LSO CONCERTS AT THE BARBICAN Public booking opens on Friday 11 December at lso.co.uk Thursday 7 January 3.30 & 6.30pm Thursday 28 January 3.30 & 6.30pm Barbican Barbican Joan Tower Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman: Berg Violin Concerto Part I Schubert Symphony No 9, ‘The Great’ Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 Barber Symphony in One Movement Sir Simon Rattle conductor Leonidas Kavakos violin Marin Alsop conductor Eric Lu piano Performance supported by the National Bank of Greece to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Greek Independence, within the context of the Sunday 31 January 2pm & 4.30pm ‘Bicentennial Initiative 1821–2021’ with the Barbican participation of the leading foundations of Greece. Introduce your family to classical music and the Thursday 14 January 3.30 & 6.30pm instruments of the orchestra in this concert, Barbican inspired by the popular children’s book Leon and the Place Between by Angela McAllister and illustrated by Grahame Baker-Smith. Schumann Piano Concerto Schubert Symphony No 9, ‘The Great’ Elim Chan conductor Paul Rissmann presenter Sir Simon Rattle conductor Mitsuko Uchida piano For families with children aged 7 to 12 Thursday 21 January 3.30 & 6.30pm Thursday 11 February 3.30 & 6.30pm Barbican Barbican Bennett Partita for Orchestra Bacewicz Music for Strings, Trumpet & Percussion Gershwin Lullaby Strauss Oboe Concerto Dutilleux Le loup Schreker Chamber Symphony John Wilson conductor Duncan Ward conductor Juliana Koch oboe Thursday 18 February 3.30 & 6.30pm Thursday 11 March 3.30 & 6.30pm Barbican Barbican Bartók Dance Suite Charlie Piper Flēotan* Ligeti Romanian Concerto Betsy Jolas Well Met Suite Haydn Symphony No 104, ‘London’ Francisco Coll Violin Concerto† Ayanna Witter-Johnson Fairtrade?* François-Xavier Roth conductor François-Xavier Roth conductor Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin Monday 1 March 7pm LSO Futures is generously supported by Lady Barbican Hamlyn and The Helen Hamlyn Trust. *Commissioned through the Panufnik Composers Scheme, generously supported by Lady Hamlyn and The Helen Hamlyn Trust. Three finalists compete for the chance to win £15,000 and the opportunity to become Assistant †Co-commissioned by the LSO, Orchestre Conductor with the LSO. Philharmonique de Luxembourg & Philharmonie Luxembourg, Seattle Symphony, the NTR Verdi Nabucco – Overture ZaterdagMatinee, Radio 4’s concert series in the Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn Concertgebouw and Bamberger Symphoniker, Dvořák Slavonic Dances Op 72 with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation. Jury Lennox Mackenzie chair Ivor Bolton Vassily Sinaisky Thursday 18 March 3.30 & 6.30pm Kirill Karabits Barbican Sian Edwards James MacMillan David Alberman Haydn Symphony No 86 Brahms Serenade No 2 Strauss Le bourgeois gentilhomme – Suite Saturday 6 March 3.30 & 6.30pm Barbican Sir Simon Rattle conductor Sunday 21 March 3.30 & 6.30pm Sibelius Symphony No 6 Barbican Adès In Seven Days Thomas Adès conductor Kirill Gerstein piano Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Harrison Song of Quetzalcoatl Varèse Offrandes Ravel Ma mère l'Oye – ballet Sir Simon Rattle conductor Barbara Hannigan soprano CONCERTS AT LSO ST LUKE’S Sunday 10 January 6.30pm Friday 29 January 1pm LSO St Luke’s LSO St Luke’s Dvořák Serenade for Wind Instruments Ginastera Variaciones concertantes Schumann Märchenbilder Gerhard Dances from ‘Don Quixote’ Elgar Piano Quintet Dvořák American Suite Nash Ensemble Sir Simon Rattle conductor Recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Tickets on sale from Tuesday 5 January. Visit lso.co.uk for full details. Friday 5 February 1pm LSO St Luke’s Friday 15 January 1pm LSO St Luke’s Elgar Chanson de Matin; Chanson de Nuit Kreisler Liebesfreud; Liebeslied Elgar Violin Sonata Wagner arr Liszt Liebestod from ‘Tristan and Schumann Piano Quartet Isolde’ Schumann Piano Quintet Nash Ensemble Nash Ensemble Recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Friday 22 January 1pm LSO St Luke’s Friday 12 February 12.30pm LSO St Luke’s Elgar Concert Allegro for Solo Piano Schumann Märchenerzählungen Enjoy a free, 45-minute informal concert at LSO St Elgar Sospiri Luke’s, with introductions from presenter Rachel Wagner Wesendonck Lieder Leach. Christine Rice mezzo soprano Rachel Leach presenter Brett Dean viola Tickets free, but must be booked in advance. Nash Ensemble Booking opens one week before each concert at lso.co.uk. Recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Saturday 13 February 7pm Monday 8 March 2pm & 6.30pm LSO St Luke’s LSO St Luke’s Hear new works by early-career composers on In this free public workshop, witness a pivotal Phase I of LSO Discovery’s Soundhub scheme, point in the process of writing a new orchestral developed in collaboration with LSO musicians. piece. The LSO performs and discusses works by the latest cohort of Panufnik composers, under Featuring music by: the guidance of composers Colin Matthews and Clare Elton Christian Mason, and conductor François-Xavier Ryan Latimer Roth. Ruaidhrí Mannion Anselm McDonnell François-Xavier Roth conductor LSO Soundhub is generously supported by Susie The Panufnik Composers Scheme is generously Thomson and the Garrick Charitable Trust supported by Lady Hamlyn and The Helen Hamlyn Trust. Ticket information to be announced on 25 January. Friday 19 February 12.30pm Please visit lso.co.uk/panufnikworkshops for the LSO St Luke’s latest updates. Friday 12 March 1pm Rachel Leach presenter LSO St Luke’s Friday 26 February 12.30pm LSO St Luke’s Simon Höfele trumpet Recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Rachel Leach presenter Friday 19 March 12.30pm LSO St Luke’s Rachel Leach presenter Friday 26 March 1pm LSO St Luke’s Stravinsky Suite italienne Chopin Cello Sonata Laura van der Heijden cello Petr Limonov piano Recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3 .