis remembers an early case of A new joint Choral Director of the London Symphony choral role-playing with : Orchestra and Chorus Director of the London Symphony ‘At one rehearsal, Previn took us through the music Chorus is appointed. Simon Halsey confesses to for our famous carol concert with . harbouring a soft spot for the LSC: He himself had composed some of the arrangements, ‘It’s a group that I hold dear as they were encouraging and one of them particularly amused us. It was Joy to to me as a student assistant to Richard Hickox in the the World and was set for men’s voices only. , Chorus Director early 1980s. To return as their Director and take a new post created to bring at the time, told us that we ought to sing it as if we were Canadian Mounties, choral work into the heart of the LSO and the LSO Discovery programme was with our arms linked together. When we had sung it through, Previn exclaimed, a dream come true.’ ‘Did I really write that?’.’ LSO Sing is the Orchestra’s singing programme devised by Simon Halsey André Previn was Principal Conductor of the LSO from 1968–79, and is a to encourage everyone in the City of London to sing. This year he was awarded Vice-President of the LSC. His classic choral recordings with the LSC include Orff’s The Queen’s Medal for Music, for services to choral singing. , Britten’s ‘Spring’ Symphony and Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast.

36 LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS ~ LSO.CO.UK FULL CONCERT LISTINGS PAGES 8 TO 13 ~ BOOKING DETAILS PAGE 55 37 BARBICAN CONCERTS Wed 3 Feb 2016 7.30pm LSO STRING ENSEMBLE Elgar Introduction and Allegro Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis Britten Variations on a theme of Elgar, Elder Frank Bridge Roman Simovic director LSO String Ensemble

Sun 24 Apr 2016 7pm Elgar The Dream of Gerontius & Sir Mark Elder conductor Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Allan Clayton tenor Gerald Finley bass London Symphony Chorus LSO IN WARTIME: Simon Halsey chorus director 5.30pm LSO Platforms: A MUSICAL COMMEMORATION Guildhall Artists A recital of English songs

Thu 28 Apr 2016 7.30pm Sir Mark Elder has been a lifelong champion of English music, with a special affinity Butterworth A Shropshire Lad reserved for Elgar. His season with the LSO this year includes a performance of one Vaughan Williams A Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No 3) * of Elgar’s most enduring works, the monumental oratorio The Dream of Gerontius. Ravel Concerto for the Left Hand Debussy La mer Sir Mark Elder conductor Elgar’s oratorio The Dream of Gerontius can hyperbole to say that Elder has ‘lived’ British Elizabeth Watts soprano * be considered a pivotal work in a number of ways. music his entire career – more than any other Cedric Tiberghien piano For the composer it marked an important milestone conductor of his generation he has done his LSO ST LUKE’S in his career, reinforcing the previous success of utmost to champion English music of the early LUNCHTIME EVENTS his first major breakthrough, the . 20th century, in both the concert hall and on record. Every Thu from Despite a disastrously under-prepared first A lifelong affinity with Elgar’s music, coupled 14 Apr 2016 to 5 May 2016 1pm performance at the 1900 Birmingham Festival, with substantial operatic experience with the BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS Gerontius was generally very well received by critics, and at Bayreuth, has many of whom recognised the genius and potential given Sir Mark an instinctive understanding of the Four concerts focusing on some of Elgar’s best loved chamber works. of Elgar’s score beyond its imperfect realisation. intricacies of Elgar’s oratorios. His interpretations 14 Apr Jennifer Pike (violin) Importantly, the work was greatly admired by a of Gerontius benefit from a spontaneous sense and Peter Limonov (piano) number of German critics, marking the important of pacing and drama, a keen ear for long-term 21 Apr LSO String Ensemble first step towards the acceptance of English narrative, and an ability to pay homage to the 28 Apr Elias String Quartet with Huw Watkins (piano) repertoire in mainland Europe, and the beginnings works’ undeniably Wagnerian roots whilst retaining 5 May Elias String Quartet of an international voice for English composers. the distinctive English ‘accent’ of the music. For the British choral tradition, Gerontius proved The Dream of Gerontius is performed by the Fri 13 May; 3, 24 Jun; 1 Jul 2016 to be a significant new contribution. For many years LSO and Sir Mark Elder in 2016 as part of a wider 12.30–1.15pm FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERTS the tradition centred around a handful of imported celebration of British music of the early 20th BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY choral masterworks: Handel’s , Haydn’s century, and the commemoration of World War I. Music inspired by the English The Creation and Mendelssohn’s Elijah. Elgar’s Highlights include performances of Butterworth’s countryside before and during Gerontius was the first truly British piece to be stirring Shropshire Lad and Vaughan Williams’ ‘Performing The Kingdom World War I. accepted into the repertoire, marking the start of a evocative A Pastoral Symphony, an LSO String new era for English music-making. Elgar is now Ensemble concert featuring the works of Elgar, with the LSO in 2011 was considered to be the first of a distinguished line of Britten and Vaughan Williams, a series of BBC British composers to contribute to this tradition, Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts at LSO St Luke’s a great joy. I look forward a line that includes Vaughan Williams, Britten, called Elgar up Close exploring the composer’s Tavener and Tippett, and that continues through chamber works, and Between Earth and Sky, to The Dream of Gerontius to the composers of today. a series of free Friday lunchtime concerts exploring In his own words, Sir Mark Elder has been music inspired by the English countryside before ‘living with’ Elgar’s Gerontius his entire life, first and after World War I. with great anticipation.’ encountering the piece as a set work during his Sir Mark Elder early musical studies. Indeed, it would not be Benjamin Picard, LSO Marketing Co-ordinator

