LSO Summer 2014 Concert Guide

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Sun 27 Apr 7.30pm

DANIELE GATTI

Mahler Symphony No 7 Daniele Gatti conductor Wed 14 May 7.30pm

PABLO HERAS-CASADO Ravel Alborada del gracioso Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 2 Shostakovich Symphony No 10 Pablo Heras-Casado conductor Roman Simovic violin Fri 6 Jun 7.30pm

LEONIDAS KAVAKOS Beethoven Overture: Prometheus Triple Concerto Symphony No 3 (‘Eroica’) Leonidas Kavakos conductor/violin Enrico Pace piano Tim Hugh cello

LSO Invites NEW FACES ON THE PODIUM It’s an exciting time at the LSO this summer as we welcome a line-up of guest conductors to perform with the Orchestra.

Thu 19 Jun 7.30pm

FABIO LUISI

While all have distinguished careers, performing around the globe to

Mozart Piano Concerto No 23 K488 Bruckner Symphony No 8

critical adulation, this series, which began last September, marks one of the

Fabio Luisi conductor Lise de la Salle piano

own interpretations on major works.

Sun 22 Jun 7.30pm

first opportunities to hear them conduct the forces of the LSO, stamping their The first on the podium this summer is Italian conductor Daniele Gatti. A familiar face in London’s concert halls, Gatti returns to the LSO after a gap

FABIO LUISI

of almost two decades to conduct Mahler’s awe-inspiring Seventh Symphony.

Strauss Ein Heldenleben Beethoven Mass in C major

He is followed in May by Pablo Heras-Casado, a conductor whose career

Fabio Luisi conductor Christiane Oelze soprano Anna Stephany mezzo-soprano Timothy Oliver tenor Matthew Rose bass London Symphony Chorus Simon Halsey chorus director

known Baroque composers and avant-garde contemporary music. His debut

6pm Guildhall Artists at the Barbican

his debut with the LSO in June. Later that month, Fabio Luisi, Principal

Sun 29 Jun 7.30pm

JONATHAN NOTT

has embraced everything from the traditional symphonic repertoire to littleconcert with the Orchestra mixes a Spanish-inspired piece by Ravel with works by Russian masters Prokofiev and Shostakovich. LSO audiences will recognise Leonidas Kavakos as a sought-after violinist and the focus of the 2012/13 UBS Soundscapes: LSO Artist Portrait series. He now devotes an increasing amount of his career to conducting, making Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, takes to the podium for two concerts, which include Bruckner’s immense Eighth Symphony and Beethoven’s Mass in C major. British conductor Jonathan Nott closes the LSO’s 2013/14 series

Beethoven Symphony No 2 Messiaen Turangalîla-symphonie

on 29 June. Originally trained as a choral scholar, Nott moved to Germany

Jonathan Nott conductor Steven Osborne piano Cynthia Millar ondes-Martenot

system and became a conductor. As Principal Conductor of the Bamberg

6pm Guildhall Artists at the Barbican

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after his studies, where he immersed himself in the country’s Kapellmeister Symphony Orchestra, he’s known for his creative programmes and in June he pairs a Beethoven symphony with Messiaen’s Turangalîla-symphonie, a complex and breathtaking tapestry of exotic sound.

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