16 March – April
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Mon 1 Apr 10am–2pm
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts
LSO Discovery
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Family OPEN Day
Schubert Octet
Vanessa King animateur plus special guests
Taking a full hour to perform, Schubert’s Octet is a feat for even the best musicians. Scored for clarinet, bassoon, horn, two violins, viola, cello and double bass, the piece is in good hands with the Nash Ensemble, who have previously enjoyed a residency at LSO St Luke’s.
Bring the whole family to peek behind the doors of this very special music venue. Find out more about what goes on here and have fun joining in our musical easter egg hunt, hear music performed by LSO players and do some music-making of your very own.
Tickets £10 (£9 concessions)
Tickets £3 children, £5 adults (under 12 months free, no ticket required) Families can explore LSO St Luke’s together
Fri 5 Apr 7.30pm
LSO Discovery
Special Guests
For all ages over 18
Sinfonia d’Amici Hansel and Gretel
Paul Rissmann animateur
Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel
Wish you hadn’t given up your instrument all those years ago? Paul Rissmann and members of the LSO will work with you and your new band-mates to refresh your skills and prepare an informal concert for family and friends, including Elgar’s Nimrod. We invite all adults who haven’t played recently, or never get to perform with others.
Harry Ogg conductor Rozanna Madylus Hansel Maud Millar Gretel Barney Rea Father Sara-Lian Owen Mother Raphaela Papadakis Sandman / Dew-Fairy Sinfonia d’Amici
Tickets £10, booking essential To apply visit lso.co.uk/note-perfect or call 020 7382 2584
Meet TANSY DAVIES UBS Soundscapes: Eclectica
‘You get sparks of life where things conflict’ says composer Tansy Davies, whose musical wares gleefully cluster on the edges of funk, experimental rock, industrial techno, atonalism and electronica. Taking as her inspiration the skewed structures and hallucinogenic lights of the city, club doorways and cracking whips, alongside an inhabitation of the worlds of Bach, Prince, Stravinsky and the Greek composer and architect Xenakis, for Tansy Davies, these ‘conflicts’ give us the chance to ‘get out of the human condition and appreciate the thrilling mechanisms of nature’. Her Eclectica concert at LSO St Luke’s in April journeys through her latest album, Troubairitz. Its title is taken from the female equivalent to
the twelfth-century troubadours – travelling musicians whose songs told of anything from courtly love to the metaphysical, and whose poetry forms the centre of an album that through its flickering, ever-shifting alignments and collisions is always travelling – on the move from one snapshot to the next, as though each member of the audience is listening strapped to the back of a motorcycle. ‘Tansy Davies’ music jolts and pulses’, one critic comments, ‘You may think you see a city crossroads at night – people rushing, people still, warm air thumping from a club doorway … But blink and the scene shifts’. Tansy Davies’ Eclectica and the Panufnik Composers Workshop are part of LSO Futures week, celebrating young and emerging composers with a series of showcases, Barbican concerts and more. For details, including how to purchase a Week Pass and save 25%, visit lso.co.uk/futures.
LSO Discovery
Panufnik Composers Workshop François-Xavier Roth conductor London Symphony Orchestra Workshopping new music by emerging composers Patrick Brennan, Leo Chadburn, David Coonan, Bushra El-Turk, Ryan Latimer and Aaron Parker. Plus, a special commission from Matthew Kaner. Free entry, booking essential Part of LSO Futures Week Supported by the Helen Hamlyn Trust
Sat 30 Mar 10am–5pm Workshops 5.30–6pm Concert
Not(e) Perfect Orchestra
Thu 11 Apr 1.30–5.30pm & 6.30–9.30pm
With the help of animated projections and story telling, Sinfonia D’Amici bring to life this opera for children and adults alike. Prepare yourself for a surprise at the end of Act Three! Tickets £15 (£8 concessions) Promoted by Sinfonia D’Amici
Tue 9 Apr 8pm UBS Soundscapes: Eclectica
Tansy Davies: TROUBAIRITZ
Tansy Davies’ darkly powerful and acclaimed album Troubairitz will be recreated by the Azalea Ensemble, duo Anna Snow and Damien Harron, and conductor Chris Austin. Ensemble New Noise will give a rare performance of Aquatic, while percussionist Joby Burgess will play ritualistic funk hybrid Dark Ground, and Rolf Wallin’s energetic Stonewave. Tickets £10 £15 £22
Panufnik Young Composers Workshop
Sun 14 Apr 1pm & 7.30pm Special Guests
Camden Music Spring Festival 1pm Camden Guitars Camden SuperGroups Camden Philharmonia 7.30pm Camden Percussion Ensemble Camden Philharmonic Band Camden Youth Orchestra Junior and senior young musicians from Camden Music Service perform their end-of-season concerts. Tickets £8 £12 for both concerts if booked at the same time. £4 for under-18s, over-65s and students Promoted by Camden Music Service
Part of LSO Futures Week