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‘A virtuoso performance. This is what makes Gergiev special.’ The Times on Valery Gergiev, LSO Principal Conductor
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LSO Season 2015/16 Autumn/Winter Concert Guide
AUTUMN/WINTER 2015
London’s Symphony Orchestra
The LSO is the capital’s oldest symphony orchestra and one of the world’s finest, with over a century of history behind it and one hundred musicians forming its membership. Each year the LSO joins forces with the world’s leading conductors and soloists to perform 70 concerts at the Barbican Centre. This autumn Valery Gergiev concludes his tenure as Principal Conductor, exploring pivotal ballet scores close to his heart, Bernard Haitink launches the season, and we discover two new works by composers John Adams and Wynton Marsalis. Beyond our home in the City of London the LSO performs a further 70 concerts all over the world every year. Recent tours have taken the Orchestra to all the major European cities and further-flung destinations including the US, Australia, Singapore, India, China and Japan. The LSO’s work extends far beyond the concert hall too. LSO Discovery, our education and community programme which celebrated its 25th anniversary this year, reaches over 60,000 people
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to get involved in eye-opening musical activities at LSO St Luke’s,
Autumn/Winter Highlights LSO Concerts at the Barbican BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts at LSO St Luke’s LSO Discovery Events How to Book / Venue Information
our venue on Old Street, from attending concerts as a family to participating in community music-making groups. And you can hear the Orchestra on over one hundred releases (and counting!) on our own label, LSO Live, and on iconic soundtracks for numerous films (including 2014’s hit The Imitation Game, four of the Harry Potter films and all six original Star Wars movies).
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WELCOME / GERGIEV ~ LSO.CO.UK
‘We travel the world to celebrate this incredible Orchestra. Londoners can hear it any time they like.’ Valery Gergiev, LSO Principal Conductor
Man of the Theatre Expect no shortage of drama in Valery Gergiev’s final series as LSO Principal Conductor, with masterpieces from Bartók and Stravinsky. In October Valery Gergiev will bring these composers’ music to life in a way that only a Russian man of the theatre like himself can. As his hands flutter and dance through the air we can expect to find ourselves lost in a world of magic and myth conjured up in four scores for the ballet: from Stravinsky’s earliest masterpieces – The Firebird, The Rite of Spring, Chant du rossignol – through to the terrifying depiction of death and seduction found in Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin. World-renowned pianist Yefim Bronfman joins for Bartók’s Second and Third Piano Concertos, but it’s the Orchestra that takes centre-stage for the finale. In a virtuosic concerto performance of its very own, the LSO waves ‘Vale Valery!’ and brings his nine-year tenure to a close with a bang.
VALERY GERGIEV CONDUCTS BALLET SCORES Fri 9 Oct Bartók Dance Suite; Piano Concerto No 2 Stravinsky The Firebird (original ballet) Yefim Bronfman piano Sun 11 Oct Bartók Piano Concerto No 3 Stravinsky Symphony in C; The Rite of Spring Yefim Bronfman piano Sun 18 Oct Stravinsky Chant du rossignol Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin (complete ballet); Concerto for Orchestra
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‘Adams is one of those contemporary voices we need to hear and keep on hearing.’ The Guardian on John Adams
American Classics
SHADES OF RED, WHITE & BLUE Sun 4 Oct, LSO St Luke’s LSO SINGING DAY: A TASTE OF AMERICA David Lawrence conductor Ghislaine Morgan vocal coach Thu 29 Oct John Adams Scheherazade.2 (UK premiere) John Adams conductor Leila Josefowicz violin Fri 30 Oct, LSO St Luke’s Steve Reich Clapping Music; Music for Pieces of Wood; Sextet LSO Percussion Ensemble Fri 6 Nov Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; Chichester Psalms Wynton Marsalis Violin Concerto (world premiere) James Gaffigan conductor Nicola Benedetti violin Thu 19 Nov Dvorˇák Symphony No 9 (‘From the New World’) Manfred Honeck conductor Images: Wynton Marsalis (above), John Adams (right)
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This autumn the LSO explores the length and breadth of America in music, from sea to shining sea. America is often thought of as a cultural melting pot, playing host to an astounding diversity of nationalities, religions and traditions. In no aspect of its cultural life is this remarkable plurality more evident than in its musical language, which embraces anything and everything – from the economy of cool minimalism to the heady excess of hot jazz. The LSO’s musical exploration of America features two new violin concertos by US composers: the UK premiere of John Adams’ ‘dramatic symphony’ for orchestra and violin, Scheherazade.2, and the world premiere of a concerto composed by America’s pre-eminent jazz musician, Wynton Marsalis. The series also features a focus on the music of minimalist pioneer Steve Reich by the LSO Percussion Ensemble and a performance of Dvorˇák’s timeless Symphony No 9 (‘From the New World’), which was inspired by the sounds of Native American music.
AMERICAN CLASSICS / GRAND PIANISTS ~ LSO.CO.UK
Grand Pianists Five of the world’s leading pianists share the stage with the Orchestra in concertos by Mozart, Beethoven, Bartók, Ravel and Chopin.
‘A focused, at times ferocious, pianist who favours a big, steely sound and bold, unsentimental playing.’ New York Times on Hélène Grimaud
One of the world’s leading exponents of his instrument, Murray Perahia returns to the LSO after 19 years to join Bernard Haitink for the opening two concerts of the 2015/16 season. He will perform concertos by Mozart and Beethoven in a series that concludes with British pianist Imogen Cooper. In October we look back to the start of the last century for two of Bartók’s piano concertos with Yefim Bronfman and Valery Gergiev, a pair of elaborate and intricate works for the instrument that show the Hungarian composer in his prime. And then a little je ne sais quoi: Ravel’s jazzy Concerto in G major brought to life by Hélène Grimaud and Manfred Honeck in November. Maria João Pires returns for two concerts with Daniel Harding and, by way of a preface to two of Bruckner’s sublime symphonies, she offers us a treat in the form of two Romantic concertos from Chopin and Beethoven. For those wanting even more insight into this outstanding musician, don’t miss Pires’ BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert on 26 November with Ashot Khachatourian, the last in a series dedicated to the piano music of Chopin, Liszt and Bartók that also features Ingolf Wunder, Alice Sara Ott and Ashley Wass.
AUTUMN PIANO CONCERTOS Tue 15, Sun 20 Sep Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 Murray Perahia piano Wed 23 Sep Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1 Imogen Cooper piano Fri 9, Sun 11 Oct Bartók Piano Concerto No 2; Piano Concerto No 3 Yefim Bronfman piano Thu 19 Nov Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Hélène Grimaud piano Sun 6, Wed 16 Dec Chopin Piano Concerto No 1 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 Maria João Pires piano Thu 8, 29 Oct; 5, 26 Nov, LSO St Luke’s BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts Images left to right: Murray Perahia, Hélène Grimaud, Maria João Pires
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AUTUMN/WINTER SEPTEMBER 2015 2015 LSO BARBICAN Tue 15 Sep 2015 7.30pm CONCERTS ‘Haitink gave his downbeat to the London Symphony Orchestra [and] it was as though he had cast an instant spell.’ THE GUARDIAN ON BERNARD HAITINK WITH THE LSO
OCTOBER 2015 Fri 9 Oct 2015 7.30pm
BERNARD HAITINK / GRAND PIANISTS
VALERY GERGIEV / GRAND PIANISTS
Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 Bruckner Symphony No 7
Bartók Dance Suite Bartók Piano Concerto No 2 Stravinsky The Firebird (original ballet)
SEASON OPENING CONCERT
A BLAZING MASTERPIECE
Bernard Haitink conductor Murray Perahia piano
Valery Gergiev conductor Yefim Bronfman piano
Sun 20 Sep 2015 7pm Sun 11 Oct 2015 7pm
BERNARD HAITINK / GRAND PIANISTS
THE HEAVENLY SYMPHONY Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 Mahler Symphony No 4
VALERY GERGIEV / GRAND PIANISTS
RITUALS AND RHYTHMS YEFIM BRONFMAN (9 & 11 OCT)
Bernard Haitink conductor Murray Perahia piano Anna Lucia Richter soprano ANNA LUCIA RICHTER (20 SEP)
Please note, Sunday evening concerts start at 7pm throughout the 2015/16 season
Wed 23 Sep 2015 7.30pm BERNARD HAITINK / GRAND PIANISTS
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GIANTS Purcell arr Stucky Funeral Music for Queen Mary Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1 Brahms Symphony No 1 BERNARD HAITINK (15, 20 & 23 SEP)
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LSO BARBICAN CONCERT LISTINGS ~ LSO.CO.UK
Bernard Haitink conductor Imogen Cooper piano
Stravinsky Symphony in C Bartók Piano Concerto No 3 Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Valery Gergiev conductor Yefim Bronfman piano
Sun 18 Oct 2015 7pm GERGIEV: MAN OF THE THEATRE
BRAVURA BALLETS
Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin (complete ballet) Stravinsky Chant du rossignol Bartók Concerto for Orchestra Valery Gergiev conductor
NOVEMBER 2015 Thu 29 Oct 2015 7.30pm
Fri 6 Nov 2015 7.30pm
Thu 19 Nov 2015 7.30pm
AMERICAN CLASSICS
AMERICAN CLASSICS
AMERICAN CLASSICS / GRAND PIANISTS
Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte Ravel Mother Goose – Ballet John Adams Scheherazade.2 (UK premiere)
Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs Wynton Marsalis Violin Concerto (world premiere) Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements Bernstein Chichester Psalms
Janácˇek Jenu˚fa – Suite Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Dvorˇák Symphony No 9 (‘From the New World’)
SCHEHERAZADE RE-IMAGINED
JOYOUS JAZZ
John Adams conductor Leila Josefowicz violin 6pm LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists Instrumental and chamber works by John Adams 6.30pm Reveal Ravel Pre-concert creative session for families with 8- to 14-year-olds. Part of Family Arts Festival
James Gaffigan conductor Nicola Benedetti violin London Symphony Chorus Simon Halsey chorus director
JAMES GAFFIGAN (6 NOV)
Thu 12 Nov 2015 7.30pm LEILA JOSEFOWICZ (29 OCT)
Fri 30 Oct 2015 6.30pm, LSO St Luke’s AMERICAN CLASSICS
LSO PERCUSSION: RUSH HOUR CONCERT Steve Reich Clapping Music; Music for Pieces of Wood; Sextet Join the LSO Percussion Ensemble for a 45-minute rush hour concert featuring marimba, vibraphone, bass drum, crotales, tam-tam, piano, synth and more.
SOUND UNBOUND: BARBICAN CLASSICAL WEEKENDER Sat 31 Oct & Sun 1 Nov 2015 Nearly 60 concerts and events packed into two days across the Barbican, St Giles, LSO St Luke’s and Milton Court. Visit barbican.org.uk/soundunbound for more.
THE MIGHTY FIFTH Beethoven Symphony No 5 Strauss Death and Transfiguration Strauss Closing Scene from ‘Capriccio’ Nikolaj Znaider conductor Soile Isokoski soprano 6pm LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists Songs by Strauss LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists feature recitals by postgraduate musicians from the Guildhall School, some of whom are studying on the Orchestral Artistry course in association with the LSO. Find out more at lso.co.uk/lsoplatforms
SONGS FROM HOME
Manfred Honeck conductor Hélène Grimaud piano
Thu 26 Nov 2015 7.30pm LSO CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
LSO BRASS: FULL VOLUME Brahms arr Crees Two Intermezzi Grieg arr Maynard Lyric Pieces Bach arr Bright Goldberg Variations – Suite Ayanna Witter-Johnson new commission (world premiere) Parker A Londoner in New York Gershwin arr Nightingale Porgy and Bess – Suite LSO Brass Ensemble Original music and specially arranged works for ten-piece brass, including a new commission by LSO Soundhub associate composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson.
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DECEMBER 2015
COMING UP IN 2016
Sun 6 Dec 2015 7pm
Sat 9 & Sun 10 Jan 2016 7pm
GRAND PIANISTS
SIR SIMON RATTLE
Chopin Piano Concerto No 1 Bruckner Symphony No 4
Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande
PIRES PLAYS CHOPIN
PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE Sir Simon Rattle conductor Peter Sellars director Ben Zamora lighting installation London Symphony Chorus Simon Halsey chorus director
Daniel Harding conductor Maria João Pires piano Sun 13 Dec 2015 7pm LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS
A CHORAL CHRISTMAS Simon Halsey conductor London Symphony Chorus LSO Community Choir, LSO Discovery Choirs
DANIEL HARDING (6 & 16 DEC)
Join Simon Halsey and all of the LSO’s singing groups in this festive choral celebration of Christmas. MARIA JOÃO PIRES (6 & 16 DEC)
LSO Sing is generously supported by Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement
Long-term collaborators Sir Simon Rattle and Peter Sellars return to Debussy’s iconic opera for the first time since their ground-breaking re-imagining over two decades ago. This all-new semi-staged production will undoubtedly cast an exciting new light on Debussy’s sensuous score. Produced by LSO and Barbican, see lso.co.uk for ticket information. Part of LSO 2015/16 Season and Barbican Presents. Multi-buy and group discounts do not apply to these concerts
PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE (9 & 10 JAN)
Tue 16 Feb 7.30pm, Thu 25 Feb 7.30pm & Sun 28 Feb 2016 7pm NOSEDA AND GARDINER
Wed 16 Dec 2015 7.30pm GRAND PIANISTS
BRUCKNER’S LAST WORDS Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 Bruckner Symphony No 9 (four movement version) Daniel Harding conductor Maria João Pires piano Supported by LSO Friends 8
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SHAKESPEARE 400 Gianandrea Noseda and Sir John Eliot Gardiner lead the LSO’s celebration of the ultimate English playwright across three concerts with Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (16 Feb), Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (25 Feb) and Berlioz’s suite on the same play (28 Feb), plus Strauss’ Macbeth (25 Feb). The concerts follow a series of Shakespeare-themed BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts throughout January.
GIANANDREA NOSEDA (25 & 28 FEB)
BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS CHOPIN, LISZT AND BARTÓK Celebrate this trio of great pianist-composers with four far-reaching recitals from five of today’s leading piano talents. Thu 8 Oct 2015 1pm, LSO St Luke’s
INGOLF WUNDER Bartók Selections from 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs Sz 71 Chopin Nocturne in E-flat major Op 55 No 2; Nocturne in B major Op 62 No 1 Liszt Mephisto Waltz No 1; Petrarch Sonnet No 104; Hexaméron
Thu 5 Nov 2015 1pm, LSO St Luke’s
ASHLEY WASS Chopin Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23; Fantaisie in F minor Op 49 Bartók Suite Op 14 Liszt Après une lecture de Dante Ashley Wass piano Thu 26 Nov 2015 1pm, LSO St Luke’s
MARIA JOÃO PIRES & ASHOT KHACHATOURIAN Liszt * Vallée d’Obermann; Gnomenreigen Chopin † Three Nocturnes Op 9; Two Nocturnes Op 27 Bartók *† Piano duet
Ingolf Wunder piano
Maria João Pires †, Ashot Khachatourian * piano
Thu 29 Oct 2015 1pm, LSO St Luke’s
In partnership with Partitura supported by Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, Belgium
ALICE SARA OTT Bartók Romanian Folk Dances Chopin Three Waltzes; Scherzo No 2 in B-flat minor Op 31 Liszt Six Consolations; Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C minor Alice Sara Ott piano