38 ELGAR, ELDER & ENGLAND ~ LSO.CO.UK Main Season Concert 39 THE LSO IN WORLD WAR I: PLAYER PROFILES MEMBERS AT WAR

World War I During the recruitment drive for Kitchener’s Army GEORGE BENNETT was born in in the latter half of 1915 and 1916 alone the LSO Birmingham on 27 August 1886. lost nearly 20% of its Members to active service. He joined the LSO as a horn player The below list contains the names of those whose THE LSO IN WORLD WAR I: A MOMENT IN TIME for the Orchestra’s first tour to recruitment during those years we have managed to trace. In total around half of the LSO’s Members the United States in March 1912 served during the four years of the war. and signed on in to the army in In August 1914 the face of the nation was changed forever 8 TO 13 MAY 1916 26 SEPTEMBER 1917 September 1915. He arrived in Arthur Maney cello ARMY SERVICE CORPS, NOV 1915 as a generation of young men went off to fight in World War I – The LSO takes part in Festival Gerontius, An Extraordinary General Meeting is France on 21 May 1916, and took conceived by Dame Clara Butt in aid called. ‘It was unanimously resolved part in various battles, including George Bennett horn over one million from the UK alone did not return. ARTISTS RIFLES, DEC 1915 of the Red Cross. Six performances that no further symphony concerts be The Battle of Albert, The Battle of No family was unaffected and no profession was exempt from losing of Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius given until the termination of the war’. Bazentin, The Battle of Delville Reginald Garnet viola LONDON REGIMENT, DEC 1915 vast swathes of men to military service, and the London Symphony Orchestra were conducted by the composer – A scheme for subsidising a new Wood, The Battle of Guillemont, was no exception. In 1914 the LSO had just reached its tenth birthday. a remarkable achievement at a time season of concerts had failed. and Operations on the Ancre. Charles Woodhouse violin ARMY SERVICE CORPS, DEC 1915 Over the next four years the Orchestra underwent one of its toughest periods, when large-scale music-making had Lieutenant Bennett was killed on during which its survival was seriously in doubt. largely ceased. 3 DECEMBER 1917 3 December 1917 by a shell whilst Sidney Freedman violin KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY, DEC 1915 But culture will always find a way: new works were created in response Two musicians who had played with leaving a dugout during a German to the horror; new ways of working were adopted to cope with the 27 SEPTEMBER 1916 the pre-war LSO, horn player George counter-attack. His remains were Charles Blackford cello ARMY SERVICE CORPS, DEC 1915 shortage of available musicians; and the LSO emerged from the war with The Pall Mall Gazette Bennett and violinist Harold never found, so he is remembered a determination to carry on where they nearly had to leave off. launches an attack Grimson, are killed in action on the Cambrai Memorial Frederick Hawkins violin ROYAL HORSE AND FIELD ARTILLERY, DEC 1915 on the LSO for the during the Battle of Cambrai. at Louverval, France. over-representation W H Reed Leader GRENADIER GUARDS, JAN 1916 4 AUGUST 1914 MID-OCTOBER 2015 of German music 27 OCTOBER 1919 War breaks out. The LSO is on tour The first signs of financial trouble in their concerts – The opening concert of the first Edgar Wilby violin ROYAL MARINE AIR SERVICE, JAN 1916 in Bray in Ireland at the time. appear when news is received that ‘nothing less than post-war own-promoted season SYDNEY HARVEY MOXON there has been a huge decline in a German Festival’ – takes place under , was born in Soho on 2 May 1878. Edward Augarde clarinet HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY, MAR 1916 7 AUGUST 1914 sales of subscriptions for the 1915/16 and demands who offered to conduct without He joined the LSO as a trumpeter The Board receives a letter signed by season. The Board applies to the their cancellation. fee to help the Orchestra to in February 1907 and signed on in Horace Ralph violin ARTISTS RIFLES, MAR 1916 a significant number of Members, bank for an overdraft. The Board, regain a stable financial position. to the army in September 1914. asking them to consider the position incensed, The concert included the world A Sergeant Bugler in the London Robert Murchie flute CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, MAY 1916 of Principal Horn Adolf Borsdorf, 20 OCTOBER 1915 explores the premiere of Elgar’s Cello Concerto, Regiment, 15th (County of London) a German. The Board agrees to ‘In view of the pressure brought option of conducted by the composer Battalion (Prince of Wales’ Own Harry Jackson horn ROYAL ENGINEERS RAILWAY TROOPS, JUN 1916 demote him down the ranks. about by Members in consequence of suing for with the solo cello part performed Civil Service Rifles) he arrived in the exigencies of the war’, a letter is malicious libel. by Felix Salmond. France in March 1915, where they Alexander Penn horn SOUTH WALES BORDERERS, JUL 1916 SEPTEMBER 1914 sent to Adolf Borsdorf officially held ground in the Ypres Salient. Trumpeters Sydney Moxon (see right) requesting his resignation from the LSO. 27 JULY 1917 Sydney died there on 25 October 1916, Ernest Yonge viola ROYAL FLYING CORPS, JUL 1916 and Ernest Hall join the Army. The Board Minutes (below) from the AGM Jo Johnson, the only LSO member to die in commends the ‘patriotic action’ of JANUARY 1916 record the names of 33 Members LSO Senior Marketing Manager (Digital) service. He was killed by a German Robert Carrodus violin WEST RIDING REGIMENT, OCT 1916 Sydney and Ernest, passing a resolution Conscription was introduced, absent on active service, as well mine whilst helping a wounded that ‘Members who have joined the meaning all men between 18 and 41 as officially recording the death colleague to safety. He is buried at Roy Robertson violin SCOTS GUARDS, OCT 1916 army for the duration of the War shall were obliged to join up. At least 18 men of trumpeter Sydney Moxon. Woods Cemetery, West Flanders. be exempt from paying deputies’ from the LSO joined up within a year. Charles Crabb cello MIDDLESEX REGIMENT, DEC 1916 fees and their positions kept open’. 25 FEBRUARY 1916 7 DECEMBER 1914 An Extraordinary General Meeting The LSO performs the world premiere is convened to discuss the motion, of Elgar’s Carillon, written in aid of war ‘Owing to the losses sustained by If you recognise any of the above names charities assisting Belgian refugees. the company … this meeting is of or know of any ancestors who were the opinion that the own-promoted LSO past players or were involved with the Orchestra during World War I, 19 TO 24 APRIL 1915 series of Symphony Concerts we would love to hear from you. The first Three Bs (Bach, Beethoven, should be curtailed’. Sir Thomas Brahms) Festival is held at the Queen’s Beecham agrees to accept financial Contact LSO archivist Libby Rice Hall, a bold move in a time when responsibility for the remaining by email [email protected] anti-German feeling was on the rise. concerts that season as a gift or by phone 020 7588 1116 to the Orchestra.

