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The latest news about our concerts, recordings, concert streams and Education & Community programme.
LPO Debut Sounds | Meet the Composers: Nathan Dearden
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- Published: 14 June 2017
Ahead of our annual Debut Sounds concert next month we've been chatting to the LPO Young Composers about their new works and their experiences on the scheme.
George Apel and Keith Harvey
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- Published: 11 May 2017
We were saddened to hear of the deaths of two former London Philharmonic Orchestra musicians in the last few weeks: George Apel (violin) and Keith Harvey (cello).
Sukanya the Opera – the trailer
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- Published: 27 April 2017
Watch the trailer for our exciting new project: Ravi Shankar's Sukanya.
Conductor John Mauceri on Strauss's Four Last Songs
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- Published: 25 April 2017
We’ve got a brilliant programme lined up for our performance on Friday 28 April, exploring a wide range of music that looks beyond the material world and strives for transcendence, conducted by John Mauceri and featuring star soprano Angel Blue. Here John introduces Strauss's radiantly beautiful Four Last Songs, and explains the significance of these final completed works from the last great pioneer of German Romanticism.
Conductor John Mauceri on Paul Hindemith
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- Published: 21 April 2017
We’ve got a brilliant programme lined up for our performance on Friday 28 April, exploring a wide range of music that looks beyond the material world and strives for transcendence, conducted by John Mauceri and featuring star soprano Angel Blue. Here John introduces another work from the programme, and explains the surprising link between 20th-century German composer Paul Hindemith and St Francis of Assisi.
Dans le Métro – FUNharmonics sing-along
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- Published: 13 April 2017
At our next FUNharmonics family concert, everyone in the audience will be invited to sing along to a special song, Dans le Métro, written by our presenter, Rachel Leach. It’s all about travelling on the Paris underground trains, passing through some of the city’s famous stations.
Conductor John Mauceri on Schoenberg and Bach
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- Published: 13 April 2017
We’ve got a brilliant programme lined up for our performance on Friday 28 April, exploring a wide range of music that looks beyond the material world and strives for transcendence, conducted by John Mauceri and featuring star soprano Angel Blue. Here John introduces a work from the programme and explains why our assumptions about Schoenberg are probably wrong ...
