2016/17 season listings

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LSO Season 2016/17 Advance Concert Listings

Season 2016/17 Highlights Sir Simon Rattle LSO MUSIC DIRECTOR DESIGNATE Sir Simon Rattle’s 2016/17 concert season begins once more with a collaboration with the enigmatic Peter Sellars as the pair turn their attention to Ligeti’s Le grand macabre. His concerts will also see two world premieres – one a new work by Mark-Anthony Turnage, the other a children’s opera by Andrew Norman – and an end of season concert with Lang Lang.

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Janine Jansen LSO 2016/17 ARTIST PORTRAIT Star violinist Janine Jansen performs works by Bernstein, Brahms and Berg as this season’s LSO Artist Portrait.

Many critics heap her with praise, The Independent recently commenting that ‘Jansen’s commandingly beautiful tone dignifies everything she plays’.

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SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

LSO Principals SPOTLIGHT ON LSO PLAYERS Five LSO Principal players take centre stage in performances across the 2016/17 season. LSO Principal Trumpet Philip Cobb performs Haydn, Roman Simovic – LSO Leader – plays Bruch and also returns to the Brahms Double Concerto alongside LSO Principal Cello Tim Hugh, and Tim and his counterpart LSO Principal Cello Rebecca Gilliver perform duos in a BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert.

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Choral Cornucopia FIVE MAJOR CHORAL WORKS Gianandrea Noseda, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, John Adams, Fabio Luisi and Bernard Haitink all offer major choral works in 2016/17. Among them are Verdi’s powerful Requiem and a nativity oratorio by John Adams – El Niño – conducted by the composer himself.

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‘I was struck afresh by his one-in-a-million alchemy of intelligence, daring and vigour.’

The Times on Sir Simon Rattle with the LSO

Simon Rattle MEET THE LSO’S MUSIC DIRECTOR DESIGNATE Sir Simon Rattle will become the London Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director in September 2017. But before he takes the helm, enjoy four concerts that offer a glimpse of the imaginative music-making we can all look forward to in the future.

New music has always been close to this conductor’s heart, and perhaps none more so than the work of British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage.

Their relationship goes back decades and he knows that few composers could create something able to stand up to the tragedy of Mahler’s Symphony No 6 (19 Jan 2017). This follows a new staging of one of the landmark operas of the last 50 years – Ligeti’s Le grand macabre, a contemporary masterpiece – brought to life in the Barbican Hall by director Peter Sellars (14 & 15 Jan 2017).

As a passionate advocate for music education, Sir Simon Rattle invites members of the LSO Discovery Choirs and students from the Guildhall School for a special side-by-side performance with LSO players (9 Jul 2017) before finishing the 2016/17 season in style. We welcome back superstar pianist Lang Lang for Bartók’s Piano Concerto No 2, before embarking on an ‘Imaginary Orchestral Journey’, with Sir Simon’s own selection of his favourite excerpts from Haydn’s vast oeuvre (11 & 12 Jul 2017).

Images left to right: Simon Rattle conducting the LSO in Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri, Simon Rattle with the LSO Members on the day of his appointment, Simon Rattle conducting the rehearsal for The Monster in the Maze, featuring the LSO Community Choir, LSO Discovery Choirs, Guildhall Musicians and guest soloists.

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SIR SIMON RATTLE

SIR SIMON RATTLE Sat 14 & Sun 15 Jan 2017 Ligeti Le grand macabre (semi-staged opera) Sir Simon Rattle conductor Peter Sellars director Thu 19 Jan 2017 Mark-Anthony Turnage Remembering (world premiere) Mahler Symphony No 6 Sir Simon Rattle conductor Sun 9 Jul 2017 Andrew Norman Children’s Opera Sibelius Symphony No 2 Sir Simon Rattle conductor London Symphony Orchestra Guildhall School musicians LSO Discovery Choirs LSO Community Choir Tue 11 & Wed 12 Jul 2017 Wagner Excerpts from ‘Tristan and Isolde’ Bartók Piano Concerto No 2 Haydn An Imaginary Orchestral Journey Sir Simon Rattle conductor

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Janine Jansen 2016/17 LSO ARTIST PORTRAIT

‘This was the very best of Jansen: her performance was a tour de force not only of technical prowess, but of a highly stimulated and fiery imagination.’