40 LSO IN WORLD WAR I ~ LSO.CO.UK FULL CONCERT LISTINGS PAGES 8 TO 13 ~ BOOKING DETAILS PAGE 55 41 FAMILY FRIENDLY LSO CONCERTS AT THE BARBICAN ‘Amazing … a really Sun 8 Nov 2015 2.30pm LSO DISCOVERY special afternoon FAMILY CONCERT: WONDERLAND Ben Gernon conductor out and definitely a Paul Rissmann presenter LSO Discovery Choirs great way to introduce 6,000 family members enjoy Over 100 events for families through Sun 7 Feb 2016 2.30pm music-making with the LSO every year the City Family Arts network every year classical music LSO DISCOVERY to children.’ FAMILY CONCERT Mumsnet user on an LSO Family Concert Sun 12 Jun 2016 2.30pm FAMILY ACTIVITIES FOR EVERYONE LSO DISCOVERY ACROSS THE CITY FAMILY CONCERT Thu 16 Jun 2016 7.30pm

LSO DISCOVERY The LSO’s education and outreach Open Air Classics) and each summer we encourage ANNUAL SHOWCASE programme, LSO Discovery, turned 25 families based near LSO St Luke’s to bring a picnic Witness the electrifying results when an and enjoy our al cross-genre series, Inside Out. orchestra founded at the beginning of the in 2015. For the last quarter of a century 20th century meets young musicians born Provision for babies and toddlers exists in at the beginning of the 21st. the Orchestra has made it a central part Musical Storytelling concerts, Shake, Rattle of its mission to include members of and Roll weekly workshops, and in children’s Sun 26 Jun 2016 7pm the public in its music-making and centres and nurseries in the community. Peter Maxwell Davies This season we’re inviting families with children The Hogboon (world premiere of a new foster a greater love and understanding children’s opera, LSO commisson) aged twelve or over to try our LSO Community of classical music. Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Singing Days – a spin-off from LSO Choral Sir Simon Rattle conductor Singing Days, these opportunities to sing with the LSO Discovery Choirs | London Symphony Chorus While events for children have long existed at LSO’s professional choral team are geared specifically Guildhall School musicians the LSO, it’s only in recent years that the Orchestra for those with little musical experience, or who Family OTHER FAMILY ACTIVITIES has consciously sought to address the needs of don’t read music. During October we’re proud different generations within the family unit and to take part in the national Family Arts Festival Fri 9 Oct 2015; 5 Feb; 10 Jun 2016 12.30–1.15pm, LSO St Luke’s encourage meaningful intergenerational engagement and present an Alice in Wonderland Family STORYTELLING FOR UNDER-5s with music. It’s no small task to find an activity Open Day at LSO St Luke’s and a Reveal Ravel Interactive concerts for mini music-makers! which simultaneously pleases a toddler, their Dad pre-concert creative session ahead of an LSO concert 9 Oct supported by The Rothschild Charities Committee Arts and his 75-year-old mother, but we believe that the conducted by John Adams, amongst other events. effect of discovering music alongside relatives is Every event the LSO promotes to families is Sun 25 Oct 2015, LSO St Luke’s particularly powerful. Talents exhibited by children either free or under £10, delivering on our promise ALICE IN WONDERLAND OPEN DAY are more likely come to fruition in a family of accessibility. Most include a presenter, whose job A themed open day as part of Family Arts Festival. which respects music-making. Shared musical it is to guide all ages through the music. For those RECOMMENDED experiences as a family can ignite passion and families who want to continue exploring the Orchestra FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERTS BY CLASSIC FM love for music for all the generations and enable it in their own time, LSO Play is an award-winning AT LSO ST LUKE’S to continue at home, away from the concert hall. online resource which imaginatively allows users Fri 4 Sep; 2, 16 Oct; 13 Nov 2015 12.30–1.15pm And parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents and to feel what it’s like to play in an orchestra. RHYTHM AND DANCE Classic FM is the nation’s classical station, godparents can appreciate and re-discover music Moving families up the agenda at the LSO has Music inspired by the rhythms and melodies of traditional song and dance from Europe and Russia. broadcasting to 5.6 million listeners every week. and new interests by experiencing it through also meant coming together with local arts partners their children’s eyes. to share best practice and promote each other’s Fri 29 Jan; 12 Feb; 4 Mar 2016 12.30–1.15pm It is the only UK radio station dedicated to playing classical music 24 The LSO’s Family Concerts, running for some events. The City Family Arts Network, an TEXTURE AND LIGHT hours a day, and works with orchestras around the UK to support live music. 20 years, are well-known and popular with multiple alliance between the LSO, Barbican, BBC Symphony How composers reflected the French The LSO is Classic FM’s Orchestra in the City of London and we share the generations. Now, buoyed by the nationwide Orchestra, Museum of London, Guildhall School and Impressionist . station’s commitment to bringing classical music to the widest possible Family Arts Campaign, we’re widening the net to City Library Services, now produces regular print audience, through ground-breaking new initiatives and partnerships. encourage families to try appropriate LSO evening designed to help parents streamline their research. Fri 26 Feb 2016 12.30–1.15pm For over twelve years the LSO has been proud of this association with concerts, Free Friday Lunchtime Concerts and The calendar displays at a glance the wealth of SHAKESPEARE 400 SPECIAL Classic FM, which this season sees the station supporting the LSO’s BBC Radio 3 recitals taking place in the school family activity on offer in the Barbican area from Music and words to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. family-friendly concerts and activities. holidays; these events are perfect for older children mum and baby film screenings to half-term who have outgrown the Family Concerts or may be hands-on workshops at the museum. Fri 13 May; 3, 24 Jun; 1 Jul 2016 12.30–1.15pm Tune in learning an instrument themselves. For the last few BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY 100–102 FM, classicfm.com, Sky 0106, Virgin 922, Freeview 731 and Digital Radio years we’ve created family-friendly give-aways Fabienne Morris, LSO Communications Manager Music inspired by the English countryside such as badges and stickers for our annual For more information on family-friendly events, before and during World War I. springtime concert in Trafalgar Square (BMW LSO including age guidance, visit lso.co.uk/families

