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Osmo Vänskä on programming Sibelius’s symphonies alongside British concertos
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- Published: 19 October 2016
This week we embark on our complete cycle of Sibelius's symphonies with Osmo Vänskä, presented across four concerts and paired with British concertos of the same era. We recently sat down with Vänskä to discuss the upcoming cycle, and here he explains why combining the symphonies of Finland's most famous composer with concertos by British composers seemed like a natural fit.
Meow Meow goes backstage
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- Published: 11 October 2016
Catch up on international diva Meow Meow's latest capers in a series of short videos taken backstage. We look forward to her causing some well-orchestrated chaos in her performance with us on Tuesday 1 November ...
Sibelius's symphonies introduction by Osmo Vänskä
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- Published: 10 October 2016
Osmo Vänskä introduces Sibelius's seven symphonies before our Sibelius Symphony Cycle later in October. Find out about Sibelius's personal journey and how it is reflected in this awe-inspiring music.
Q&A with Thomas Zehetmair
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- Published: 07 October 2016
We caught up with violinist Thomas Zehetmair before his concert with us on Saturday 15 October. Find out what he has to say about his violin, the Zimmermann Violin Concerto and working with the LPO.
Osmo Vänskä discusses Sibelius
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- Published: 26 September 2016
Ahead of our Sibelius Symphony Cycle in October (19–28 October), we went to Amsterdam to catch up with Finnish maestro Osmo Vänskä. Hear his thoughts on Sibelius and his music here.
Osmo Vänskä on Sibelius
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- Published: 23 September 2016
This October Osmo Vänskä conducts the Orchestra in a complete cycle of Sibelius’s seven symphonies. Andrew Mellor talks to the Finnish conductor about the journey ahead...
Tune In Autumn/Winter 2016
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- Published: 13 September 2016
The Autumn edition of the Orchestra's newsletter, Tune In, is now published. Read an exclusive interview with Osmo Vänskä where he looks ahead to this season's Sibelius journey, discover some of the LPO's 'behind-the-scenes' staff highlights in 2016/17, find out what's new on the LPO Label and read all about Belief and Beyond Belief, a year-long festival that nearly all of our concerts in 2017 will form. In our regular ‘Backstage’ interview feature we meet new Principal Flute Juliette Bausor.
