September 2019 OTHER WAYS TO SAVE Saturday 14 September 7.30pm Friday 20 September 1–2pm Barbican LSO St Luke’s

RATTLE BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT SEASON OPENING BARTÓK PLUS

Emily Howard New work Kodály Intermezzo for String Trio LSO Wildcards Half Six Fix (world premiere) * BartÓk String Quartet No 2 Colin Matthews Violin Concerto Kodály String Quartet No 2 Op 10 £10 tickets Early-evening concerts, Interval presented by the conductor Walton No 1 Quatuor Voce If you’re prepared to take a risk on your seat Sir conductor Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 then you can book a Wildcard ticket for just £10. Leila Josefowicz violin You could try that concert you weren’t quite sure Half Six Fix is a different way to experience the LSO. about booking or save on all your tickets. First-hand insights from the conductor, a relaxed 6.30pm Barbican Freestage Saturday 21 September 1–2pm atmosphere, one or two pieces of great music, and LSO Discovery LSO St Luke’s You won’t know where you’ll be sitting until the day the full impact of the London Symphony – Free pre-concert performance of the concert, but your seat will be worth at least all in around 60 minutes. BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT £16 and you could get lucky and find yourself in * Commissioned for Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO by BARTÓK PLUS a top-price seat in the middle of the stalls. Starting at 6.30pm with no interval, these concentrated the Barbican bursts of music also give you a new experience through Janáček String Quartet No 2, Limited Wildcard allocations are available close-up views of the Orchestra on our big screens and ‘Intimate Letters’ for every main season concert with releases real-time digital programme notes on your phone – Enescu Aubade for String Trio staggered through the year. or just sit back and enjoy the music. Sunday 15 September 7pm BartÓk String Quartet No 4 Leila Josefowicz (14 Sep) Barbican lso.co.uk/wildcard Being in the heart of the City, you’re in the right place if you Arcadia Quartet want to make the most of your evening. The Barbican bars RATTLE: ROOTS & ORIGINS are open before and after the concerts, you can take drinks Friday 6 September 12.30–1.15pm MESSIAEN Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 into the concert hall, and there are a range of restaurants and LSO St Luke’s Young people cafés on-site and close by for dinner before you head home. Messiaen Éclairs sur l’Au-delà … LSO DISCOVERY Sunday 22 September 11am–4.30pm Under -18s just £5 Tickets are £12 to £36 plus booking fee, a saving on main FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Sir Simon Rattle conductor LSO St Luke’s evening concerts, with Multibuy discounts and Wildcard BOHEMIA & BEYOND tickets also available. Supported by the Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne LSO DISCOVERY The LSO is committed to encouraging all ages to experience Rachel Leach presenter SINGING DAY: BEETHOVEN our concerts. All seats are £5 for under-18s, registered lso.co.uk/halfsixfix students can attend selected events for £9 and members Wednesday 18 September 7.30pm Beethoven Christ on the Mount of the Young Barbican scheme can get tickets for £10. Friday 13 September 1–2pm Thursday 19 September 7.30pm of Olives (accompanied by piano) HALF SIX FIX 2019/20 LSO St Luke’s Barbican lso.co.uk/otherdiscounts conductor studentpulselondon.co.uk Prokofiev Fifth Symphony BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT RATTLE: ROOTS & ORIGINS barbican.org.uk/youngbarbican with BARTÓK PLUS RACHMANINOV SECOND 13 November SYMPHONY Friday 27 September 12.30–1.15pm BartÓk Romanian Folk Dances LSO St Luke’s Beethoven & Berg Haydn String Quartet Op 2 No 4 Brahms Piano Concerto No 2 Group bookings with Sir Simon Rattle BartÓk String Quartet No 3 Interval LSO DISCOVERY 15 January Rachmaninov Symphony No 2 FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Save up to 30% Carducci Quartet BOHEMIA & BEYOND Beethoven ‘Choral’ Symphony Sir Simon Rattle conductor The LSO offers a warm welcome to groups, with exclusive with Sir Simon Rattle Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 Emanuel Ax piano Rachel Leach presenter discounts and benefits. Bring a group of 10 or more people 12 February and you will get 20% off the full ticket price, or 30% off for 6.30pm Barbican Foyers multiple group bookings. Bartók The Wooden Prince Guildhall School Musicians with François-Xavier Roth Free pre-concert fanfares lso.co.uk/groups 18 March

