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From the LSO Blog
A Month in the LSO Life: February with James Maynard
25/02/2021 | by James Maynard
No two months are the same at the London Symphony Orchestra. We recently caught up with James Maynard, LSO Trombone, to ask him some quickfire questions about what February had in store: from LSO Discovery online musical projects, to 'luge-style'...
From Ginastera to Kasazola: Just some of the Latin American composers we love
09/02/2021 | by Lydia Heald
Our latest concert broadcast with Sir Simon Rattle takes us on an adventure across continents, stopping off at the Argentinian pampas of Alberto Ginastera in his Variaciones concertantes Op 23. New to Ginastera? Read more about him and four fellow...
Press Reviews
Vaughan Williams & Britten – The Times ★★★★★
17/03/2020
Under Antonio Pappano you could feel the ancient weight of flying buttresses and, in the pale...
Vaughan Williams & Britten – The Guardian ★★★★★
16/03/2020
Pappano’s way with the Tallis Fantasia, grand yet immediate, resulted in a performance of great...
Vaughan Williams & Britten – Bachtrack ★★★★★
16/03/2020
The LSO strings responded with playing of sensitivity and beauty, from the first chord which...
Next LSO Discovery Events
11Mar
Event postponed: LSO Futures
Barbican Hall, London
François-Xavier Roth conducts works by former LSO composing scheme participants
11Mar
Event Postponed: LSO Futures
Barbican Hall, London
François-Xavier Roth conducts works by former LSO composing scheme participants
Next LSO St Luke's Events
12Mar
Event cancelled: Simon Höfele | Artist Spotlight
Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke's, London
Virtuoso chamber musicians step forward for a series that highlights raw emotional...
26Mar
Event cancelled: Laura van der Heijden & Petr Limonov | Artist Spotlight
Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke's, London
Virtuoso chamber musicians step forward for a series that highlights raw emotional...
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