2023/24 Season | London Symphony Orchestra (2024)

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Bertrand Chamayou & Friends

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Friday 1 March 2024 • 1pm

Dark visions, dazzling fireworks and pure enchantment: Bertrand Chamayou plays solo piano music by Maurice Ravel and Unsuk Chin.

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Sir Simon Rattle & Kirill Gerstein – Listening to America

Exuberant. Memorable. Irresistible.

Sunday 3 March 2024 • 7pm

Music from American giants through the ages. Gershwin’s most seductive tunes, Roy Harris’ Symphony No 3 and a new work by John Adams.

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Beethoven and Unsuk Chin

LSO Artist Portrait: Bertrand Chamayou

Thursday 14 March 2024 • 7pm

A concert brimming with flare: Beethoven's Symphony No 2 and Symphony No 8 with François-Xavier Roth, and Unsuk Chin's Piano Concerto.

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Free Friday Lunchtime Concert: Soundhub

LSO Discovery

Friday 15 March 2024 • 12.30pm

A bite-size, informal concert, celebrating new music from our Soundhub composers. Featuring friendly introductions to guide you through the music from our presenter Rachel Leach plus an open Q&A session.

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Music and Dance from Bali

Community Gamelan Group

Saturday 16 March 2024 • 7.30pm

A vibrant display of traditional and contemporary Balinese gamelan and dance from the Community Gamelan group.

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LSO Discovery Family Concert: Heroes, Outlaws & Villains

Recommended for children aged 7+ and their families

Sunday 17 March 2024 • 2.30pm

Explore Aaron Copland’s Wild West-inspired Billy the Kid alongside other musical rogues and scoundrels.

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A New Lease of Life – Mahler’s Fifth Symphony

Searching. Heartfelt. Profound.

Sunday 24 March 2024 • 7pm

A solitary trumpet sounds: and so we enter Jörg Widmann’s heavenly maze –Towards Paradise, with soloist Håkan Hardenberger – and Mahler’s profoundly expressive Fifth Symphony, conducted by Daniel Harding.

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LSO Discovery Choirs: Sing Stars

Monday 25 March 2024 • 7.30pm

An evening showcasing the LSO Discovery Choirs' favourite music.

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LSO Panufnik Composers Workshops

LSO Discovery

Thursday 4 April 2024 • 10am

In these free public workshops, witness a pivotal point in the process of writing a new three-minute orchestral piece, as the LSO play works by the latest cohort of Panufnik composers.

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The Music of Tomorrow – LSO Futures with François-Xavier Roth

Fresh. Volatile. Glittering.

Sunday 7 April 2024 • 7pm

Vivid, moreish music by Unsuk Chin and Donghoon Shin, plus beguiling works by emerging talents, conducted by François-Xavier Roth.

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Half Six Fix: Daphnis and Chloé

Lush. Mellifluous. Unearthly.

Wednesday 10 April 2024 • 6.30pm

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute concert, featuring the gauzy, sensuous soundscape of Ravel’s pastoral ballet, conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano.

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Bertrand Chamayou & Friends

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Thursday 11 April 2024 • 1pm

Delight in the heartfelt compositions of Clara and Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms, with pianist Bertrand Chamayou, mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron, and violist Tabea Zimmermann.

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Bewitching Rhythms – Marsalis and Ravel

Dazzling. Mellifluous. Unearthly.

Thursday 11 April 2024 • 7pm

The gauzy, sensuous soundscape of Ravel’s pastoral ballet meets Wynton Marsalis’ jazz-inflected Trumpet Concerto, in this concert with conductor Sir Antonio Pappano and trumpet soloist Alison Balsom.

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Bertrand Chamayou & Friends

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Friday 12 April 2024 • 1pm

Pianist Bertrand Chamayou showcases the timeless allure of Erik Satie's Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes while John Cage's ethereal compositions add a modern touch to this serene programme.

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Springtime Romance – Boulanger, Barber, Rachmaninoff

Wistful. Ardent. Breathtaking.

Sunday 14 April 2024 • 7pm

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the LSO in Lili Boulanger’s lively tone poem, D’un matin de printemps, and Rachmaninoff's Symphony No 2. Janine Jansen is soloist for Barber's Violin Concerto.

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Half Six Fix: Vaughan Williams 5

Sumptuous. Consoling. Beatific.

Wednesday 17 April 2024 • 6.30pm

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute concert. Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Vaughan Williams' Fifth Symphony, a bittersweet piece that searched for hope in the midst of war.

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Bertrand Chamayou and Sir Antonio Pappano – Ravel Piano Concerto

LSO Artist Portrait: Bertrand Chamayou

Thursday 18 April 2024 • 7pm

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the LSO in Vaughan Williams' Symphony No 5, a work that reaches for hope in the midst of war. And the Orchestra is joined by Bertrand Chamayou – in his Artist Portrait series – for Ravel's playful Piano Concerto in G major.

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Free Friday Lunchtime Concert: LSO Musicians

LSO Discovery

Friday 19 April 2024 • 12.30pm

Looking to make lunchtime musical? Enjoy a 45-minute concert with introductions to the music, and a chance to ask musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra your questions.

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Haydn & Mozart: Quatuor Van Kuijk

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Thursday 25 April 2024 • 1pm

Two great friends; four superb interpreters. Expect pure energy, as the award-winning Quatuor Van Kuijk launches our celebration of the string quartets of Mozart and Haydn.