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Simon Trpčeski (10 Oct) Daniel Kidane (26 Oct) Gianandrea Noseda Lucie Hilscherová (20 Oct) Pavla Vykopalová (20 Oct) (31 Oct; 3 & 28 Nov; 5 Dec; 30 Jan; 9 Feb; 5 Apr)

Friday 4 October 1–2pm Thursday 10 October 7.30pm Saturday 12 October 7.30pm Sunday 20 October 7pm Friday 25 October 1–2pm Thursday 31 October 7.30pm LSO St Luke’s Barbican Sunday 13 October 3pm Barbican LSO St Luke’s Barbican LSO St Luke’s BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT ALTINOGLU GARDINER: CZECH ROOTS BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT NOSEDA: RUSSIAN ROOTS BARTÓK PLUS PICTURES AT LSO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA JANÁČEK & DVOŘÁK BEETHOVEN & TIPPETT SHOSTAKOVICH AN EXHIBITION MOZART CONCERTOS SIXTH SYMPHONY Debussy String Quartet Janáček Ballad of Blaník Tippett Sonata for Four Horns BartÓk String Quartet No 1 Kodály Háry János – Suite Mozart Horn Concerto No 4 Dvořák The Golden Spinning Wheel Beethoven Septet Britten Four Sea Interludes and Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 Mozart Clarinet Concerto Interval Passacaglia from ‘’ Meta4 String Quartet Interval Interval Janáček LSO Ensembles Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 2 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Mozart Oboe Concerto (1927 version, ed Paul Wingfield) Interval Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 Mozart Sinfonia Concertante Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 Shostakovich Symphony No 6 Alain Altinoglu conductor in E-flat major Sir conductor Simon Trpčeski piano Pavla Vykopalová soprano Gianandrea Noseda conductor Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conductor Lucie Hilscherová alto Saturday 26 October 7pm Denis Matsuev piano Olivier Stankiewicz oboe Aleš Briscein tenor LSO St Luke’s Friday 4 October 7.30pm Andrew Marriner clarinet Jan Martiník bass LSO St Luke’s Timothy Jones horn London Symphony Chorus LSO DISCOVERY / JERWOOD COMPOSER+ Friday 11 October 1–2pm LSO Chamber Orchestra Simon Halsey chorus director DANIEL KIDANE BBC RADIO 3 EVENING CONCERT LSO St Luke’s BARTÓK PLUS An evening of new music curated by BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT Friday 18 October 12.30–1.15pm Thursday 24 October 7.30pm Daniel Kidane, at the culmination BartÓk String Quartet No 5 BEETHOVEN & TIPPETT LSO St Luke’s Barbican of his time as an LSO Jerwood composer. Dvořák String Quartet No 12, ‘American’ BartÓk String Quartet No 6 Programme to include: LSO DISCOVERY GARDINER: CZECH ROOTS Juice Vocal Ensemble Tippett The Heart’s Assurance FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: DVOŘÁK & SUK LSO Musicians Vertavo String Quartet Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte BOHEMIA & BEYOND Dvořák Cello Concerto Supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation LSO PLATFORMS: Please note start time Allan Clayton tenor Rachel Leach presenter Interval James Baillieu piano Suk Symphony No 2, ‘Asrael’ GUILDHALL ARTISTS Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 These free 45-minute recitals Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 Sunday 20 October 10am–5pm Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor feature musicians from the Barbican & LSO St Luke’s Truls Mørk cello Sunday 27 October 2.30–3.30pm Guildhall School, including students Barbican on the Orchestral Artistry specialism LSO DISCOVERY as part of the Guildhall Artists DISCOVERY DAY: JANÁČEK LSO DISCOVERY Masters programme. To find out FAMILY CONCERT more visit lso.co.uk/lsoplatforms Attend a morning LSO rehearsal Suitable for 7- to 12-year-olds conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, followed by a talk and chamber music 12–2.15pm Barbican Foyers at LSO St Luke’s in the afternoon. Free Family Workshops

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Thursday 14 November 7.30pm Barbican

TILSON THOMAS: 50TH ANNIVERSARY TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO

Michael Tilson Thomas Agnegram Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Interval Prokofiev Symphony No 5 Michael Tilson Thomas (10, 13 & 14 Nov) Emmanuelle Haïm (15 Dec) François-Xavier Roth (19 Dec; 18, 19 & 22 Mar; 11 Jun) Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Nicola Benedetti violin Friday 1 November 1–2pm Friday 8 November 1–2pm Thursday 5 December 7.30pm Sunday 15 December 3pm Thursday 19 December 7.30pm LSO St Luke’s LSO St Luke’s 6pm Barbican Barbican Barbican Barbican LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT Free pre-concert recital NOSEDA: RUSSIAN ROOTS LSO SING ROTH: BARTÓK BEETHOVEN & TIPPETT BEETHOVEN & TIPPETT ‘LENINGRAD’ SYMPHONY A CHORAL CHRISTMAS THE MIRACULOUS MANDARIN Friday 15 November 12.30–1.15pm Tippett Piano Sonata No 1 Beethoven String Quartet in F major Op 135 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 Simon Halsey conductor LSO St Luke’s Tippett Piano Sonata No 2 Tippett String Quartet No 3 Interval London Symphony Chorus Sophya Polevaya Spellbound Tableaux Beethoven Piano Sonata No 28 Shostakovich Symphony No 7, ‘Leningrad’ LSO Community (world premiere) * in A major Op 101 Heath Quartet LSO DISCOVERY LSO Discovery Choirs Elgar Cello Concerto FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Gianandrea Noseda conductor Interval Peter Donohoe piano Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 BOHEMIA & BEYOND Khatia Buniatishvili piano Please note start time Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin

Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 Rachel Leach presenter Supported by the Slaughter and François-Xavier Roth conductor Sunday 10 November 7pm Thursday 12 December 7.30pm May Charitable Trust Alisa Weilerstein cello Barbican Barbican London Symphony Chorus Sunday 24 November 10–10.45am Simon Halsey chorus director TILSON THOMAS: 50TH ANNIVERSARY LSO St Luke’s 11.30am–12.15pm PAPPANO: BRITISH ROOTS Sunday 15 December 7pm Saturday 2 November 5.30pm ROMEO AND JULIET ELGAR, TIPPETT & Milton Court Concert Hall * Commissioned through the Panufnik Composers LSO St Luke’s LSO DISCOVERY VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Scheme, generously supported by Lady Hamlyn and Berlioz Romeo and Juliet MUSICAL STORYTELLING LSO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA The Helen Hamlyn Trust LSO DISCOVERY / JERWOOD COMPOSER+ for under-5s Tippett Concerto for RAMEAU, PURCELL AMIR KONJANI Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Double String Orchestra & HANDEL Alice Coote mezzo-soprano LSO musicians retell a popular children’s Elgar Sea Pictures Award-winning composer and Nicholas Phan tenor story through music. Dance and sing Interval Purcell The Fairy Queen – Suite performance artist Amir Konjani Nicolas Courjal bass your way through the concert as the Vaughan Williams Symphony No 4 Handel Water Music – Suites Nos 1 & 3 showcases his latest work. London Symphony Chorus instruments bring the tale to life. Interval Simon Halsey chorus director Sir conductor Rameau Two Arias from Supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Castor and Pollux Supported by LSO Patrons Thursday 28 November 7.30pm Rameau Dardanus – Suite Barbican 6pm Barbican LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists Emmanuelle Haïm conductor Wednesday 13 November 6.30pm NOSEDA: RUSSIAN ROOTS Free pre-concert recital Reinoud Van Mechelen tenor Sunday 3 November 7pm Barbican TCHAIKOVSKY LSO Chamber Orchestra Barbican FIFTH SYMPHONY Supported by LSO Friends 2019/20 SEASON HALF SIX FIX Recommended by Classic FM NOSEDA: RUSSIAN ROOTS PROKOFIEV FIFTH SYMPHONY Rimsky-Korsakov The Legend of the PLAYLIST ON SPOTIFY TCHAIKOVSKY Invisible City of Kitezh – Suite Discover highlights from the year FIFTH SYMPHONY An early-evening concert, with Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 ahead by searching Always Moving introductions from the conductor, a Interval on your favourite streaming Rimsky-Korsakov relaxed atmosphere, and a close-up view Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5 service, or open your Spotify app, The Legend of the Invisible City of the musicians on our large screens. hit search and scan the code below of Kitezh – Suite Gianandrea Noseda conductor by clicking the camera icon. Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 3 Prokofiev Symphony No 5 Janine Jansen violin Interval Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5 Michael Tilson Thomas Recommended by Classic FM conductor & presenter Gianandrea Noseda conductor Denis Matsuev piano

