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Sunday 6 February 2015
The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Michael Morpurgo presents his timeless tale of The Pied Piper of Hamelin

12:00pm Royal Festival Hall, London

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Saturday 7 February 2015
Rachmaninoff: Inside Out

Rachmaninoff and Enescu conducted by Vladimir Jurowski

7.30pm, Royal Festival Hall, London

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Wednesday 11 February 2015
Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky

Rachmaninoff's choral masterpiece The Bells conducted by Vasily Petrenko

7.30pm, Royal Festival Hall, London

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Friday 13 February 2015
Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich

Vasily Petrenko conducts Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich

7.30pm, Royal Festival Hall, London

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Concert reviews: Saturday 6 December 2014

Concert reviews: Saturday 6 December 2014

Saturday 6 December was the London Philharmonic Orchestra's last Royal Festival Hall concert of 2014, before the Orchestra heads off on tours to Germany, Iceland and China over the next few weeks. Conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, the concert featured the UK premiere of Harrison Birtwistle's Responses: Sweet disorder and the carefully careless...
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Concert reviews: Saturday 6 December 2014

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Rachmaninoff and his contemporaries
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Rachmaninoff and his contemporaries

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Concert reviews: Wednesday 19 November 2014
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Concert reviews: Wednesday 19 November 2014

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So excited to announce our tour with @alisonbalsom this spring! Heading to Manchester, Stoke, Leeds and Leicester: http://t.co/UN3irOSheN

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CD reviews – Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts organ works by Poulenc & Saint-Saëns
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CD reviews – Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts organ works by Poulenc & Saint-Saëns

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CD reviews – Jurowski conducts Shostakovich Symphonies Nos. 6 & 14
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CD reviews – Jurowski conducts Shostakovich Symphonies Nos. 6 & 14

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Concert reviews: Saturday 1 November 2014
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Concert reviews: Saturday 1 November 2014

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Concert reviews: Wednesday 29 October 2014
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Concert reviews: Wednesday 29 October 2014

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Two new releases on the LPO Label: Organ Works CD and Brahms LPO Box Set

Two new releases on the LPO Label: Organ Works CD and Brahms LPO Box Set

Today sees two brand new releases on the LPO Label: a CD of organ works by Poulenc and Saint-Saëns conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and a 4-LP box set of the complete Brahms symphonies conducted by Vladimir Jurowski.
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Two new releases on the LPO Label: Organ Works CD and Brahms LPO Box Set

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RT @JohnVecchio: Magnus Lindberg Maestro Jurowski @LPOrchestra http://t.co/7LxXCH0noz

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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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Billy's Band - an introduction by creator Dan Newell
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Billy's Band - an introduction by creator Dan Newell

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Tell me, does anyone want this kind of music?

Tell me, does anyone want this kind of music?

In the year 1900, Count Lev Nikolayevich (Leo) Tolstoy took young Serge Rachmaninoff aside following a performance and challenged him with the question; ‘Tell me, does anyone want this kind of music?’
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So excited to announce our tour with @alisonbalsom this spring! Heading to Manchester, Stoke, Leeds and Leicester: http://t.co/UN3irOSheN

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RT @JohnVecchio: Magnus Lindberg Maestro Jurowski @LPOrchestra http://t.co/7LxXCH0noz

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RT @mbonetempleton: Wow. @barbarahannigan @LPOrchestra. Jaw droppingly sublime singing Magnus Lindberg's Accused. Stunning piece. Hope we d…

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RT @Matt_Green_: Hannigan was tremendous in premiere of Lindberg 'Accused' w/ @LPOrchestra tonight. An unbelievably strong programme- what …

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RT @Drwallington: Second half lived up to the first - tremendous performances of the Tristan prelude and Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy. @LPOrc…

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RT @timmilford: Real treat @LPOrchestra tonight. Wagner Tristan und Isolde: beautiful and emotive; Scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy: powerful a…

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Tonight at the @southbankcentre we perform a Lindberg premiere alongside Debussy, Wagner and Scriabin. Tickets here: http://t.co/V1yWfyOsE0

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RT @Boosey_London: Free pre-concert talk w/ Magnus Lindberg ahead of the premiere of 'Accused' w/ @LPOrchestra & @HanniganBarbara. 6.15pm, …
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LP Box Set: The Complete Brahms Symphonies

LP Box Set: The Complete Brahms Symphonies

A 4-LP vinyl box set of Brahms’s complete four symphonies conducted by its Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Vladimir Jurowski. These recordings – of live LPO concerts at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall between 2008 and 2011 – have previously...
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LP Box Set: The Complete Brahms Symphonies

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CD: Beethoven – Missa Solemnis
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CD: Beethoven – Missa Solemnis

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CD: Brahms – Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
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CD: Brahms – Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

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CD: Shostakovich Symphonies 6 & 14

CD: Shostakovich Symphonies 6 & 14
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CD: Shostakovich Symphonies 6 & 14

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CD: Jurowski conducts Zemlinsky
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CD: Jurowski conducts Zemlinsky

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CD: Orff – Carmina Burana
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CD: Orff – Carmina Burana

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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: Poulenc & Saint-Saëns organ works

CD: Poulenc & Saint-Saëns organ works

Poulenc’s Organ Concerto is an extraordinary mixture of high drama and tongue-in-cheek music that could accompany a chase sequence, interspersed with beautiful reflective episodes. Scored for just strings and timpani accompaniment, it nevertheless packs a dramatic and emotional punch. By...
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CD: Poulenc & Saint-Saëns organ works

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CD: Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde

CD: Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde
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CD: Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde

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

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

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CD: Haitink conducts Strauss

CD: Haitink conducts Strauss

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CD: Haitink conducts Strauss