LONDON RESOUNDING A series inspired by music heard in London in the 17th and 18th centuries, London Resounding is the first early music series at LSO St Luke’s – an ideal match for the building’s unique architectural sense of the old mixed with the new. Thu 15 Oct 2015 10am, starting at Farringdon Station
GUIDED WALK AND TALK Join Dafydd Wyn Phillips, Blue Badge Guide and Royal Academy of Music alumnus, on a music-themed guided walk exploring the historic district of Clerkenwell. You’ll visit sites with connections to composers Handel, Pepusch, John Gay and Thomas Britton, amongst others, not forgetting the history behind ‘the first opera we ever had in England’. Thu 15 Oct 2015 1pm, LSO St Luke’s
Thu 22 Oct 2015 1pm, LSO St Luke’s
RONALD BRAUTIGAM Cramer Piano Sonata in E-flat major Op 43 No 3 Clementi Piano Sonata in D major Op 25 No 6 Field Piano Sonata in E-flat major Haydn Piano Sonata in E-flat major Hob XVI/52 Ronald Brautigam fortepiano Thu 12 Nov 2015 1pm, LSO St Luke’s
FRETWORK Hume A Souldier’s Resolution; Hark, hark W Lawes Consort Suite in A minor Gibbons Three In Nomines; Fantasia in Four Parts ‘for ye great dooble basse’; Two Fantasias in Three Parts Purcell Five Fantasias Fretwork
FLORILEGIUM
Thu 19 Nov 2015 1pm, LSO St Luke’s
Handel Trio Sonata in E minor Pepusch Sonata for violin and continuo in E major Banister A Division on a Ground for recorder Pepusch Trio Sonata in C major Handel Trio Sonata in B minor Barsanti A Collection of Scots Airs
MUSICA AD RHENUM
Florilegium Ashley Solomon director
Haydn Trio in G major Hob XV/15 Clementi Sonata in C major Op 21 No 1 (‘La chasse’) J C Bach Sonata in C minor Op 17 No 2 F H Graf Grand Sonata in G major Musica ad Rhenum Jed Wentz director
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EXPLORE AND DISCOVER
LSO SING
FOR FAMILIES
FOR ALL
Sun 4 Oct 2015 10.30am–4.30pm, LSO St Luke’s
Fri 9 Oct 2015 12.30–1.15pm, LSO St Luke’s
LSO COMMUNITY SINGING DAY
LSO DISCOVERY
Fri 4 Sep, 2 & 16 Oct, 13 Nov 2015 12.30–1.15pm, LSO St Luke’s
David Lawrence conductor Ghislaine Morgan vocal coach
Interactive story-telling for mini music-makers!
LSO ON TRACK
A TASTE OF AMERICA
Fri 27 & Sat 28 Nov 6.30pm, LSO St Luke’s
Come and sing choral works by some of America’s greatest composers such as Bernstein, Copland and Gershwin, accompanied by piano.
LSO DISCOVERY
LSO ON TRACK: ALL TOGETHER NOW
STORYTELLING FOR UNDER-5s Part of Family Arts Festival
Sun 25 Oct 2015 10am–4pm, LSO St Luke’s LSO DISCOVERY
Gareth Glyn All Together Now! Ravel (arr Moody) Boléro
Sat 14 Nov 2015 11am–4.30pm, LSO St Luke’s
FAMILY OPEN DAY: ALICE IN WONDERLAND
LSO CHORAL SINGING DAY
THE SEASONS
Suitable for 4- to 7-year-olds
Elim Chan conductor LSO On Track Young Musicians Guildhall School Musicians LSO Players Young musicians from East London perform music specially written for an orchestra of players at different stages of their musical careers, from early-stage learners to world-class professionals. LSO On Track supported by the Ernest Cook Trust
Haydn The Seasons accompanied by piano Simon Halsey conductor LSO Sing is generously supported by Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement
Part of Family Arts Festival
MUSIC IN-DEPTH Sun 11 Oct 2015 10am–5.30pm, Barbican and LSO St Luke’s LSO DISCOVERY DAY
STRAVINSKY AND DANCE Witness the LSO rehearse scores by Stravinsky in the morning, followed by chamber music and discussion in the afternoon.
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Come to our weird and wacky Wonderland day at LSO St Luke’s to take some tea with the Mad Hatter. Add a dash of music and a splash of drama, and mayhem and madness will ensue! Just make sure you look the part so you can fit in with the March Hare and all his friends.