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Haydn & Mozart: Engegård Quartet

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Friday 26 April 2024 • 1pm

The Engegård Quartet plays Mozart’s ‘Dissonance’ and Haydn’s ‘Sunrise’ Quartet: a bold new perspective on music that never gets old.

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Free Friday Lunchtime Concert: Guildhall School

LSO Discovery

Friday 3 May 2024 • 12.30pm

Make lunchtime musical with a bite-size, informal concert from the Guildhall School Orchestral Artistry programme. Friendly introductions will guide you through the concert, plus you can put your questions to performers.

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Haydn & Mozart: Consone Quartet

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Thursday 9 May 2024 • 1pm

BBC New Generation Artists, the Consone Quartet, bring a historically-informed perspective to two of Mozart and Haydn’s loveliest string quartets.

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Haydn & Mozart: Quatuor Voce

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Friday 10 May 2024 • 1pm

Mozart at his warmest and Haydn at his noblest: Quatuor Voce brings to our celebration of these two masters of the string quartet to a stirring conclusion.

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The Beginning of Summer – Mahler’s Third Symphony

Colossal. Optimistic. Moving.

Sunday 12 May 2024 • 7pm

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler’s magnificent vision of a world teeming with joyful life.

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The Beginning of Summer – Mahler’s Third Symphony

Colossal. Optimistic. Moving.

Thursday 16 May 2024 • 7pm

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler’s magnificent vision of a world teeming with joyful life.

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Musical Storytelling for Under-5s

LSO St Luke's

Saturday 18 May 2024 • 10.30am

LSO musicians retell a children’s story through music, offering younger children a chance to experience a live performance in the beautiful Jerwood Hall. Dance and sing your way through the concert as the instruments bring the tale to life.

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Musical Storytelling for Under-5s

LSO St Luke's

Saturday 18 May 2024 • 12pm

LSO musicians retell a children’s story through music, offering younger children a chance to experience a live performance in the beautiful Jerwood Hall. Dance and sing your way through the concert as the instruments bring the tale to life.

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Myth and Magic – Thomas Adès

Refined. Sharp-Witted. Refreshing.

Thursday 30 May 2024 • 7pm

Threads of the past are woven into a radiant future in four ingenious compositions by Stravinsky, Lutosławski and Adès, presented by Thomas Adès, Anne-Sophie Mutter and the LSO.

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Kirill Gerstein & Friends

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Thursday 30 May 2024 • 1pm

A chamber concert for two pianos and soprano, with music by Claude Debussy and Komitas. Curated by Kirill Gerstein.

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Kirill Gerstein & Friends

BBC Radio 3 Evening Concert

Friday 31 May 2024 • 7pm

A programme for chamber orchestra with Kirill Gerstein and Thomas Adès, featuring music by Haydn, Ligeti and more.

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LSO Discovery Family Concert

Recommended for children aged 7+ and their families

Sunday 2 June 2024 • 2.30pm

A fun opportunity for families to learn more about music and the instruments of the orchestra, with music based on a theme and free workshops before the concert.

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Free Friday Lunchtime Concert: Relaxed Concert

LSO Discovery

Friday 7 June 2024 • 12.30pm

A bite-size, informal concert, particularly suited for people who have sensory and communication impairments, learning disabilities, or who are neurodiverse.

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LSO Discovery Showcase

Thursday 13 June 2024 • 7.30pm

LSO Discovery participant groups perform together with the London Symphony Orchestra, in a showcase of the LSO’s learning and community programme.

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Lights, Camera, Action – the LSO on Film

Thrilling. Familiar. Beloved.

Sunday 16 June 2024 • 7pm

Film music by composers from Sir Arthur Bliss to Patrick Doyle, and from Bernard Herrmann to John Williams, from films including Henry V, Notting Hill, Braveheart, Harry Potter, Cinderella and Final Fantasy.

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Half Six Fix: Prokofiev 7

Elusive. Affecting. Disarming.

Wednesday 19 June 2024 • 6.30pm

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute concert, featuring Prokofiev's wistful final symphony conducted by Gianandrea Noseda.

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Lost and Found – Beethoven, Beamish, Prokofiev

Elusive. Affecting. Disarming.

Thursday 20 June 2024 • 7pm

What is lost returns once more in emotive music conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, LSO Principal Guest Conductor.

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Fortune Favours the Bold – Carmina Burana

Blazing. Hypnotic. Intoxicating.

Sunday 23 June 2024 • 7pm

Experience Carl Orff’s irresistible cantata and Shostakovich's Third Symphony, conducted by Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda, as he closes the LSO's 2023/24 season.

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Fortune Favours the Bold – Carmina Burana

Blazing. Hypnotic. Intoxicating.

Tuesday 25 June 2024 • 7pm

Experience Carl Orff’s irresistible cantata and Shostakovich's Third Symphony, conducted by Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda, as he closes the LSO's 2023/24 season.

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Free Friday Lunchtime Concert: LSO Musicians

LSO Discovery

Friday 28 June 2024 • 12.30pm

Looking to make lunchtime musical? Enjoy a 45-minute concert with introductions to the music, and a chance to ask musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra your questions.

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Kirill Gerstein

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Friday 12 July 2024 • 1pm

A solo piano recital with Kirill Gerstein, featuring music by Chopin, Liszt, Schumann and more.

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