42 FAMILIES ~ LSO.CO.UK Main Season Concert FULL CONCERT LISTINGS PAGES 8 TO 13 ~ BOOKING DETAILS PAGE 55 43 CHOPIN, LISZT & BARTÓK ‘I regularly travel down Thu 8 & 29 Oct; 5 & 26 Nov 2015 LSO St Luke’s from Oxford for this Features music by piano giants, and stars pianists Maria João Pires, BBC Radio 3 wonderful concert series.’ Ashot Khachatourian, Alice Sara Ott, Ingolf Wunder and Ashley Wass. Christiane Morris, BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert attender LONDON RESOUNDING Thu 15 & 22 Oct; 12 & 19 Nov 2015 LSO St Luke’s & the LSO DISCOVER CLASSICAL Celebrating the wealth of chamber music in the capital composed MUSIC IN BBC RADIO 3 between 1600 and 1800. DIMENSIONS SHAKESPEARE 400 BBC Radio 3 invests in high-quality, Thu 7, 14, 21 & 28 Jan 2016 LSO St Luke’s distinctive classical music and cultural 2016 marks the quatercentenary of programming, presented by experts. the death of one of Britain’s greatest playwrights. Join us as we mark this The station is the biggest commissioner of classical occasion with four special programmes inspired by the literary master alongside music in the UK and broadcasts over 600 full concerts a year; celebratory concerts at the Barbican. over half are live. The long-standing relationship with the LSO plays a vital role in delivering audiences world-class classical music experiences, whether that’s through live broadcasts BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME from the Barbican (at least six with the LSO each season) or PAVEL HAAS QUARTET CONCERTS 2015/16 recorded lunchtime concerts at LSO St Luke’s. BBC Radio 3 Thu 4, 11, 18 & 25 Feb 2016 is the only radio station to broadcast live classical music LSO St Luke’s concerts every day of the week, alongside 90 full-length The multi-award winning Czech quartet returns with guests to BBC Radio 3’s partnership with LSO St Luke’s has been going operas a year and over 25 original drama commissions LSO St Luke’s for a residency. for 13 years now, and what a pleasure it is to mount concerts alongside regular jazz, world, arts and ideas programming. in such an inspiring venue. It’s not just us who think that, ELGAR UP CLOSE Thu 14, 21, 28 Apr; 5 May 2016 by the way: time and again the performers we have welcomed Tune in 2,000,000 5 hours LSO St Luke’s over the years have said so too. 91–93 FM, Sky 0103, Freeview 703, Virgin 903 BBC Radio 3’s Four concerts of chamber and and Digital Radio 30 minutes weekly reach Weekly average works to complement the LSO’s spring Elgar concerts. This season we have divided our 20 concerts into five themed series. .co.uk/radio3 listening time Chopin, Liszt and Bartók feature in the LSO’s autumn concerts in the Barbican Hall, so we’ve decided to reflect that by making this trio of great pianist-composers the subject of four far-reaching recitals (given by five pianists!). Interleaved with those is a series inspired by music in London in the 17th and 18th centuries, from Tobias Hume to Purcell, Handel to Haydn, J C Bach to Clementi; it’s the first time we’ve programmed an series at LSO St Luke’s, and we are confident that it will be an ideal match for the building’s unique architectural sense of the old mixed with the new. After Christmas we join in the LSO’s Shakespeare 400 celebrations with four Bard-related concerts featuring the BBC Singers, the Gould Piano Trio, and two of this country’s finest song recitalists in Iestyn Davies and James Gilchrist. February brings a much-anticipated return by the outstanding, multi-award- winning ensemble that is the Pavel Haas Quartet, whose previous residency here in 2010 was a real high-point in the history of these concerts. And we finish in April with Elgar Up Close – three concerts exploring the composer’s major chamber works, plus a rare visit from the LSO String Ensemble. With their matchless combination of light, space and immaculate acoustics, the BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts at LSO St Luke’s have always had a special atmosphere – I hope you will want to join us.

Emma Bloxham BBC Radio 3 Editor of Live Music

44 BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS ~ LSO.CO.UK FULL CONCERT LISTINGS PAGES 8 TO 13 ~ BOOKING DETAILS PAGE 55 45 The cultural THE BARBICAN Joint artistic highlights at the Barbican in 2015/16 includes innovation and collaboration across the Centre. Examples of this include a semi-staged performance of Debussy’s opera hub in Pelléas et Melisande in the Barbican Hall, further igniting the artistic FAMILY ARTS FESTIVAL partnership between Sir Simon Rattle GUILDHALL SCHOOL and Peter Sellars; and the world’s The London Symphony Orchestra has first ‘mindfulness opera’ featuring joined forces with the Museum of In autumn 2013, the London Symphony music by at LSO St Luke’s. London, Barbican Children’s Library, Performances are spread across BBC Symphony Orchestra, Guildhall Orchestra and the Guildhall School HUB HIGHLIGHTS launched Orchestral Artistry, an a number of venues, including the the City School and Barbican in order to improve Barbican Hall, Milton Court, LSO St Luke’s exciting new postgraduate specialism WHITECROSS STREET what’s on offer for families in the City and the Barbican Theatre and cinemas, and to take part in the annual UK Family for instrumentalists seeking a career ROLF HIND in orchestral playing. Part of the and are completed by a range of learning LEADING TO LSO ST LUKE’S Arts Festival. Supported by Arts Council Fri 25 to Sun 27 Sep 2015, Guildhall Artists Masters programme, programmes and digital opportunities England, the Festival unites music, LSO St Luke’s The new Barbican cinema building has this highly distinctive and ground- that take audiences closer to the music. theatre, circus, dance and visual arts, Lost in Thought: A Mindfulness transformed the Whitecross Street breaking course enables students to enabling generations of families across Opera receives its world premiere corner of Beech Street, including the the country to get involved. work alongside the LSO and its roster welcoming and attractive Cinema Café of visiting artists in a context akin to and Côte Restaurant. Along Whitecross a professional environment. The aim FAMILY ARTS FESTIVAL Street there are lunchtime food stalls is to produce fully rounded, excellent Fri 9 Oct to Sun 1 Nov 2015 encompassing every type of cuisine professional musicians who have and street food, all the way up to the assimilated the ‘LSO characteristics’ LSO St Luke’s crossing on Old Street. of craft, brilliance, speed, curiosity PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE There you will find 90 public events and flexibility. Guildhall students also MILTON COURT Sat 9 & Sun 10 Jan 2016 each year, including LSO Discovery have the opportunity to perform in A Barbican/LSO co-promotion The Guildhall School’s Milton Court masterclasses and workshops, LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists – directed and conducted by a includes a state-of-the-art concert BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts and recitals that preceed LSO evening tour-de-force team in opera hall and two theatres alongside a diverse evening concert programme. concerts at the Barbican – and in an in concert – Sir Simon Rattle rehearsal rooms and studio spaces. annual concert conducted by Sir Simon and Peter Sellars. Rattle playing side-by-side with LSO In addition to the School’s own THE ORCHESTRA’S HOME musicians, this season’s being Berlioz’s programme of public events, Symphonie fantastique on 26 June. the Barbican programmes 40 classical BENJAMIN AT THE BARBICAN and contemporary music concerts in A celebration of British composer The LSO is proud to be the Resident Orchestra the venue each season, including George Benjamin: at the Barbican, the Orchestra’s home since regular performances from two Barbican associate ensembles – Sat 18 Mar 2016 the Centre opened 33 years ago. the Academy of Ancient Music Dream of the Song (UK premiere) and Britten Sinfonia – plus concerts Sun 19 Mar 2016, LSO St Luke’s in the ECHO Rising Stars series. Lunchtime recital with George The area around the Barbican is fast changing Sun 19 Mar 2016 and attracting cutting-edge and exciting organisations, Written on Skin from the tech start-ups of the Silicon Roundabout on Old Street to the creative professionals of Clerkenwell SHAKESPEARE 400 and the businesses of the City. Spring 2016 The LSO is working with the City of London and 26 partner organisations from across London join in our artistic partners nearby to develop the area into a a year-long celebration of world-class arts and learning hub. With fresh venues the English playwright. such as the Barbican’s new cinemas on Beech Street, and the Guildhall School’s Milton Court, alongside LSO St Luke’s and the Museum of London, the cultural destinations on offer in the area are unrivalled. For details of more contemporary music, early music, recitals with And with Crossrail set to arrive in 2018, we will witness international artists and visiting a further significant boost to the development of the international orchestras at the Barbican area as a major cultural hub. Barbican visit barbican.org.uk

FOOD & DRINK For information on restaurants in the Barbican visit barbican.org.uk/food

46 THE CITY’S CULTURAL HUB ~ LSO.CO.UK 47 TRUSTS & FOUNDATIONS Now more than ever, our supporters play an integral role

The enlightened support from charitable in the LSO’s work and success. Together we share a trusts and foundations, statutory funders and mutual commitment to bring the joy of music to millions. community partners enables LSO Discovery to reach more than 60,000 people in As we look ahead to an exciting future, the LSO invites diverse neighbourhoods each year. you to join our family of supporters. There has never been The LSO is at the forefront of community engagement. In tandem with our Trust and Foundation partners we are a better time to be involved. able to encourage all ages and abilities to engage with and participate in transformative music programmes. The Helen Hamlyn Trust is delighted to support the important and highly THANK YOU original Panufnik Scheme for emerging composers. Our supporters share their passions with the LSO and enrich our culture Lady Hamlyn, The Helen Hamlyn Trust, through their thoughtful generosity. supporter of the Panufnik Composers Scheme Thanks to them, the Orchestra’s work extends from the Barbican concerts into local communities and classrooms, and wider afield through international tours and pioneering digital platforms and recordings. We thank and celebrate our supporters for the critical difference they make. Their confidence in the LSO underpins everything we do and helps us to Securing the secure the brightest possible future.

We are proud to future together contribute to the diverse cultural landscape of this extraordinary city.

PATRONS & FRIENDS Dr Ian Robertson HonDSc, Member of the Board of Management BMW AG, With a love of great music, our Patrons A concert by the LSO is a remarkably LSO Principal Partner and Friends share each new step in emotional experience. You come the LSO’s history. away feeling exhilarated, astounded, humbled but never indifferent. We bring our supporters closer to the music As a Patron, the reward of knowing through special invitations and events, connecting one has contributed to such an them with the Orchestra and its celebrated family orchestra is palpable. CORPORATE PARTNERS of artists. Patrons and Friends enjoy rewarding YOU MAKE IT POSSIBLE friendships and unique insights, forming a thriving Susie Thomson, LSO Patron Sponsorship of the LSO makes a measurable community at the centre of the LSO. difference to business success. To learn more about ways to support and share the work Sponsors enjoy memorable experiences for guests of the LSO, please contact: and valuable links with the LSO’s award-winning community programmes. The LSO is a truly global lso.co.uk/supportus orchestra, connecting its partners in key international 020 7588 1116 locations with a range of initiatives. Alignment with the LSO is one of the most effective investments a company [email protected] can make.

48 SUPPORT US ~ LSO.CO.UK 49 LSO ON TRACK AND Discovering MIXED-ABILITY PROJECTS The Orchestra has led the way in commissioning arrangements of often virtuosic repertoire which can be played by a mixed ability ensemble supported by LSO side-by-side musicians, and sound remarkably like a professional orchestra.

