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Camden Spring Festival | 2 April | 19.00 | LSO St Luke’s
This end of season showcase features the talents of the Camden Youth Orchestra, Camden Concertante and the Camden Percussion Ensemble: these bright young musicians playing as part of the Camden Spring Festival in partnership with the LSO.
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FUNharmonics Family Concert
A group of Bridge Project violinists and their families attended an LPO FUNharmonics concert last weekend. Here’s what Harry, Year 4 from Ashmole Primary School had to say about it.... read more
Year 1 visit the London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Last Tuesday saw the Bridge Project’s annual Year 1 orchestral ‘sit-in’ take place with the LPO at the Southbank Centre. One of our LMM volunteers, who accompanied Ashmole Primary school children on the trip, writes about her experience........ read more
LMM Recommends | Friday 9 December
World Premiere of Martin Suckling’s Violin Concerto ‘de sol y grana’ | 12 December
The world premiere of Martin Suckling’s violin concerto, de sol y grana, performed by LMM Award Holder Agata Szymczewska and the London Contemporary Orchestra, promises to be an enthralling evening. The work was commissioned by London Music Masters from funds raised through their ‘Buy a Bar’ campaign earlier this year Conducted by Hugh Brunt, this performance is given as part of the Spitalfields Music Winter Festival. Suckling’s violin concerto will be performed alongside two other contemporary works – Vivier’s Pulau Dewata and Grisey’s Vortex Temporum, featuring pianist Antoine Françoise.
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LPO FUNharmonics Family Concert | 23 October
The newly appointed London Philharmonic Orchestra assistant conductor , Nick Collon , will be at the Royal Festival Hall this Sunday in his first engagement with the orchestra. They will be playing works by Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov, with songs including The Dancing Cossack and The Nutcracker for people to sing along to (don’t worry though, the words are given!). So get the whole family down for a great fun-filled afternoon out.
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Royal College of Music | Thursday 13 October | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
This concert is dedicated to the London Philharmonic Orchestra's founder Sir Thomas Beecham in the 50th anniversary year of his death in 1961.From its monolithic opening theme – kick starting a cycle of inexorable momentum like a giant pendulum – to the breathless dash of its finale, Schubert’s Ninth offers one of the most riveting journeys of any symphony. No wonder it attracted the nickname ‘Great’. Even its gently undulating Andante is filled with suspense. If Yannick Nézet-Séguin wants to convey a sense of impassioned drama in this concert, he’s chosen the right piano concerto by Mozart, too: dark, tragic undertones haunt the Concerto No. 20, the piano eventually tearing into a furious finale whose dark storm clouds are only parted by the appearance of a radiant major key.
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