The Times

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JANINE JANSEN

‘Janine Jansen is a player that you follow wherever she leads.’

The Times

She’s one of the finest artists on the concert stage, a rare blend of

LSO ARTIST PORTRAIT: JANINE JANSEN

immaculate virtuosity with real emotional depth and passion. In 2016/17,

Sun 5 Feb 2017 Bernstein Serenade Sir Antonio Pappano conductor

subject of the season’s LSO Artist Portrait.

Sun 12 Mar 2017 Brahms Violin Concerto Valery Gergiev conductor Thu 6 Apr 2017 Berg Violin Concerto Gianandrea Noseda conductor

we are delighted to welcome back violin superstar Janine Jansen as the Alongside conductors Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Antonio Pappano and former LSO Principal Conductor Valery Gergiev, she takes on three concertos from three different eras. First is Bernstein’s Serenade, five movements that draw on the philosophy of Plato’s Symposium to create an orchestral meditation on the nature of love (5 Feb 2017).

Then it’s the powerhouse that is the Brahms Violin Concerto (12 Mar 2017), a formidable challenge for any soloist, but a rich and rewarding experience for both performer and audience alike. Berg’s Violin Concerto completes the triptych,

In partnership with

a modernist masterpiece that shows the composer in full lyrical force (6 Apr 2017) in a programme complemented by Mahler’s expansive seventh symphony.

And, in collaboration with London’s Wigmore Hall, experience another side to this multi-faceted performer with intimate recitals that showcase her talents in a variety of chamber settings, featuring music by Brahms, Prokofiev, Poulenc and Schubert.

So join us in 2016/17 as we celebrate Janine Jansen, one of the world’s foremost musicians playing alongside London’s Symphony Orchestra.

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‘To copy the truth can be a good thing, but to invent the truth is better.’

Giuseppe Verdi

Choral Cornucopia

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CHORAL CORNUCOPIA

Images clockwise from below: Gianandrea Noseda, John Adams, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

FIVE MAJOR CHORAL WORKS Sun 18 & Tue 20 Sep 2016 Verdi Requiem Gianandrea Noseda conductor London Symphony Chorus

Sun 4 Dec 2016 John Adams El Niño John Adams conductor London Symphony Chorus

Sun 16 & Thu 20 Oct 2016 Mendelssohn Symphony Cantata (Symphony No 2 ‘Lobgesang’) Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor Monteverdi Choir

Sun 19 Mar 2017 Brahms German Requiem Fabio Luisi conductor London Symphony Chorus Sun 28 May 2017 Bruckner Te Deum Bernard Haitink conductor London Symphony Chorus

Since the appointment of Simon Halsey as LSO Choral Director in 2012, LSO Sing, the Orchestra’s choral programme, has rapidly gained momentum, growing in scale and ambition year on year. In 2016/17 LSO Sing becomes an ever more integral facet of the LSO’s work, with a series of concerts that explore the length and breadth of the choral repertoire, from established masterworks to relative rarities.

The season launches with two performances of Verdi’s monumental Requiem under the commanding baton of Gianandrea Noseda. The Requiem is one of Verdi’s most iconic works, setting the traditional liturgical Requiem texts to music of unprecedented emotional scope. The series continues with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, who completes his Mendelssohn symphony cycle with the composer’s little performed gem, Lobegesang (Hymn of Praise).

Elsewhere in the series the Orchestra and Chorus perform Brahms’ transcendent masterpiece, the German Requiem, with conductor Fabio Luisi, and John Adams’ sparkling Nativity Oratorio El Niño under the direction of the composer himself. Bernard Haitink brings the series to its close with Bruckner’s blazing Te Deum, a tour-de-force of orchestral and choral virtuosity that the composer himself considered one of the crowning achievements of his career.

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‘A delightfully sweet-toned lyricism, and an easy, smiling virtuosity.’

The Daily Telegraph on Roman Simovic with the LSO

Images clockwise from left: Neil Percy (LSO Principal Percussion); Roman Simovic (LSO Leader); Philip Cobb (LSO Principal Trumpet); Rebecca Gilliver (LSO Principal Cello); Tim Hugh (LSO Principal Cello).

