London Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 14 December 2013
John Adams - El Niño

A modern-day nativity story

7.30pm, Royal Festival Hall, London

More info Buy now
Wednesday 15 January 2014
A picture of the soul

Vladimir Jurowski conducts Mahler and MacMillan

7.30pm, Royal Festival Hall, London

More info Buy now
Friday 17 January 2014
A step into daylight

Beethoven and Brahms conducted by Vladimir Jurowski

7.30pm, Royal Festival Hall

More info Buy now
Christmas with the LPO
Give a gift of music

CD subscriptions, memberships or virtual gifts - perfect presents for Christmas

From £10

Christmas gifts Virtual gifts
Christmas with the LPO
Festive CDs

We've made a festive selection of recordings which make great gifts

from £9.99

More info
New CD release
Julian Anderson: Orchestral works

CD chosen as one of 100 best records of the year in The Sunday Times

£9.99

More info Buy now

See what else is on

Previous month December Next month

See London only

Welcome to the LPO's website

Explore the London Philharmonic Orchestra through videos, podcasts and a wealth of information

2013/14 season

View our concerts at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall

Royal Festival Hall, London

Listen to The Genius of Film Music

Now online: great Hollywood film scores from 1960-1980: Psycho, The Godfather, Star Trek

Listen now

LPO Recordings

Search the LPO Label catalogue to find the music you want to hear

Includes Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Holst, Rachmaninoff

More info

Latest updates

All
Tweets
Recordings

Review
Concert reviews: Vladimir Jurowski conducts MacMillan, Anderson, Turnage and Adès, 7 December 2013

Concert reviews: Vladimir Jurowski conducts MacMillan, Anderson, Turnage and Adès, 7 December 2013

On Saturday 7 December, Vladimir Jurowski conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert at Royal Festival Hall comprising music by living British composers James MacMillan, Julian Anderson, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Thomas Adès, and featuring percussion soloist Evelyn Glennie. Here are the press reviews ...
More info
Concert reviews: Vladimir Jurowski conducts MacMillan, Anderson, Turnage and Adès, 7 December 2013

Review

CD reviews – Julian Anderson Orchestral Works (Vladimir Jurowski/Ryan Wigglesworth)
More info
CD reviews – Julian Anderson Orchestral Works (Vladimir Jurowski/Ryan Wigglesworth)

Recordings

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

Tweets@LPOrchestra
At @southbankcentre tomorrow?Our creative young ensemble The Band will perform new music based on El Nino. 5pm Ballroom Floor,FREE. Join us!

Review

Concert reviews: Dirk Brossé conducts 'The Genius of Film Music 1980–2000'
More info
Concert reviews: Dirk Brossé conducts 'The Genius of Film Music 1980–2000'

Review

Concert reviews: Michał Dworzynski conducts Penderecki & Górecki, 27 November 2013
More info
Concert reviews: Michał Dworzynski conducts Penderecki & Górecki, 27 November 2013

News

Iconic Moments
More info
Iconic Moments

News

New podcast: John Adams's Nativity Oratorio El Niño
More info
New podcast: John Adams's Nativity Oratorio El Niño

News
Read all about it: the complete Centurion set

Read all about it: the complete Centurion set

In the spirit of The Rest Is Noise, Alex Ross's incredible book that inspired Southbank Centre's year-long festival of 20th-century music, we too have been delving into the stories behind the music of the 20th century, in a series of newspapers.
More info
Read all about it: the complete Centurion set

Tweets@LPOrchestra
We’ve put together a short video introduction to John Adams’s Christmas oratorio, El Niño http://t.co/WX31D68nQU

News

The Rest Is Noise nominated for South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2014
More info
The Rest Is Noise nominated for South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2014

News

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

Review
CD reviews – Mahler Das Lied von der Erde / Nézet-Séguin

CD reviews – Mahler Das Lied von der Erde / Nézet-Séguin

'Yannick Nézet-Séguin perfectly captures the yearning for lost youth and resigned acceptance of mortality that pervades Mahler's masterpiece.'Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times, 29 September 2013
More info
CD reviews – Mahler Das Lied von der Erde / Nézet-Séguin
Tweets@LPOrchestra
At @southbankcentre tomorrow?Our creative young ensemble The Band will perform new music based on El Nino. 5pm Ballroom Floor,FREE. Join us!

Tweets@LPOrchestra
We’ve put together a short video introduction to John Adams’s Christmas oratorio, El Niño http://t.co/WX31D68nQU

Tweets@LPOrchestra
RT @AllyAsh: Nothing like having the @LPOrchestra greet you from your train at Waterloo station. #soChristmassy http://t.co/R5WvMEz87D

Tweets@LPOrchestra
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Carols at Waterloo station last night! Loved spreading the festive cheer in aid of @savechildrenuk

Tweets@LPOrchestra
RT @cardiffbred: @LPOrchestra @LPChoir What a treat. You were worth missing the train for!

Tweets@LPOrchestra
RT @karenmgilchrist: @LPOrchestra @LPChoir it was so uplifting to hear you at Waterloo. I stood spellbound, instead of rushing for my train…

Tweets@LPOrchestra
RT @lilyoram: Christmas carols at Waterloo station with the @LPOrchestra and the @LPChoir. Feeling very festive! http://t.co/AExsqPu8LX

Tweets@LPOrchestra
RT @mbonetempleton: Big thank you to all who played, sang, collected and donated @LPOrchestra Carols at Waterloo in aid of Save the Childre…
Recordings
CD: Julian Anderson orchestral works

CD: Julian Anderson orchestral works

British composer Julian Anderson has been described by The Times as ‘a composer to cherish’ and by London’s Evening Standard as ‘one of the finest composers of his generation’. He has been the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Composer in Residence since...
More info
CD: Julian Anderson orchestral works

Recordings

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

Recordings

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

Recordings
CD: Tchaikovsky – Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5

CD: Tchaikovsky – Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
More info
CD: Tchaikovsky – Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5

Recordings

CD: Holst – The Planets
More info
CD: Holst – The Planets

Recordings

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

Recordings

CD: Britten – War Requiem
More info
CD: Britten – War Requiem

Recordings

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

Recordings
CD: Mahler – Symphony No. 1

CD: Mahler – Symphony No. 1

Mahler's First Symphony: the opening chapter of his spiritual autobiography. And the music itself seems to awaken – emerging from hushed strings and woodwind cuckoos into its stride, marching forth, stamping towards an eerie realisation of a nursery rhyme and...
More info
CD: Mahler – Symphony No. 1

Recordings
CD: Shostakovich – Symphony No. 8

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

Recordings

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

Recordings

CD: Ravel – Daphnis et Chloé
More info
CD: Ravel – Daphnis et Chloé

Recordings
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...
More info
CD: Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde