What’s On

Eduard Strauss Bahn Frei
Ernest Tomlinson ‘Kettledrum’ and ‘Chipping Lane’ from Second Suite of English Folk Dances
Paul Rissmann Stan and Mabel
Florence Price 'Juba Dance’ from Symphony No. 1

Michael Seal conductor
Polly Ives presenter

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Wed 30 Oct 2024, 6.30pm

Karina Canellakis conducts Schumann & Bruckner

London, Royal Festival Hall

R Schumann Overture, Manfred (12’)
R Schumann Cello Concerto (26’)
Bruckner Symphony No. 4 (64’)

Karina Canellakis conductor
Truls Mørk cello

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Sat 2 Nov 2024, 7.30pm

Tchaikovsky’s Sixth

London, Royal Festival Hall

Saariaho Lumière et Pesanteur (6’)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 (34’)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique) (45’)

Karina Canellakis conductor
Vadym Kholodenko piano

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Wed 6 Nov 2024, 7.30pm

Víkingur Ólafsson plays Brahms

London, Royal Festival Hall

Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 (46’)
Freya Waley-Cohen Mother Tongue (world premiere)* (25’)
Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin Suite (21’)

Edward Gardner conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson piano

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Wed 27 Nov 2024, 11.00am

OrchLab Festival Day

London, Online, Royal Festival Hall

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Wed 27 Nov 2024, 7.30pm

A Dark Century

London, Royal Festival Hall

Schoenberg A Survivor from Warsaw (7’)
Weinberg Violin Concerto (26’)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 13 (Babi Yar) (61’)

Andrey Boreyko conductor
Gidon Kremer violin
Taras Shtonda narrator/bass
London Philharmonic Choir

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Fri 29 Nov 2024, 7.30pm

Swan Lake

London, Royal Festival Hall

Weber Overture, Oberon (10’)
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme (18’)
Tchaikovsky Selections from Swan Lake (40’)

TBC conductor*
Zlatomir Fung cello

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Sat 30 Nov 2024, 7.30pm

LPO at Saffron Hall, 30 Nov

Saffron Walden

Weber Oberon Overture
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme
Tchaikovsky Music from ‘Swan Lake’

TBC conductor
Zlatomir Fung cello

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Wed 15 Jan 2025, 6.00pm

LPO Showcase: Foyle Future Firsts and the Royal Academy of Music

London, Royal Festival Hall

Edward Gardner conductor
Foyle Future First musicians
Students from the Royal Academy of Music
Members of the LPO

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Wed 15 Jan 2025, 7.30pm

Strauss, Berg & Brahms

London, Royal Festival Hall

R Strauss Metamorphosen (26’)
Berg Violin Concerto (28’)
Brahms Symphony No. 2 (40’)

Edward Gardner conductor
Isabelle Faust violin

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Sat 18 Jan 2025, 7.30pm

On the Transmigration of Souls

London, Royal Festival Hall

Haydn Missa in tempore belli (41’)
György Kurtág Petite musique solennelle (6’)
John Adams On the Transmigration of Souls (25’)

Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Anna Devin soprano
Hanna Hipp mezzo-soprano
Rupert Charlesworth tenor
Trevor Eliot Bowes bass
London Philharmonic Choir

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Wed 22 Jan 2025, 7.30pm

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

London, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Perry Requiem for Orchestra (7’)
Evan Williams Dead White Man Music (Concerto for Harpsichord and Chamber Ensemble) (31’)
Vivaldi The Four Seasons (45’)

Richard Egarr conductor/harpsichord
Alice Ivy-Pemberton violin

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Sat 25 Jan 2025, 7.30pm

An evening with Amjad Ali Khan

London, Royal Festival Hall

Reena Esmail RE|Member (7’)
Amjad Ali Khan Samaagam (Concerto for Sarod) (70’)
AR Rahman Selections from film soundtracks including Slumdog Millionaire, Bombay and others

Lidiya Yankovskaya conductor
Amjad Ali Khan sarod virtuoso
Amaan Ali Bangash sarod
Ayaan Ali Bangash sarod

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Wed 29 Jan 2025, 6.30pm

Benjamin Grosvenor plays Mozart

London, Royal Festival Hall

Sibelius En Saga (17’)
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21, K467 (29’)
Sibelius Lemminkäinen Suite (44’)

Karina Canellakis conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor piano

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Wed 19 Feb 2025, 7.30pm

Symphonic Dances

London, Royal Festival Hall

Glazunov Concert Waltz No. 1 (11’)
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 (33’)
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances (35’)

Juraj Valčuha conductor
Boris Giltburg piano

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Fri 21 Feb 2025, 6.00pm

LPO Showcase: Junior Artists

London, Royal Festival Hall

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Fri 21 Feb 2025, 7.30pm

An Alpine Symphony

London, Royal Festival Hall

Tania León New work (UK premiere)* (15’)
Grieg Piano Concerto (30’)
R Strauss An Alpine Symphony (51’)

Edward Gardner conductor
Alexandra Dovgan piano

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Wed 26 Feb 2025, 7.30pm

Symphonie Fantastique

London, Royal Festival Hall

David Sawer Sphinx (world premiere)* (20’)
Britten Violin Concerto (32’)
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique (49’)

Edward Gardner conductor
Augustin Hadelich violin

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Sat 1 Mar 2025, 7.30pm

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider plays Tchaikovsky

London, Royal Festival Hall

Mahler/Schnittke Piano Quartet, arranged for piano and strings (18’)
Haydn Symphony No. 49 (La Passione) (24’)
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (34’)

Omer Meir Wellber conductor/piano
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider violin

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Wed 5 Mar 2025, 7.30pm

An Evening with Renée Fleming

London, Royal Festival Hall

Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde (17’)
R Strauss Four Last Songs (25’)
Wagner Overture and Venusberg Music from Tannhäuser (24’)
Wagner Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin (7’)
Wagner Overture, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (10’)

Thomas Guggeis conductor
Renée Fleming soprano

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Wed 12 Mar 2025, 7.30pm

Crossing Generations

London, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Zappa The Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat; Outrage at Valdez; G-Spot Tornado (15’)
Dinuk Wijeratne Clarinet Concerto (European premiere) (27’)
Martinů Symphony No. 6 (Fantaisies symphoniques) (25’)