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LSO PRINCIPALS

LSO Principals OUR MEMBERS COME FROM OVER 20 DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES AND MANY HAVE INTERNATIONAL SOLO CAREERS With some of the finest orchestral players among its ranks, the LSO has established something of a tradition of featuring its Principal players. In addition to regular solo performances at the Barbican, players have worked on collaborations at LSO St Luke’s – such as Principal Percussion Neil Percy’s 2010 partnership with composer Tim Garland – as well as concerts with smaller orchestral ensembles, with the LSO String Ensemble, Brass Ensemble, Woodwind Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble all taking centre stage in 2015/16.

The past few seasons have increasingly seen LSO Principal players stepping into the spotlight as soloists.

Highlights have included LSO Leader Roman Simovic performing the Glazunov Violin Concerto in February 2015, Principal Cello Tim Hugh’s ‘masterly’ performance of the Elgar Cello Concerto in January 2013, and the pair’s collaboration for the Strauss Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in May 2014.

In the coming season we welcome back Roman Simovic, who will be performing the Bruch Violin Concerto, as well as collaborating once more with Tim Hugh for Brahms’

LSO PRINCIPALS Thu 22 Sep 2016 Haydn Trumpet Concerto Gianandrea Noseda conductor Philip Cobb trumpet Thu 24 Nov 2016 Bruch Violin Concerto Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Roman Simovic violin Wed 21 Dec 2016 A CHORAL CHRISTMAS Simon Halsey conductor LSO Brass Ensemble Thu 13 Apr 2017, LSO St Luke’s BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT Tim Hugh cello Rebecca Gilliver cello Thu 18 May 2017 Brahms Double Concerto Sir Mark Elder conductor Roman Simovic violin Tim Hugh cello

compelling Double Concerto. We also welcome Principal Trumpet Philip Cobb as a featured soloist, performing Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto; Philip will also join the Brass Ensemble as they make a triumphant return in our annual Christmas concert.

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2016/17 LISTINGS SEPTEMBER 2016

NOVEMBER 2016

Tue 29 Nov 2016 7.30pm Wed 30 Nov 2016 7.30pm

Sun 18 Sep 2016 7pm Tue 20 Sep 2016 7.30pm

Sun 6 Nov 2016 7pm

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 Prokofiev Symphony No 6

Reich You Are (Variations) Reich Daniel Variations Reich The Desert Music

Valery Gergiev conductor Barry Douglas piano

Verdi Requiem † Gianandrea Noseda conductor Erika Grimaldi soprano Daniela Barcellona mezzo-soprano Francesco Meli tenor Michele Pertusi baritone London Symphony Chorus Simon Halsey chorus director Please note that all Sunday evening concerts in the LSO 2016/17 season start at 7pm Thu 22 Sep 2016 7.30pm Debussy La mer Haydn Trumpet Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No 5

Kristjan Järvi conductor Synergy Vocals

DECEMBER 2016

Thu 10 Nov 2016 7.30pm

Sun 4 Dec 2016 7pm

Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin Ravel Shéhérazade Dvorˇák Symphony No 8

John Adams El Niño †

André Previn conductor Susan Graham mezzo-soprano Thu 17 Nov 2016 7pm THE DONATELLA FLICK LSO CONDUCTING COMPETITION

COMPETITION FINAL

John Adams conductor Joelle Harvey soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Nathan Medley counter-tenors Davone Tines bass London Symphony Chorus Simon Halsey chorus director

Verdi Overture: The Force of Destiny Elgar Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’) Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances

Thu 8 Dec 2016 7.30pm

Sibelius Violin Concerto Mahler Symphony No 4

Please note start time

John Adams conductor Leila Josefowicz violin

Daniel Harding conductor Nikolaj Znaider violin Christiane Karg soprano

Thu 24 Nov 2016 7.30pm

OCTOBER 2016

Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Roman Simovic violin

Ravel La valse Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 1 Mussorgsky arr Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

Sun 16 Oct 2016 7pm Thu 20 Oct 2016 7.30pm

Sat 26 Nov 2016 7.30pm

Fabien Gabel conductor James Ehnes violin

Gianandrea Noseda conductor Philip Cobb trumpet Sun 25 Sep 2016 7pm

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Mendelssohn Symphony Cantata (Symphony No 2 ‘Lobgesang’) Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor Alina Ibragimova violin Lucy Crowe soprano Monteverdi Choir

† LSO Sing is supported by Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement.

LSO Discovery Choirs are supported

by Slaughter and May and LSO Friends.