LSO DISCOVERY EVENTS / BOOKING & VENUE INFORMATION ~ LSO.CO.UK
Sun 8 Nov 2015 2.30pm, Barbican LSO DISCOVERY
FAMILY CONCERT: WONDERLAND Suitable for 7- to 12-year-olds
Ben Gernon conductor Paul Rissmann presenter LSO Discovery Choirs For crèche information and pre-concert foyer activities visit lso.co.uk/families
LSO DISCOVERY
FREE LUNCHTIME CONCERTS RHYTHM & DANCE Suitable for over 5s
Rachel Leach presenter 4 SEP
Zemlinsky String Quartet Thomas Norris, Sarah Quinn violins Malcolm Johnston viola Rebecca Gilliver cello 2 OCT
Guildhall student Evgeny Genchev performs piano music inspired by Russia and Eastern Europe Evgeny Genchev piano 16 OCT
Music for cello and piano duo from Russian and Eastern European composers Rebecca Gilliver cello Sophia Rahman piano 13 NOV
Glinka Viola Sonata Stravinsky Italienne – Suite Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet – Suite Paul Silverthorne viola Aglaia Tarantino piano This concert will also be live streamed at youtube.com/lso LSO Discovery Free Lunchtime Concerts are supported by the Rothschild Charities Committee, the Schroder Charitable Trust and LSO Friends
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EATING & DRINKING
TICKETS
REFRESH AND RELAX
BARBICAN CONCERT TICKETS
SPECIAL LSO ST LUKE’S EVENTS
Barbican Foyer Bars and Cafés: The ideal place to meet and catch up.
£10 £16 £22 £29 £40 + booking fee per transaction of £3 online or £4 by phone
Barbican Martini Bar (Level 1): Choose from classic and modern martinis, or a glass of bubbly.
LSO Family Concert (8 Nov) £5 under-18s, £10 adults + fees as above Suitable for families with 7- to 12-year-olds
Rush Hour Concert (30 Oct) £12 (£10 concessions) + fees as LSO Singing Days
Barbican Kitchen (Level G): Offering hot dishes and salads from a counter-top service as well as sandwiches, cakes, teas and coffees.
LSO Brass Ensemble (26 Nov) £10 £16 £22 + fees as above
Bonfire (Level 1): Juicy burgers, rotisserie chicken and milkshakes in a relaxed atmosphere overlooking the lake. Reservations 020 7382 6180.
A Choral Christmas (13 Dec) £10 £16 £22 £29 + fees as above Book 3+ concerts save 15%
Gin Joint by Searcys (Level 2): Offering brasserie dining and the most extensive gin list in the City, with stunning views across the Barbican lakeside. Both full dining and bar menus are available. Reservations 020 7588 3008.
LSO SINGING DAYS
SEARCYS GIN JOINT
Full day tickets £20 + booking fee per transaction of £0.60 online or £0.70 by phone (£15 concessions) Includes music hire LSO DISCOVERY DAYS
FIND US BARBICAN CENTRE Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS LSO ST LUKE’S UBS and LSO Music Education Centre 161 Old Street, EC1V 9NG The Barbican is in the heart of the City of London with LSO St Luke’s just a five-minute walk away.
BONFIRE
Full day tickets £20 (£15 concessions) / £14 afternoon only (from 2.30pm) + fees as LSO Singing Days BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS £12 (£10 concessions) + fees as LSO Singing Days Book any four concerts for £9 each Walk & Talk (15 Oct) £25 + fees as LSO Singing Days for the walk, lunch at the LSO St Luke’s, and a ticket to the concert
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STORYTELLING FOR UNDER-5s
Visit lso.co.uk/yourvisit for details of public transport, parking etc.
£3 children, £5 adults + fees as LSO Singing Days Babies under 12 months free
Family Open Day: Alice in Wonderland (25 Oct) £5 children, £7 adults + fees as LSO Singing Days Suitable for families with 4- to 7-year-olds LSO On Track (27 & 28 Nov) £5 children, £7 adults + fees as LSO Singing Days GROUPS OF 10 OR MORE Receive a 20% discount Call 020 7382 7211 (10am–5pm Mon-Fri) or visit lso.co.uk/groups DISABLED VISITORS Join the Barbican Access Membership scheme to inform us of your access requirements. Members may be eligible for reductions on tickets, limited in number and subject to availability. Full details are available online at barbican.org.uk/access and at the Box Office. Tickets can be exchanged for another LSO concert or credit vouchers valid for six months, provided that you return them to the Box Office at least 24 hours before the performance (two weeks for group bookings). Administration fee applies. Calls may be monitored or recorded for quality assurance or training purposes. All discounts are subject to availability and may not be combined. Information correct at time of going to print. The LSO reserves the right to change artists or programmes if necessary. Refunds will only be given in the event of a concert being cancelled. BOOKING INFORMATION
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