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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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Thursday 28 August 2014
BBC Proms 2014

Vladimir Jurowski conducts Holst The Planets, plus Schoenberg and Scriabin at the BBC Proms.

7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall, London

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Billy's Band - The Bandstand

Join conductor Billy and his wonderful band for musical adventures. Created by LPO trumpeter Dan Newell.

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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

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

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Enjoying looking back at the photos from Don Giovanni as we prep for the Don's final rendezvous @glyndebourne tonight http://t.co/eeFfv632PE

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CD reviews – Hans Graf conducts Carmina Burana
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CD reviews – Hans Graf conducts Carmina Burana

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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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Prokofiev, Sibelius, Bantock and R Strauss at the BBC Proms
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Prokofiev, Sibelius, Bantock and R Strauss at the BBC Proms

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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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Delighted that our Julian Anderson CD is shortlisted for the 2014 #GramoAwards Contemporary category! @GramophoneMag http://t.co/c7veLn0rVr

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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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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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Enjoying looking back at the photos from Don Giovanni as we prep for the Don's final rendezvous @glyndebourne tonight http://t.co/eeFfv632PE

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Delighted that our Julian Anderson CD is shortlisted for the 2014 #GramoAwards Contemporary category! @GramophoneMag http://t.co/c7veLn0rVr

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RT @bbcproms: We've now got over a day's worth of #BBCProms audio for you to explore in our 2014 collection: http://t.co/0wJ2TMkMuP http://…

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Recordings
CD: Jurowski conducts Zemlinsky

CD: Jurowski conducts Zemlinsky

Entranced and inspired by Oscar Wilde’s dark, death-ridden play, Alexander Zemlinsky conjured up his most colourful orchestral canvas in the one-act opera A Florentine Tragedy. Set in 16th-century Florence, the opera tells of jealousy, betrayal and ultimately murder. Conductor Vladimir...
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CD: Jurowski conducts Zemlinsky

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

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CD: Orff – Carmina Burana

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

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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: Beethoven – Missa Solemnis

CD: Beethoven – Missa Solemnis

From 1819 to 1823, Beethoven was stirred by a renewed creative energy. Over these four years he sketched his Missa Solemnis, the work he himself came to admire above all others. Here the composer of utter conviction seems to surpass...
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CD: Beethoven – Missa Solemnis

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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: 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