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The latest news about our concerts, recordings, concert streams and Education & Community programme.

New CD: Messiaen Des canyons aux étoiles

Details: Published: 24 February 2015

Our live concert recording of Messiaen's extraordinary work Des canyons aux étoiles, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach, has now been released on the LPO label.

New CD: Vaughan Williams 4 & 8

Details: Published: 30 January 2015

The LPO's February 2015 CD release is Vaughan Williams Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8, conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth and LPO Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski.

2015/16 season press release

Details: Published: 22 January 2015

We revealed the detail of our 2015-16 concert series today. Priority booking for Friends opens on 26 January, with general booking on 4 February.

LPO Composer in Residence Magnus Lindberg’s mantra is ‘only the extreme is interesting.’ Originally inspired by such diverse sounds as French spectralism, Japanese drumming and German punk rock, Lindberg injects the raw energy of these influences into his orchestral music, adding a lyricism and glowing sonority to create a voluptuous and original sound. On Wednesday 28 January, the LPO is joined by world-renowned soprano Barbara Hannigan to premiere Lindberg's Accused: three interrogations for soprano & orchestra, an ambitious work that explores the complex relationship between individual and state. This bold new work incorporates extracts from an interrogation of a victim (Mademoiselle Théroigne de Méricourt) of the turbulent events surrounding the French revolution, the transcript of a Stasi interrogation in East Germany during the 1960s and the transcript of the trial of Bradley (now Chelsea) Manning. Find out more about Accused from publisher Boosey & Hawkes ...

Rachmaninoff's opera: The Miserly Knight

Details: Published: 05 January 2015

On Wednesday 21 January we continue our year-long celebration of Rachmaninoff’s works with a performance of the opera: The Miserly Knight. Principal Conductor of the LPO, Vladimir Jurowski, discusses Rachmaninoff’s approach to the idea of musical drama.

Notes from afar: Kate Birchall's LPO tour diary

Details: Published: 22 December 2014

Find out more about life in a busy touring orchestra as violinist Kate Birchall sends us postcards from the London Philharmonic Orchestra's latest tour.