LSO On Track started in the three-year run up to the London 2012 Olympic Sitting side-by-side with an orchestral musician on stage is and Paralympic Games, and taking the games’ ethic of ‘Inspiring a Generation’ the Orchestra developed a programme engaging young musicians from across one of the most immersive and memorable experiences the the ten East London Olympic Boroughs of varying experience from beginners to exceptionally talented players, and from all backgrounds and ages. The programme LSO can offer; an experience that inspires young musicians reached a summit when many of these young performers appeared in from complete beginners to post graduate students working the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, performing Elgar’s Nimrod THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL side-by-side with LSO Members. The legacy has extended far beyond AND LSO ORCHESTRAL towards becoming professionals. that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and the Orchestra has been able to continue this programme in partnership with East London Music Hubs, with ARTISTRY SPECIALISM LSO On Track Young Musicians performing in the Barbican, at LSO St Luke’s, and as part of the Orchestra’s annual concert in Trafalgar Square – BMW LSO The gap between leaving music college and becoming Open Air Classics. And what’s more, the Orchestra now take this way of a professional musician can be a dauntingly big leap, working on tour so that young players as far away as Australia and Japan have and often one that only experience, extra knowledge LSO STRING the opportunity to play side-by-side with the London Symphony Orchestra. EXPERIENCE SCHEME What can be more inspiring than that? and entrepreneurial skill can bridge.

The Orchestral Artistry specialism is part of the Guildhall Artist Now in its 23rd year, the LSO String Experience Masters programme. It offers a highly-distinctive and ground-breaking Scheme is one of the most established course of study for instrumentalists seeking a career in orchestral playing. Students are mentored by LSO musicians, play side-by-side with them in programmes of its kind, linking 15 string rehearsal and performance, take part in masterclasses, work on the aspects playing students selected from the Royal of orchestral music not normally seen by an audience and learn essential Academy of Music, Royal College of Music, self-management and promotional skills. Guildhall School and Trinity Laban College to the gsmd.ac.uk/orchestralartistry LSO every year. Taking part in full orchestral rehearsals and occasional Barbican concerts, participants audition as though they were professional ‘extra’ players and are treated as such with the benefit of receiving fees. LSO violinist Sarah Quinn explains …

‘If you’re lucky enough to get a place on the String Experience Scheme it involves coming and working with the Orchestra, sitting next to a member. When I auditioned for the scheme I didn’t really know what to expect, and once I was on it, I performed three concerts with the Orchestra with fantastic conductors which was an amazing experience. A year later, I auditioned and got a permanent position. That was 15 years ago and now I help run the Scheme. We try to look after students as well as I was looked after by everybody – I find that an incredibly rewarding thing to do. We currently have 15 members in the string section who have come up through the String Experience Scheme.’

50 LSO DISCOVERY ~ LSO.CO.UK 51 FREE FRIDAY PANUFNIK COMPOSER LUNCHTIME CONCERTS I’m truly grateful for the experience I’ve WORKSHOPS had through the LSO Panufnik scheme because I recognise how rare an opportunity If you know someone who has never been it is for a young composer to write for How do you compose a piece of music for 96 to a concert before, or is just a beginner in one of the world’s greatest orchestras. musicians? What are the subtle technicalities exploring the world of concert-going, then I feel very fortunate! of balance, timbre and passing phrases and Free Friday Lunchtime Concerts are for them. Elizabeth Ogonek, emphasis around the orchestra? How do LSO Panufnik Composer Scheme Alumna They offer a chance to hear a short informal you form deeper colour and resonances? recital by LSO or postgraduate Guildhall School What makes music work on a page, and what musicians and learn more about what’s behind makes music work in reality? The fascinating the music. There’s an introduction and process that goes on behind an orchestral enlightening exploration by regular presenter piece gets uncovered and brought to the Rachel Leach and also the opportunity to ask fore in Panufnik Composers Workshops. I think these concerts are questions. On occasion there’s no need even Six composers every year get the chance really brilliant. The music is fantastic and the venue to step into the venue – people around the to develop a work with the London Symphony is superb, and for the first world can witness some of these concerts Orchestra and to have the benefit of time my six-year-old son broadcast live on YouTube. hundreds of years of combined professional can hear live classical music. experience gathered in one room to give Pauline Johnson, advice and to try out ideas. Witness them Free Friday Lunchtime Concert Attender lift the lid on the works of tomorrow.

Join in with LSO Discovery LSO SINGING DAYS at LSO St Luke’s Whether you’re a seasoned choral singer or just starting out, there’s an option for everyone Many of the 60,000 participants here and Singing Days to suit all tastes. LSO Community Singing Days are just as much that LSO Discovery engage with fun for beginners as they are for singers who every year have come through have been poring over vocal scores for years. the doors at LSO St Luke’s and are They are focussed on wide-ranging repertoire LSO DISCOVERY DAYS from spirituals and jazz, to some of the most members of the public who want famous choruses by composers such as For those keen to learn more, the LSO provides Handel and Verdi. And LSO Choral Singing to get involved with music-making. Singing together in a in-depth explorations of composers and Days, designed with experienced singers in choir can bring people key works at LSO Discovery Days. Divided mind (who may or may not also be taking part together, and it is something The LSO Discovery projects listed across these pages would not be possible between the Barbican, where attenders without the following generous support: for the LSO String Experience Scheme – in a local amateur choir or chorus), take works that anybody can do. Help Musicians UK, The Lefever Award, The Polonsky Foundation; LSO On Track – immerse themselves in an LSO rehearsal, being performed by the Orchestra and London You don’t need to play Clore Duffield Foundation, Hedley Foundation, Candide Charitable Trust, Marsh Corporation, The Saddlers’ Company, Youth Music, The Ernest Cook Trust, and LSO St Luke’s, where discussion, talks, Symphony Chorus and unpack them with an instrument, it doesn’t Sound Connections; Friday Lunchtime Concerts – The Rothschild Charties Committee; chamber music, film screenings and more take have prior requirements. LSO Sing – Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement; LSO Discovery Choirs – diligent care led by LSO Choral Director Simon Slaughter and May, Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement; and for place, what better way to deepen your concert Halsey, accompanied by piano. All LSO Singing Katy Barnato LSO composition schemes – The Helen Hamlyn Trust, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, LSO Singing Day Participant The Hinrichsen Foundation and Susie Thomson. experience and understanding of some Days end with a performance that family of classical music’s most inspiring repertoire. members can come and watch.