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Alina Ibragimova (3 & 9 Jan) Nathalie Stutzmann (9 Jan) Christian Tetzlaff (30 Jan) Dorothea Röschmann (15 & 16 Jan)

Friday 3 January 1–2pm Thursday 9 January 7.30pm Wednesday 15 January 6.30pm Friday 17 January 1–2pm Sunday 19 January 7pm Thursday 30 January 7.30pm LSO St Luke’s Barbican Barbican LSO St Luke’s Barbican Barbican

BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT STUTZMANN HALF SIX FIX BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT RATTLE: BEETHOVEN 250 NOSEDA: RUSSIAN ROOTS BACH UP CLOSE MENDELSSOHN BEETHOVEN & BERG BACH UP CLOSE CHRIST ON THE MOUNT SHOSTAKOVICH VIOLIN CONCERTO OF OLIVES NINTH SYMPHONY Programme to include: An early-evening concert, with J S Bach J S Bach Sonatas for violin Wagner Overture and Venusberg introductions from the conductor, Cello Suite No 1 (arr for ) Berg Violin Concerto Prokofiev Symphony No 1, ‘Classical’ and harpsichord Music from ‘Tannhäuser’ a relaxed atmosphere, and Selection of Two-Part Inventions Interval Mozart Violin Concerto No 3 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto a close-up view of the musicians for violin and viola Beethoven Christ on the Mount of Olives Interval Alina Ibragimova violin Interval on our large screens. Gamba Sonata No 1 in D major Mussorgsky Prelude to ‘Khovanshchina’ Carole Cerasi harpsichord Brahms Symphony No 1 Sir Simon Rattle conductor Shostakovich Symphony No 9 Berg Seven Early Songs Alexander Sitkovetsky violin Lisa Batiashvili violin Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 Nathalie Stutzmann conductor Beethoven Symphony No 7 Maxim Rysanov viola Elsa Dreisig soprano Gianandrea Noseda conductor Alina Ibragimova violin Pavol Breslik tenor Christian Tetzlaff violin Sir Simon Rattle conductor & presenter Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 David Soar bass 6pm Barbican Dorothea Röschmann soprano London Symphony Chorus 6pm Barbican LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists Simon Halsey chorus director LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists Sunday 5 January 7pm Free pre-concert recital Supported by the Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne Sunday 19 January 10am–5pm Free pre-concert recital Barbican Part of Beethoven 250 at the Barbican Barbican & LSO St Luke’s Part of Beethoven 250 at the Barbican Recommended by Classic FM NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA LSO DISCOVERY Friday 31 January 1–2pm OF GREAT BRITAIN DISCOVERY DAY: BEETHOVEN Friday 24 January 1–2pm LSO St Luke’s Thursday 16 January 7.30pm Friday 10 January 12.30–1.15pm LSO St Luke’s Barbican Programme to include: LSO St Luke’s Attend a morning LSO rehearsal BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT Shostakovich Symphony No 11 conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT BACH UP CLOSE LSO DISCOVERY RATTLE: BEETHOVEN 250 followed by a talk and chamber music BACH UP CLOSE Jaime Martín conductor FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: BEETHOVEN & BERG at LSO St Luke’s in the afternoon. J S Bach National Youth Orchestra FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE Programme to include: Italian Concerto in F major of Great Britain Berg Passacaglia Part of Beethoven 250 at the Barbican J S Bach Keyboard Partita No 4 in D major Rachel Leach presenter Berg Seven Early Songs Harpsichord Concerto in D minor Chaconne from Violin Partita No 2 Berg Three Pieces for Orchestra BWV 1052 (arr Busconi) Interval Harpsichord Concerto in Beethoven Symphony No 7 G minor BWV 1058 Frederico Colli piano

Sir Simon Rattle conductor Justin Taylor harpsichord Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 Dorothea Röschmann soprano Consone Quartet

Part of Beethoven 250 at the Barbican Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3

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Roman Simovic (9 Feb) Lisa Batiashvili (19 Jan; 13 Feb) Elim Chan (27 Feb) Lukáš Vondráček (27 Feb)