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2016/17 CONCERT LISTINGS

Rossini Overture: William Tell Bruch Violin Concerto Strauss Alpine Symphony

RABINOWITZ ON FILM The legendary radio, television, film, theatre, concert conductor, composer and arranger Harry Rabinowitz celebrates his 100th birthday with the LSO. He will be conducting some of his favourite scores including The English Patient, Chariots of Fire, Paint Your Wagon, Cats, Riley: Ace of Spies and Cold Mountain along with reminiscences from a musical career spanning over 70 years.

Bartók Hungarian Sketches Stravinsky Orpheus John Adams Scheherazade.2

Wed 14 Dec 2016 7.30pm

Sun 18 Dec 2016 7pm Mozart Violin Concerto No 1 Mozart Violin Concerto No 4 Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4 Nikolaj Znaider conductor/violin Wed 21 Dec 2016 7.30pm

A CHORAL CHRISTMAS Simon Halsey conductor LSO Brass Ensemble London Symphony Chorus † LSO Community Choir LSO Discovery Choirs

Main Season Concert in the Barbican Hall

JANUARY 2017

FEBRUARY 2017

Fri 13 Jan 2017 7.30pm, Milton Court Concert Hall

Sun 5 Feb 2017 7pm

A Baroque/early Classical programme including the works of J S Bach, C P E Bach, W F Bach with a recorder concerto by Telemann, and an early Haydn symphony.

Giovanni Antonini conductor/recorder LSO Chamber Orchestra Please note venue Sat 14 & Sun 15 Jan 2017 7pm Ligeti Le grand macabre † (semi-staged performance) Sir Simon Rattle conductor Peter Sellars director Peter Hoare Piet the Pot Ronnita Miller Amando Pavlo Hunka Nekrotzar Heidi Melton Mescalina Audrey Luna Venus, Gepopo Anthony Roth Costanzo Prince Gogo Peter Tantsits White Minister Joshua Bloom Black Minister London Symphony Chorus Simon Halsey chorus director

Fabio Luisi conductor London Symphony Chorus Simon Halsey chorus director Thu 23 Mar 2017 7.30pm

Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Janine Jansen violin

Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1 Ravel Daphnis and Chloé – complete ballet

Wed 8 Feb 2017 7.30pm Wagner Prelude to ‘Tristan and Isolde’ Wagner Wesendonck Lieder Wagner Act I from ‘The Valkyrie’ Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Jonas Kaufmann tenor Karita Mattila soprano Eric Halfvarson bass

Alain Altinoglu conductor Gautier Capuçon cello London Symphony Chorus † Simon Halsey chorus director Thu 30 Mar 2017 7.30pm

Part of Barbican Presents LSO discounts do not apply Not part of priority booking

Debussy Jeux Bartók Piano Concerto No 3 Mahler Symphony No 1 (‘Titan’)

Wed 15 Feb 2017 7.30pm

François-Xavier Roth conductor Simon Trpcˇeski piano

Mark-Anthony Turnage Håkan (UK premiere, LSO co-commission) Rachmaninov Symphony No 2

APRIL 2017

Daniel Harding conductor Håkan Hardenberger trumpet

Thu 6 Apr 2017 7.30pm

MARCH 2017

Thu 19 Jan 2017 7.30pm

Sun 12 Mar 2017 7pm

Mark-Anthony Turnage Remembering (world premiere, LSO co-commission) Mahler Symphony No 6

Brahms Violin Concerto Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra

Sir Simon Rattle conductor

Valery Gergiev conductor Janine Jansen violin

Thu 26 Jan 2017 7.30pm

Thu 16 Mar 2017 7.30pm

Brahms Piano Concerto No 1 Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn Strauss Death and Transfiguration

Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 (‘Emperor’) Brahms Symphony No 2

Schubert Symphony No 8 (‘Unfinished’) Brahms German Requiem †

Sibelius The Oceanides Bernstein Serenade Nielsen Symphony No 4 (‘The Inextinguishable’)

Produced by LSO and Barbican Part of LSO 2016/17 season and Barbican Presents Multi-buy and group discounts do not apply to these concerts

Alpesh Chauhan conductor Benjamin Grosvenor piano

Sun 19 Mar 2017 7pm

Berg Violin Concerto Mahler Symphony No 7 Gianandrea Noseda conductor Janine Jansen violin Sun 23 Apr 2017 7pm Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Bartók Viola Concerto Bruckner Symphony No 4 François-Xavier Roth conductor Antoine Tamestit viola