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream BUS 21, 43, 76, 141 M Tue 8 to Wed 9 Sep 2015 Mon 12 to Sun 25 Oct 2015 Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor Bus routes ROMANIA EUROPE / US EAST COAST 4, 56, 153 Barbican; 10 Feb Alte Oper, Frankfurt LONDON WALL MARIN / CAPUÇON BROTHERS / VOGT GERGIEV’S BARTÓK & STRAVINSKY 21, 43, 76, 141, 214 Moorgate/City Road; 11 Feb Stadthalle, Hannover Brahms Bartók Dance Suite; Piano Concerto No 2; 55, 243 Old Street. Enescu Suite No 2 for Orchestra Piano Concerto No 3; Concerto for Orchestra; Grieg Piano Concerto The Miraculous Mandarin (complete ballet) Mon 11 & Tue 12 Apr 2016 Parking The Barbican’s on-site car parks, also convenient Mahler Symphony No 5 Stravinsky The Firebird (original ballet); EUROPE Stravinsky The Firebird (original ballet) Symphony in C major; Chant du rossignol; SIR SIMON RATTLE BARBICAN CONCERT TICKETS LSO DISCOVERY DAYS for LSO St Luke’s, cost £8 from 5pm on weekdays The Rite of Spring £10 £16 £22 £29 £40 Full day tickets £20 (£15 concessions) and £8 per day at weekends (both £7.50 if pre-booked). Ion Marin conductor Messiaen Couleurs de la cité céleste + booking fee per transaction of £14 afternoon only (from 2.30pm) Lars Vogt piano Valery Gergiev conductor Bruckner Symphony No 8 £3 online or £4 by phone + fees as LSO Singing Days Renaud Capuçon violin Yefim Bronfman piano Sir Simon Rattle conductor Gautier Capuçon cello 12 & 13 Oct Konzerthaus, Vienna Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano A Choral Christmas (Sun 13 Dec) BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS EXTRAS 8 & 9 Sep Sala Palatului, Bucharest 14 Oct Philharmonie, Luxembourg National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (Sun 3 Jan) £12 (£10 concessions) 11 Apr Philharmonie, Luxembourg Leif Ove Andsnes Recital (Fri 10 Jun) + fees as LSO Singing Days 16 & 17 Oct 12 Apr Philharmonie de Paris BARBICAN.ORG.UK 23 & 25 Oct , New York Rattle/LSO Discovery (Sun 26 Jun) Multibuy discount – book any four concerts for £9 each Sun 27 & Sun 4 Oct 2015 £10 £16 £22 £29 + fees as above 24 Oct Prudential Hall, Newark SPECIAL LSO ST LUKE’S EVENTS RELAXING WITH FOOD, DRINK AND FRIENDS JAPAN Wed 25 to Fri 27 May 2016 For the 2015/16 season there are three new FINAL SYMPHONY II LSO Brass Ensemble (Thu 26 Nov) Family Open Day: Alice in Wonderland (Sun 25 Oct) Sun 15 Nov 2015 EUROPE LSO String Ensemble (Wed 3 Feb) £5 children, £7 adults + fees as LSO Singing Days restaurants at the Barbican, giving you a great choice Featuring scores from the Final Fantasy series SIR ANTONIO PAPPANO LSO Discovery Showcase (Thu 16 Jun) Suitable for families with 8- to 11-year-olds of places to eat, drink, meet and catch up ahead of, SWITZERLAND or after, a concert. Visit barbican.org.uk/food Eckehard Stier conductor MARTINU˚ FESTIVAL Beethoven Violin Concerto £10 £16 £22 + fees as above Mischa Cheung piano Elgar Symphony No 2 LSO Percussion: Steve Reich (Fri 30 Oct) Brahms Overture: Academic Festival Multibuy Discounts £12 (£10 concessions) + fees as LSO Singing Days BARBICAN BARS APP 27 Sep Osaka Festival Hall, Osaka Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Martinu˚ Symphony No 2; Symphony No 5 Book 3+ concerts save 15% Enjoy a queue-free drink at the interval by pre-ordering 4 Oct Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama Nikolaj Znaider violin New Music & Dance Conference (Wed 9 Mar) Book 5+ concerts save 20%, plus 20% on any later before you even reach the Hall with the free Barbican Tomáš Hanus conductor Full day tickets £20 (£15 concessions) 25 May Wrocław bookings (initial 5+ booking must be made by 31 Jul 2015) Bars app. Book your drinks right up to the start of the 15 Nov Musiksaal Stadtcasino, + fees as LSO Singing Days Mon 28 Sep to Mon 5 Oct 2015 26 May Lithuanian National Opera & Ballet Theatre, Vilnius performance – once you’ve placed your order, you’ll SPECIAL BARBICAN CONCERTS JAPAN 27 May Riga LSO Futures (Sun 13 Mar 4pm) receive confirmation and your drinks will be ready for BERNARD HAITINK Sun 22 Nov 2015 Pelléas et Mélisande (Sat 9 & Sun 10 Jan) £10 £16 £22 + fees as LSO Singing Days you to collect at the interval, leaving you free to enjoy the evening and relax with your friends. Available for Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 FRANCE Wed 24 to Sun 28 Aug 2016 £25 £35 £55 £75 + fees as above Multibuy discount – book with evening concert and save 25% (see left) THE FILM MUSIC OF ALEXANDRE DESPLAT Multibuy, group and under-18s discounts do not apply Android and iOS at barbican.org.uk/apps Brahms Symphony No 1 SUMMER FESTIVALS UNDER-18s & STUDENTS OVER 18 Bruckner Symphony No 7 Featuring film scores composed by Alexandre Desplat GIANANDREA NOSEDA LSO Futures (Sun 13 Mar 7pm) All concerts £5 for under-18s KEEPING YOU UP-TO-DATE Mahler Symphony No 4 including Twilight – New Moon, The Imitation Game, Shostakovich Symphony No 5 £10 £16 £22 + fees as above Student discounts available on selected concerts We’ll send you an email a day before your selected Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 The Grand Hotel, The King’s Speech and Multibuy discount – book with afternoon concert and save 25% (see right) via Student Pulse – visit lso.co.uk/students concert with the latest travel details and links to other Purcell arr Stucky Funeral Music for Queen Mary Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 24 Aug Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana 25 Aug Josef Resch Hall, Villach LSO DISCOVERY FAMILY CONCERTS GROUPS OF 10 OR MORE useful information. Bernard Haitink conductor Alexandre Desplat conductor 26 Aug Schloss Grafenegg, Grafenegg Festival Anna Lucia Richter soprano £5 under-18s, £10 adults + fees as above Receive a 20% discount 22 Nov Philharmonie de Paris 28 Aug Menuhin Festival, Gstaad Tickets can be exchanged for another LSO concert or credit Murray Perahia piano Suitable for families with 7- to 12-year-olds Call 020 7382 7211 (10am–5pm Mon-Fri) or visit lso.co.uk/groups vouchers valid for six months, provided that you return them 28 Sep Suntory Hall, Tokyo LSO SINGING DAYS to the Box Office at least 24 hours before the performance (two weeks for group bookings). Administration fee applies. 30 Sep Symphony Hall, Kawasaki Full day tickets £20 Includes music hire DISABLED VISITORS Calls may be monitored or recorded for quality assurance or 1 Oct NHK Hall, Tokyo (£15 concessions) Join the Barbican Access Membership scheme to inform training purposes. All discounts are subject to availability and 3 Oct Concert Hall, Kyoto + booking fee per transaction of us of your access requirements. Members may be eligible may not be combined. 5 Oct Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo £0.60 online or £0.70 by phone for reductions on tickets, limited in number and subject to Information correct at time of going to print. The LSO reserves the right to change artists or programmes if necessary. Refunds will Supported by Moore Group availability. Full details are available online only be given in the event of a concert being cancelled. at barbican.org.uk/access and at the Box Office.