Friday 7 February 12.30–1.15pm Wednesday 12 February 6.30pm Thursday 13 February 7.30pm Saturday 15 February 7pm Thursday 27 February 7.30pm BEETHOVEN 250 LSO St Luke’s Barbican Barbican LSO St Luke’s Barbican AT THE BARBICAN From Egmont to the 'Emperor', LSO DISCOVERY HALF SIX FIX RATTLE: BEETHOVEN 250 LSO DISCOVERY CHAN the Barbican family celebrate FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: BEETHOVEN’S ‘CHORAL’ CHRIST ON THE MOUNT SOUNDHUB SHOWCASE: PHASE II DAPHNIS AND CHLOE the legendary composer in his FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE SYMPHONY OF OLIVES 250th anniversary year, including Composers on Phase II of LSO Discovery’s James Hoyle Thymiaterion the opportunity to hear all Rachel Leach presenter An early-evening concert, with Berg Violin Concerto Soundhub scheme showcase new music, (world premiere) * nine over a single introductions from the conductor, a Interval joined by LSO musicians. Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3 weekend. Find out more at relaxed atmosphere, and a close-up view Christ on the Mount of Olives Interval Beethoven barbican.org.uk/beethoven250 Sunday 9 February 7pm of the musicians on our large screens. LSO Soundhub is generously supported by Elizabeth Ogonek All These Lighted Barbican Sir Simon Rattle conductor Susie Thomson Things – Three little dances for orchestra Beethoven Symphony No 9, ‘Choral’ Lisa Batiashvili violin Ravel Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No 2 NOSEDA: RUSSIAN ROOTS Elsa Dreisig soprano SHOSTAKOVICH Sir Simon Rattle conductor & presenter Pavol Breslik tenor Sunday 16 February 7pm Elim Chan conductor NINTH SYMPHONY Iwona Sobotka soprano David Soar bass Barbican Lukáš Vondráček piano Anna Stéphany mezzo-soprano London Symphony Chorus Prokofiev Symphony No 1, ‘Classical’ Robert Murray tenor Simon Halsey chorus director RATTLE: BEETHOVEN 250 * Commissioned through the Panufnik Composers Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 1 Florian Boesch baritone ‘CHORAL’ SYMPHONY Scheme, generously supported by Lady Hamlyn and The Helen Hamlyn Trust Interval London Symphony Chorus Part of Beethoven 250 at the Barbican Mussorgsky Prelude to ‘Khovanshchina’ Simon Halsey chorus director Berg Lulu – Suite Shostakovich Symphony No 9 Interval Part of Beethoven 250 at the Barbican Beethoven Symphony No 9, ‘Choral’ Friday 28 February 1–2pm Gianandrea Noseda conductor LSO St Luke’s Roman Simovic violin Sir Simon Rattle conductor Iwona Sobotka soprano BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT Anna Stéphany mezzo-soprano RUSSIAN ROOTS Robert Murray tenor Florian Boesch baritone Programme to include: London Symphony Chorus Shostakovich Viola Sonata Simon Halsey chorus director Lawrence Power viola Part of Beethoven 250 at the Barbican Pavel Kolesnikov piano

Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3

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Friday 13 March 1–2pm LSO St Luke’s

BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT RUSSIAN ROOTS

Shostakovich Seven Romances Op 127 Stravinsky Pastorale Prokofiev Five Poems of Anna Akhmatova Sofia Gubaidulina Letter to the Poetess Rimma Dalos Lera Auerbach Postscriptum Karina Canellakis (8 Mar) Rachmaninov O, let’s escape, Beloved; André J Thomas (1 Mar) Susanna Mälkki (12 Mar) Sir Antonio Pappano (12 Dec; 15 Mar) O, never sing to me again; Vocalise

Sunday 1 March 7pm Sunday 8 March 7pm Katharina Konradi soprano Wednesday 18 March 6.30pm Sunday 22 March 10am–5pm Sunday 29 March 10–10.45am Barbican Barbican Trio Gaspard Barbican Barbican & LSO St Luke’s LSO St Luke’s 11.30am–12.15pm