Fabio Luisi conductor Igor Levit piano

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2016/17 LISTINGS MAY 2017

JUNE 2017

JULY 2017

Sun 7 May 2017 7pm

Thu 1 Jun 2017 7.30pm

Sun 9 Jul 2017 7pm

Mussorgsky arr Shostakovich Prelude to ‘Khovanshchina’ Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No 15

Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 Bruckner Symphony No 9

Andrew Norman Children’s Opera † Sibelius Symphony No 2

Bernard Haitink conductor Mitsuko Uchida piano

Sir Simon Rattle conductor London Symphony Orchestra Guildhall School Musicians LSO Discovery Choirs LSO Community Choir Simon Halsey chorus director

Sir Mark Elder conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Sun 14 May 2017 7pm Mozart Violin Concerto No 5 Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5 Nikolaj Znaider conductor/violin

Sun 4 Jun 2017 7pm Stravinsky Scènes de ballet Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 1 Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 (‘Pathétique’) Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Lisa Batiashvili violin

Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Yuja Wang piano

Wagner Excerpts from ‘Tristan and Isolde’ Bartók Piano Concerto No 2 Haydn An imaginary orchestral journey – featuring excerpts from Symphonies Nos 45, 64 and 90; ‘The Creation’ and ‘The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross’

Sun 25 Jun 2017 7pm

Sir Simon Rattle conductor Lang Lang piano

Thu 18 May 2017 7.30pm Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus Brahms Double Concerto Holst The Planets – Suite † Sir Mark Elder conductor Roman Simovic violin Tim Hugh cello Ladies of the London Symphony Chorus Simon Halsey chorus director Tue 23 May 2017 7.30pm Mahler Symphony No 9 Bernard Haitink conductor Sun 28 May 2017 7pm Bruckner Te Deum † Bruckner Symphony No 9 Bernard Haitink conductor Sally Matthews soprano Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano Eric Cutler tenor Franz-Josef Selig bass London Symphony Chorus Simon Halsey chorus director

† LSO Sing is supported by Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement.

LSO Discovery Choirs are supported

by Slaughter and May and LSO Friends.

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2016/17 CONCERT LISTINGS

Tue 11 Jul 2017 7.30pm Wed 12 Jul 2017 7.30pm

Thu 8 Jun 2017 7.30pm Brahms Piano Concerto No 2 Nielsen Symphony No 5

Mahler Symphony No 3 Daniel Harding conductor Anna Larsson alto London Symphony Chorus † Simon Halsey chorus director

LSO DISCOVERY LSO Discovery, the LSO’s community and education programme, opens the doors to new generations of music-makers to play alongside the inspirational musicians of the London Symphony Orchestra.

LSO St Luke’s creates a supportive environment for participants of all ages and levels of experience to explore and progress at every stage of their musical journey and enables music-making across generations.

FREE FRIDAY BARBICAN LUNCHTIME CONCERTS CONCERTS Fri 16 Sep, 21 Oct, 4 & 25 Nov 2016 12.30–1.15pm, LSO St Luke’s

Sat 3 Dec 2016 2.30pm

THE AMERICAS

FAMILY CONCERT: ROALD DAHL CENTENARY

Pioneering music from the New World Fri 10 & 24 Feb, 17 Mar, 7 Apr 2017 12.30–1.15pm, LSO St Luke’s

ROMANTIC EUROPE

LSO DISCOVERY

Tim Redmond conductor Sun 26 Mar 2017 2.30pm LSO DISCOVERY

NORTHERN LIGHTS Illuminating music from the nothern countries of the world Free entry, no ticket required Free Friday Lunchtime Concerts are supported by the Schroder Charity Trust

COMPOSING

Sun 6 Nov 2016 10am–5pm, Barbican and LSO St Luke’s

STEVE REICH An open rehearsal with talks and more to celebrate Steve Reich’s 80th birthday.

Sun 5 Feb 2017 10am–5pm, Barbican and LSO St Luke’s

NIELSEN Watch Sir Antonio Pappano conduct the LSO in Nielsen’s Fourth Symphony ‘The Inextinguishable’ with afternoon talks and chamber music.