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THE MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATION STAFF OF THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, 2015

Judith Ackrill, David Alberman, Sarah Anstead, Edward Appleyard, Mariann Babecz, David Ballesteros, Angela Barnes, Anne Basley, Anna Bastow, Antoine Bedewi, Isabel Bedford, Regina Beukes, Jessica Blackstone, Alastair Blayden, Richard Blayden, Jemma Bogan, Joost Bosdijk, Noel Bradshaw, Dudley Bright, Nigel Broadbent, Jennifer Brown, Stephen Buck, Nathan Budden, Eve-Marie Caravassilis, Karen Cardy, Chris Cashman, Natalie Chivers, German Clavijo, Charlotte Clemson, Philip Cobb, Stuart Connery, Gareth Davies, Tim Davy, Ginette Decuyper, Fiona Dinsdale, Claire Duckworth, Andra East, Lander Echevarria, Christopher Edis, Alexander Edmundson, Daniel Gardner, Matthew Gardner, Jeremy Garside, Hanna Ghariani, Matthew Gibson, Julian Gil Rodriguez, Rebecca Gilliver, Dan Gobey, Alan Goode, Iryna Goode, Thomas Goodman, Rachel Gough, Helen Greer, Gerald Gregory, Emma Grimsey, Gillianne Haddow, Jörg Hammann, Alix Harper, Patrick Harrild, Robert Harston, Yasmin Hemmings, Felicity Hindle, Elspeth Holmes, Timothy Hugh, Frankie Hutchinson, Rinat Ibragimov, Helen Innes, Lorenzo Iosco, David Jackson, Alex Jakeman, Daniel Jemison, Jo Johnson, Malcolm Johnston, Guy Jones, Hilary Jones, Samantha Jones, Timothy Jones, Naoko Keatley, Bethan Kershaw, Maxine Kwok-Adams, Patrick Laurence, Carmine Lauri, Wallis Leahy, Becky Lees, Bryn Lewis, Dvora Lewis, Jonathan Lipton, Miriam Loeben, Minat , Steve Mace, Lennox Mackenzie, Sue Mallet, James Malpus, Andrew Marriner, Claire Mattison, James Maynard, Zak McClelland, Carina McCourt, Kathryn McDowell, Belinda McFarlane, Joe Melvin, William Melvin, David Millinger, Paul Milner, Chi-Yu Mo, Peter Moore, Vicky Moran, Dominic Morgan, Fabienne Morris, Kenny Morrison, Iwona Muszynska, Amy Nelson, Daniel Newell, Lydia Nickalls, , Philip Nolte, Thomas Norris, David Nunn, Gráinne O’Hogan, Julia O’Riordan, Tim Oldershaw, Claire Parfitt, Colin Paris, Mark Parker, Ellen Parkes, Christine Pendrill, Jani Pensola, Neil Percy, Benjamin Picard, Elizabeth Pigram, Andrew Pollock, Esther Poole, Laurent Quenelle, Daniele Quilleri, Sarah Quinn, Steve Ramsden, Harriet Rayfield, Colin Renwick, Ian Rhodes, Libby Rice, Chris Richards, Liana Richards, Joe Richomme, Paul Robson, Chris Rogers, Thomas Rozwadowski, Gerald Ruddock, Mario de Sa, Diana Salthouse, Nicholas Selman, Louise Shackelton, Rikesh Shah, Abbey Shaw, , Roman Simovic, Andrew Softley, Sean Suthagaran, Nigel Thomas, Alison Thompson, Ella Thomsen, Amanda Truelove, James Turner, Robert Turner, Miya Väisänen, Edward Vanderspar, Sylvain Vasseur, Adam Walker, Heather Wallington, Sam Walton, Rhys Watkins, Jonathan Welch, Sarah Whitaker, Jane Williams, Sharon Williams, Tim Wong, David Worswick and Nicholas Worters.

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