LSO SING CANELLAKIS Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 HALF SIX FIX LSO DISCOVERY LSO DISCOVERY SYMPHONIC GOSPEL SPIRIT RAVEL & STRAUSS BARTÓK DISCOVERY DAY: DUKAS MUSICAL STORYTELLING for under-5s Conductor and composer André J Thomas Strauss Die Frau ohne Schatten – Suite An early-evening concert, with Attend a morning LSO rehearsal brings together symphonic and gospel Ravel Piano Concerto in G major introductions from the conductor, conducted by François-Xavier Roth, LSO musicians retell a popular children’s music, including orchestral arrangements Interval Sunday 15 March 11am–4.30pm a relaxed atmosphere, and a close-up followed by a talk and chamber music story through music. Dance and sing of traditional spirituals and classical Strauss Death and Transfiguration LSO St Luke’s view of the musicians on our large screens. at LSO St Luke’s in the afternoon. your way through the concert as the standards given a gospel twist. Ravel La valse instruments bring the tale to life. LSO DISCOVERY Bartók Dance Suite André J Thomas conductor Karina Canellakis conductor SINGING DAY: MAHLER Bartók The Wooden Prince Sunday 22 March 7pm Cédric Tiberghien piano Barbican Sunday 29 March 7pm Mahler Symphony No 2, ‘Resurrection’ François-Xavier Roth Barbican Friday 6 March 12.30–1.15pm (accompanied by piano) conductor & presenter ROTH LSO St Luke’s Thursday 12 March 7.30pm DUKAS ELDER Barbican Simon Halsey conductor Recommended by Classic FM ELGAR & SIBELIUS LSO DISCOVERY Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: MÄLKKI Dukas Polyeucte Elgar Violin Concerto FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE LA MER Sunday 15 March 7pm Thursday 19 March 7.30pm Interval Interval Barbican Barbican Dukas Symphony in C Sibelius Symphony No 4 Rachel Leach presenter Dvořák Violin Concerto Interval PAPPANO: BRITISH ROOTS ROTH: BARTÓK François-Xavier Roth conductor Sir Mark Elder conductor Kaija Saariaho Laterna Magica VAUGHAN WILLIAMS THE WOODEN PRINCE Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider violin Saturday 7 March 2.30–3.30pm Debussy La mer Barbican Vaughan Williams Fantasia Bartók Dance Suite Thursday 26 March 10am–1.30pm 5.30pm Barbican Susanna Mälkki conductor on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Stravinsky Violin Concerto in D major LSO St Luke’s 2.30–6pm LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists LSO DISCOVERY Gil Shaham violin Britten Violin Concerto Interval Free pre-concert recital FAMILY CONCERT Interval Bartók The Wooden Prince LSO DISCOVERY Suitable for 7- to 12-year-olds 6pm Barbican Vaughan Williams Symphony No 6 PANUFNIK COMPOSERS Recommended by Classic FM LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists François-Xavier Roth conductor WORKSHOP 12–2.15pm Barbican Foyers Free pre-concert recital Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Isabelle Faust violin Free Family Workshops Vilde Frang violin Eight composers hear their new 6pm Barbican work rehearsed by the LSO and 5.30pm Barbican LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists François-Xavier Roth, with mentors LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists Free pre-concert recital Colin Matthews and Christian Mason. Free pre-concert recital François-Xavier Roth conductor Recommended by Classic FM Friday 20 March 12.30–1.15pm LSO St Luke’s Free entry, booking essential

LSO DISCOVERY The Panufnik Composers Scheme FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: is generously supported by Lady Hamlyn FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE and The Helen Hamlyn Trust

Rachel Leach presenter

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Friday 3 April 1–2pm Wednesday 22 April 6.30pm Friday 1 May 12.30–1.15pm LSO St Luke’s Barbican LSO St Luke’s

BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT HALF SIX FIX LSO DISCOVERY RUSSIAN ROOTS CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: I GOT RHYTHM Stravinsky Trois pièces An early-evening concert, with Shostakovich String Quartet No 4 introductions from the conductor, Rachel Leach presenter Tchaikovsky String Quartet No 3 a relaxed atmosphere, and a close-up view of the musicians Rinat Shaham (23 Apr) Wynton Marsalis (30 & 31 May) Gringolts Quartet on our large screens. Friday 8 May 1–2pm LSO St Luke’s Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 Bartók Concerto for Orchestra Saturday 16 May 12–1pm Friday 22 May 12.30–1.15pm BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT Barbican LSO St Luke’s Sir Simon Rattle conductor & presenter ANTOINE TAMESTIT & FRIENDS LSO DISCOVERY 30TH ANNIVERSARY LSO DISCOVERY Reger Solo Suite FAMILY CONCERT FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Sunday 5 April 7pm Brahms Quintet Op 111 Suitable for 7- to 12-year-olds I GOT RHYTHM Barbican Thursday 23 April 7.30pm Antoine Tamestit viola Please note start time Rachel Leach presenter NOSEDA Barbican Arod String Quartet ST JOHN PASSION 10–11.45am Barbican Foyers RATTLE: ROOTS & ORIGINS Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 Free Family Workshops Thursday 28 May 7.30pm James MacMillan St John Passion DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE Barbican Patricia Kopatchinskaja (26 Apr) Recommended by Classic FM Gianandrea Noseda conductor Bartók Concerto for Orchestra HONECK: BEETHOVEN 250 Marcus Farnsworth baritone Interval BEETHOVEN & STRAUSS London Symphony Chorus Bartók Duke Bluebeard’s Castle Sunday 26 April 10am–5pm Sunday 10 May 11am–4.30pm Sunday 17 May 6pm Simon Halsey chorus director Barbican & LSO St Luke’s LSO St Luke’s Barbican Beethoven Violin Concerto Sir Simon Rattle conductor Interval Rinat Shaham mezzo-soprano LSO DISCOVERY LSO DISCOVERY LSO DISCOVERY 30TH ANNIVERSARY Strauss Ein Heldenleben Friday 17 April 1–2pm Gábor Bretz bass DISCOVERY DAY: SOUNDS SINGING DAY: BACK TO BACH SHOWCASE LSO St Luke’s FROM SOUTH AMERICA Manfred Honeck conductor Music with its roots in Bach, including: London Symphony Orchestra Anne-Sophie Mutter violin BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT Friday 24 April 1pm & Attend a morning LSO rehearsal conducted Tippett Spirituals from ‘A Child of LSO Discovery Groups RUSSIAN ROOTS LSO St Luke’s 6.30pm by Sir Simon Rattle, followed by a talk and our Time’ (accompanied by piano) 6pm Barbican chamber music at LSO St Luke’s, focusing Please note start time LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST on composers from South America Simon Halsey conductor Free pre-concert recital Stravinsky arr Victor Babin LUNCHTIME including Villa-Lobos and Piazzolla. Three Movements from ‘Petrushka’ & RUSH-HOUR CONCERTS Thursday 21 May 7.30pm Part of Beethoven 250 at the Barbican for two pianos Afternoon to feature: Friday 15 May 1–2pm Barbican The winners of the Solo Piano Fellows from Music Academy LSO St Luke’s Simon Crawford-Philips piano Competition and Marilyn Horne Song of the West FISCHER Saturday 30 May 7.30pm Philip Moore piano Competition at Santa Barbara’s BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT DVOŘÁK Sunday 31 May 7pm Music Academy of the West present ANTOINE TAMESTIT & FRIENDS ‘FROM THE NEW WORLD’ Barbican Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 showcases at LSO St Luke’s. Sunday 26 April 7pm Barbican Bruch Eight Pieces for clarinet, Haydn Symphony No 88 JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER Free entry, no ticket required viola and piano Mozart Violin Concerto No 2 ORCHESTRA WITH Sunday 19 April 7pm RATTLE: ROOTS & ORIGINS Jörg Widmann Fantasie for solo clarinet Interval WYNTON MARSALIS Barbican MAHLER György Kurtág Hommage à Dvořák Symphony No 9, FOURTH SYMPHONY Robert Schumann ‘From the New World’ Programme to include: LSO ARTIST PORTRAIT 22 to 26 April Mozart Fantasia in D minor Wynton Marsalis Symphony No 4, ANTOINE TAMESTIT Music Academy Of the West/London Symphony Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 György Kurtág Three Pieces from Ádám Fischer conductor ‘The Jungle’ Orchestra partnership. The lead sponsors are Linda violin and Michael Keston and Mary Lynn and Warren Ligeti Violin Concerto ‘Signs, Games and Messages’ Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider Jörg Widmann Viola Concerto Staley. Additional support has been provided in Interval Mozart Clarinet Trio in E-flat major, Sir Simon Rattle conductor Interval remembrance of Léni Fé Bland Mahler Symphony No 4 ‘Kegelstatt-Trio’ 6pm Barbican Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Bruckner Symphony No 5 LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists with Wynton Marsalis Sir Simon Rattle conductor Antoine Tamestit viola Free pre-concert recital London Symphony Orchestra conductor Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin Jörg Widmann clarinet Antoine Tamestit viola Camilla Tilling soprano Dénes Várjon piano Recommended by Classic FM Produced by the LSO and the Barbican. Part of the LSO’s 2019/20 Season and Barbican Presents. 5.30pm Barbican Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists Free pre-concert recital 42 LSO Season 2019/20 ~ April & May Booking Details page 46 lso.co.uk | 020 7638 8891 43 June / July 2020

