Concerts

Season 2012/13 LSO Student Pulse Concerts

Tue 18 Oct 2012 7:30pm Barbican
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 ('Emperor')
Elgar Symphony No 1

Sir Colin Davis conductor
Simon Trpčeski piano
London Symphony Orchestra

Tue 6 Nov 2012 7:30pm Barbican
Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht
Hartmann Concerto funèbre
Strauss Metamorphosen

Roman Simovic violin / director
LSO String Orchestra

Tue 27 Nov 2012 8pm LSO St Luke's
Jason Yarde saxophone
Andrew McCormack piano
Elysian Quartet

Thu 29 Nov 2012 7:30pm Barbican
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4
Walton Symphony No 1

Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor
Elisabeth Leonskaja piano
London Symphony Orchestra

Wed 12 Dec 2012 7:30pm Barbican
Szymanowski Symphony No 4 ('Symphonie Concertante')
Szymanowski Violin Concerto No 2
Brahms Symphony No 4

Valery Gergiev conductor
Denis Matsuev piano
Leonidas Kavakos violin
London Symphony Orchestra

Thu 17 Jan 2013 7:30pm Barbican
Bartók Dance Suite
Debussy arr John Adams Livre de Baudelaire

John Adams conductor
Dawn Upshaw soprano
London Symphony Orchestra

Thu 31 Jan 2013 7:30pm
Balkan Fever

Kristjan Järvi conductor
Theodosii Spassov kaval
Vlatko Stefanovski guitar
Miroslav Tadic guitar
London Symphony Orchestra

+ Aftershock
The first Aftershock club of the 2012/13 season involves Balkan folk artists Theodosii Spassov, Vlatko Stefanovski and Miroslav Tadic who will team up with Nonclassical DJs Richard Lannoy and Gabriel Prokofiev for a night of beers, blazing Balkan beats and boogie. Free of charge – begins on the Barbican foyers after the concert.

Tue 5 Feb 2013 7:30pm Barbican
Sibelius Tapiola
Mark-Anthony Turnage Trumpet Concerto ('From the Wreckage')
Beethoven Symphony No 3 ('Eroica')

Daniel Harding conductor
Haken Hardenberger trumpet
London Symphony Orchestra

Thu 21 Feb 2013 7:30pm Barbican
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 2
Bruckner Symphony No 9

Bernard Haitink conductor
Maria João Pires piano
London Symphony Orchestra

Tue 26 Mar 2013 7:30pm Barbican
Schubert Symphony No 8 ('Unfinished')
Brahms Violin Concerto

Sir Colin Davis conductor
Nikolaj Znaider violin
London Symphony Orchestra

Tue 9 Apr 2013 8pm LSO St Luke's
LSO Future's Week: Tansy Davies

Sat 13 Apr 2013 5pm Barbican
Varèse Ionisations for Percussion
Jason Yarde New work (world premiere, LSO commission)
Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments
John Adams Chamber Symphony

François-Xavier Roth conductor
London Symphony Orchesta

Sat 13 Apr 2013 7:30pm Barbican
Webern Passacaglia
Pierre Boulez Notations
Colin Matthews New work (world premiere, LSO commission)
Debussy La mer

François-Xavier Roth conductor
London Symphony Orchesta

Thu 18 Apr 2013 7pm Barbican
Britten The Turn of the Screw (concert performance)

Sir Colin Davis conductor
Cast includes:
Andrew Kennedy Peter Quint
Sally Matthews Governess
Catherine Wyn-Rogers Mrs Grose
London Symphony Orchestra

Sun 19 May 2013 7:30pm Barbican
Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4

Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
London Symphony Orchestra

Tue 11 Jun 2013 7:30pm Barbican
Copland Quiet City
Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 2
Britten arr Cooke & Mitchell Prince of the Pagods - Suite

Michael Tilson Thomas conductor
Yo-Yo Ma cello
London Symphony Orchestra