FAMILY CONCERT

Sun 19 Mar 2017 10am–5pm, Barbican and LSO St Luke’s

Sat 3 Jun 2017 2.30pm

BRAHMS AND SCHUBERT

LSO DISCOVERY

A morning watching Fabio Luisi conduct two 19th-century masterpieces followed by afternoon discussion and chamber music.

Music from the heart of Europe Fri 5 May, 9 & 23 Jun, 7 Jul 2017 12.30–1.15pm, LSO St Luke’s

LSO DISCOVERY DAYS

FAMILY CONCERT Thu 22 Jun 2017 7.30pm LSO DISCOVERY

SUMMER SHOWCASE Enthralling performances of music familiar and unfamiliar as the LSO gets together with young people from LSO Discovery projects.

Sun 4 Jun 2017 10am–5pm, Barbican and LSO St Luke’s

TCHAIKOVSKY Hear Tchaikovsky’s final symphony – ‘The Pathétique’ – in rehearsal with Michael Tilson Thomas, followed by an afternoon exploring this great composer through music and talks.

Thu 20 Apr 2017 10am–1.30pm & 2.30–6pm, LSO St Luke’s LSO DISCOVERY

PANUFNIK COMPOSERS WORKSHOP Six composers on the Panufnik Composers Scheme have their new pieces workshopped by the LSO, plus a chance to hear two works from the previous year’s participants which will receive Barbican premieres.

Free entry, booking essential Supported by the Helen Hamlyn Trust

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BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS AT LSO ST LU MOZART AND TCHAIKOVSKY

LAWRENCE POWER AND FRIENDS

RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARIES

Thu 6, 13, 20 Oct & 24 Nov 2016 1pm

Thu 27 Oct; 3, 10 & 17 Nov 2016 1pm

Thu 2, 9, 16 & 23 Feb 2017 1pm

‘When I hear his music it is as though I am doing a good deed, and the longer I live, the more I love him.

No one other than he has made me weep, tremble with joy from recognition of the closeness to something which we call the ideal.’

One of the world’s most charismatic viola soloists, Lawrence Power has been praised for his ‘technical brilliance and emotional depth’ and described as ‘an artist of exceptional expressive power.’ Here he takes charge of the latest of our curated ‘and Friends’ series, inviting a distinguished group of kindred spirits to join him in a celebration of the viola as chamber-music star, revealing it in many settings and contexts, guises and characters. The Guardian has said of Power that ‘his tone is breathtakingly beautiful, rich and poetic, but such is his insight that the music, rather than his technique, is what commands attention.’

Plenty to look forward to.

Four pianists celebrate the riches of the Russian piano repertoire before and after the momentous events of 1917, when the country was shaken by not one but two revolutions. For the Russian people, life changed utterly as society was remodelled from top to bottom. Composers’ reactions varied widely. Rachmaninov left Russia as quickly as he could, soon followed by Medtner and Prokofiev – who would later return home.

The Shostakovich family, by contrast, welcomed the revolutions – though precocious young Dmitri was only eleven at the time.

Tchaikovsky was one of the great Romantics, yet he revered Mozart’s music above all others, not only relishing it for its clarity and beauty, but also associating it in his mind with a lost, golden age of elegance and manners. In four wide-ranging concerts, ten talented musicians explore this obsession in songs, piano trios, string quartets and piano music – including the Mozart pieces Tchaikovsky used in his Fourth Orchestral Suite.

Thu 6 Oct 2016 1pm Pavel Kolesnikov piano Thu 13 Oct 2016 1pm Sitkovetsky Piano Trio Thu 20 Oct 2016 1pm Robin Tritschler tenor Iain Burnside piano Thu 24 Nov 2016 1pm Ehnes String Quartet

Lawrence Power viola

This series marks the centenary with four concerts that each feature Russian piano music both ‘before’ and ‘after’ 1917: from Tchaikovsky through Rachmaninov and Medtner to Prokofiev and Shostakovich.

