LSO summer highlights Music in colour THE COMPLETE SCRIABIN SYMPHONIES Enter a world of swirling soundscapes and vivid musical colours, as the LSO and Valery Gergiev explore Alexander Scriabin’s five symphonies, alongside meditative works by French composer Messiaen and Romantic piano concertos by Liszt and Chopin. Page 6
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SIR HARRISON BIRTWISTLE AT 80
MEET THE INSATIABLY CURIOUS COMPOSER
The Barbican celebrates the 80th
Explore vivid tone poems and
living composers with a two-week
an operatic masterpiece by
series, including a performance of
Richard Strauss, and get an
Earth Dances by the LSO.
insight into his life and career
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at our LSO Discovery Day. Page 10 2
SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS
birthday of one of the UK’s greatest