Thursday 4 June 7.30pm Thursday 11 June 7.30pm Barbican Barbican

RATTLE: ROOTS & ORIGINS LSO ARTIST PORTRAIT PERCY GRAINGER ANTOINE TAMESTIT

An evening of music and visuals Berio Voci exploring the life and music of Interval the great maverick and eccentric Stravinsky The Firebird genius Percy Grainger. In 1999 we became the first orchestra to launch its own record label. François-Xavier Roth conductor Sir Simon Rattle conductor Antoine Tamestit viola Over 150 releases later, we celebrate 20 years of LSO Live. Gerard McBurney creative director Gentlemen of the London Symphony Chorus Friday 12 June 12.30–1.15pm Discover the story at lso.co.uk/lsoliveat20 Simon Halsey chorus director LSO St Luke’s Antoine Tamestit (19 Apr; 8 & 15 May; 5, 11, 14 & 26 Jun) Produced by the LSO and the Barbican. LSO DISCOVERY Part of the LSO’s 2019/20 Season and FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Barbican Presents I GOT RHYTHM Friday 3 July 12.30–1.15pm LSO St Luke’s Rachel Leach presenter LSO DISCOVERY Friday 5 June 1–2pm FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: LSO St Luke’s Sunday 14 June 7pm I GOT RHYTHM Barbican BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT Rachel Leach presenter ANTOINE TAMESTIT & FRIENDS LSO ARTIST PORTRAIT ANTOINE TAMESTIT Programme to include music Saturday 11 July 10–10.45am by Bach and Ligeti Walton Viola Concerto LSO St Luke’s 11.30am–12.15pm Follow our official Interval Dvořák: Symphony No 9 Beethoven: Symphony No 5 Antoine Tamestit viola Tippett A Child of our Time LSO DISCOVERY (1999) (2006) anniversary playlist Masaaki Suzuki harpsichord MUSICAL STORYTELLING by searching LSO Live at 20 Alan Gilbert conductor for under-5s Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3 Antoine Tamestit viola on your favourite streaming Golda Schultz soprano LSO musicians retell a popular children’s Maya Lahyani mezzo-soprano story through music. Dance and sing service, or open your Stuart Jackson tenor your way through the concert as the Spotify app, hit search and London Symphony Chorus instruments bring the tale to life. Simon Halsey chorus director then scan the code below Saturday 6 June 7.30pm Barbican 5.30pm Barbican Saturday 18 July 7pm by clicking the camera icon. LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists LSO St Luke’s RATTLE: ROOTS & ORIGINS Free pre-concert recital GERSHWIN LSO DISCOVERY SOUNDHUB SHOWCASE: PHASE I Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Mendelssohn: Gershwin Cuban Overture Friday 26 June 1–2pm (2010) A Midsummer Night’s Dream Ives Decoration Day LSO St Luke’s Composers on Phase I of LSO Soundhub (2016) Gershwin ed Watson Piano Concerto showcase work developed through the in F major BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT scheme, joined by LSO musicians. Interval ANTOINE TAMESTIT & FRIENDS Roy Harris Symphony No 3 LSO Soundhub is generously supported by Bernstein Three Dance Episodes from Programme to include: Susie Thomson ‘On the Town’ Berio Naturale Gershwin An American in Paris Antoine Tamestit viola Sir Simon Rattle conductor Colin Currie percussion Kirill Gerstein piano Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3

Shostakovich: Symphony No 8 Berlioz: (2018) The Damnation of Faust (2019) 44 LSO Season 2019/20 ~ June & July