Thu 3 Nov 2016 1pm

Thu 2 Feb 2017 1pm

Lawrence Power viola Paul Watkins cello Simon Crawford-Phillips piano

Alexander Gavrylyuk piano

Thu 27 Oct 2016 1pm

Thu 10 Nov 2016 1pm Vilde Frang violin Lawrence Power viola Nicolas Altstaedt cello Thu 17 Nov 2016 1pm Lawrence Power viola Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano

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BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

Thu 9 Feb 2017 1pm Alexei Volodin piano Thu 16 Feb 2017 1pm Anna Vinnitskaya piano Thu 23 Feb 2017 1pm Vadym Kholodenko piano

UKE’S BRUCH AND VAUGHAN WILLIAMS WITH THE NASH ENSEMBLE

CELLOS

Thu 2, 9, 16 & 30 Mar 2017 1pm

Thu 2 Mar 2017 1pm

Thu 6, 13, 27 Apr & 4 May 2017 1pm

The inimitable Nash Ensemble celebrate two of the most tuneful chamber music composers of their time – and their littleknown connection.

Vaughan Williams St Denio from ‘Welsh Hymn Tunes’ Bruch String Quintet in E-flat major Vaughan Williams Piano Quintet in C minor

‘When I started learning the cello’, the great Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich once said, ‘I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice – my voice’.

Following on from previous series devoted to the piano and the violin, For the first time, LSO St Luke’s makes room for four concerts devoted to ravishing music for that same singing bass instrument. The line-up is good company: Narek Hakhnazaryan, still in his 20s and currently a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, is one of the brightest rising stars on the scene, while Christian Poltéra and Alban Gerhardt have both established outstanding international solo careers.

The cast is completed by duos from the LSO’s own two brilliant Principal Cellos, Tim Hugh and Rebecca Gilliver.

In 1897 the young Englishman Ralph Vaughan Williams spent an enjoyable few months in Berlin studying with the renowned German composer Max Bruch.

‘Bruch encouraged me,’ Vaughan Williams recalled, ‘and I had never had much encouragement before.’

Bruch’s official testimonial for Vaughan Williams calls him ‘a very good musician and a talented composer’; Vaughan Williams also remembered Bruch appreciating his ‘ve-ry o-riginaal ideeas’ – though not his harmonies, which were ‘rather too originell’. Hearing their music together, the delightful surprise is discovering how much they had in common.

Thu 9 Mar 2017 1pm Vaughan Williams Phantasy String Quintet Bruch Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano Vaughan Williams Quintet in D major for piano, clarinet, horn, violin and cello Thu 16 Mar 2017 1pm Bruch Piano Quintet in G minor Vaughan Williams String Quartet No 2 in A minor Thu 30 Mar 2017 1pm Bruch Songs from ‘Lieder und Gesänge’ String Quintet in A minor Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge Nash Ensemble

Thu 6 Apr 2017 1pm Narek Hakhnazaryan cello Pavel Kolesnikov piano Thu 13 Apr 2017 1pm Tim Hugh cello Rebecca Gilliver cello Thu 27 Apr 2017 1pm Christian Poltéra cello Kathryn Stott piano Thu 4 May 2017 1pm Alban Gerhardt cello Steven Osborne piano Full programmes will be announced on lso.co.uk in January 2016

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The LSO reserves the right to change artists or programmes if necessary. Refunds will only be given in the event of a concert being cancelled.

Calls may be monitored or recorded for quality assurance or training purposes.

Concessions where applicable

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Adults may purchase up to three tickets for under-18s (unlimited for Family concerts).

Ticket Exchange

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Tickets can be exchanged for another LSO concert or credit vouchers valid for six months, provided they are returned to the Box Office at least 24 hours before the performance (two weeks for group bookings).

Administration fee applies.

Groups of 10 or more

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Under-18s: Any seat £5

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Groups of 10+ can receive a discount of 20% plus other benefits. Call the Group Booking Line on 020 7382 7211 or visit lso.co.uk/groups.

Disabled Patrons Disabled visitors who have joined the Barbican Access Membership scheme can inform us of their access requirements, receive information in alternative formats and may be eligible for reductions on tickets. Any available discounted tickets are limited in number and subject to availability – please book early to avoid disappointment. Full details are available online at barbican.org.uk/access and will be sent with your membership information.

You can get this guide in large print, audio and electronic formats.

Contact 020 7588 1116 or email access@lso.co.uk The LSO is funded by Arts Council England in partnership with the City of London Corporation, which also provides the Orchestra’s permanent home at the Barbican.

Cover Photo Ranald Mackechnie Other photographs Chris Christodoulou, Benjamin Ealovega, Igor Emmerich, Tristram Kenton, Kevin Leighton, Alastair Muir Print Cantate Communications Editor Edward Appleyard

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