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A summer of opera
Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Join us in Glyndebourne for operas by Mozart and Verdi in the final weeks of this summer's festival.

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October 2014 - April 2015
Rachmaninoff: Inside Out

Celebrating the music of Rachmaninoff throughout the season.

Royal Festival Hall, London

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15-19 September 2014
Igudesman and Joo

Big nightmare music - classical music comedy from duo Igudesman and Joo and the LPO.

London and on UK tour

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September 2014 - May 2015
London concerts 2014-15

Browse and book for our new season of London concerts.

Royal Festival Hall concert series

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Zemlinsky

Live concert recordings of Zemlinsky's Florentine Tragedy and Six Maeterlinck Songs

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New CD release: Vladimir Jurowski conducts Zemlinsky

New CD release: Vladimir Jurowski conducts Zemlinsky

A brand new CD is released today on the LPO Label: Zemlinsky's A Florentine Tragedy and Six Maeterlinck Songs. Conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, the disc also features soloists Petra Lang (mezzo soprano), Heike Wessels (mezzo soprano), Sergei Skorokhodov (tenor) and Albert Dohmen (baritone).
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New CD release: Vladimir Jurowski conducts Zemlinsky

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London Philharmonic Orchestra wins 'Ensemble' RPS award
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London Philharmonic Orchestra wins 'Ensemble' RPS award

Recordings

CD: Mahler – Symphony No. 1
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CD: Mahler – Symphony No. 1

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We're expanding! Find out more about some exciting new roles in the LPO's development and marketing departments here: http://t.co/0PMKv2UjLi

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Getting to know ... Debut Sounds composer Eugene Birman
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Getting to know ... Debut Sounds composer Eugene Birman

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Glyndebourne 2014: first reviews (Der Rosenkavalier & Eugene Onegin)
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Glyndebourne 2014: first reviews (Der Rosenkavalier & Eugene Onegin)

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CD reviews – Vladimir Jurowski conducts Brahms Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
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CD reviews – Vladimir Jurowski conducts Brahms Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

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Spring 2014 edition of Tune In
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Spring 2014 edition of Tune In

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New CD release: Beethoven's Missa Solemnis

New CD release: Beethoven's Missa Solemnis

Just released on the LPO Label is a new CD of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis under conductor Sir Georg Solti, recorded live at London’s Royal Albert Hall on 10 September 1982. The CD also features soloists Helen Donath (soprano), Doris Soffel (mezzo soprano), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass) and the Edinburgh Festival...
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New CD release: Beethoven's Missa Solemnis

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RT @bbcproms: Listen to Prom 6 - Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier - led by British soprano Kate Royal. http://t.co/ZuQPWrGHC7 http://t.co/Qbr4K…

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London Philharmonic Orchestra announces new Composer in Residence: Magnus Lindberg
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London Philharmonic Orchestra announces new Composer in Residence: Magnus Lindberg

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Tickets Please! Help us fill our concert hall
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Tickets Please! Help us fill our concert hall

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CD reviews – Hans Graf conducts Carmina Burana

CD reviews – Hans Graf conducts Carmina Burana

March 2014's release on the LPO Label was Orff's Carmina Burana. Recorded live at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall on 6 April 2013 as part of the year-long The Rest Is Noise festival, the performance was conducted by Hans Graf and featured soloists Sarah Tynan, Andrew Kennedy and Rodion Pogossov together...
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CD reviews – Hans Graf conducts Carmina Burana
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RT @bbcproms: Listen to Prom 6 - Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier - led by British soprano Kate Royal. http://t.co/ZuQPWrGHC7 http://t.co/Qbr4K…

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RT @Martin_Wood1885: Sublime and emotional Rosenkavalier @bbcproms, @glyndebourne & @LPOrchestra thank you especially Louise Alder what a b…

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RT @TabbyEstell: Gorgeous LPO in Rosenkavalier @glyndebourne @bbcproms @LPOrchestra. Stunning, inspirational playing from the whole band. #…

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It's our first BBC #Prom of the season today! We're performing Der Rosenkavalier with @glyndebourne. Who's coming? http://t.co/lFVPG9CgEp

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Recordings
CD: Orff – Carmina Burana

CD: Orff – Carmina Burana

Carl Orff's Carmina Burana is an infectious and brilliantly orchestrated work, combining gloriously bawdy vulgarity and moments of touching beauty. The inspiration for the work struck Orff in 1935 when he encountered a vivid set of medieval poems charting the...
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CD: Orff – Carmina Burana

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CD: Bruckner – Symphony No. 7
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CD: Bruckner – Symphony No. 7

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CD: Brahms – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
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CD: Brahms – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3

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CD: Mahler – Symphony No. 1

CD: Mahler – Symphony No. 1
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CD: Mahler – Symphony No. 1

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CD: Brahms – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
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CD: Brahms – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

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CD: Vaughan Williams – Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7
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CD: Vaughan Williams – Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

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CD: Julian Anderson orchestral works
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CD: Julian Anderson orchestral works

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CD: Turnage – Orchestral Works Volume 3
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CD: Turnage – Orchestral Works Volume 3

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CD: Brahms – Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

CD: Brahms – Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

Brahms was well into his forties by the time he completed a symphony – but by the time he reached his third, he’d hit his stride. Sweeping string melodies and autumnal colours interwoven with his recurring musical motto of ‘free...
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CD: Brahms – Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

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CD: Shostakovich – Symphony No. 8

CD: Shostakovich – Symphony No. 8
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CD: Shostakovich – Symphony No. 8

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CD: Mahler – Symphony No. 2
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CD: Mahler – Symphony No. 2

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CD: Ravel – Daphnis et Chloé
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CD: Ravel – Daphnis et Chloé

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CD: Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde

CD: Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde

In Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), Mahler married together for the first time the lyricism of the song-cycle and the formal ambition of the symphony. With texts based on Chinese poems reflecting on themes of...
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CD: Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde