LSO St Luke's Spring 2017 Guide by London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

Spring 2017 WHAT’S ON AT LSO ST LUKE’S MUSIC FROM THE HEART OF EUROPE

Discovery Day, Singing Day Free Friday Lunchtime Concerts THE NASH ENSEMBLE

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts COMMUNITY MUSIC

Gamelan, LSO Community Choir Digital Technology Group

2 SPRING HIGHLIGHTS

MUSIC FROM RUSSIA Sounds of revolution and exile, folk tales and musical experimentation, from some of Russian’s legendary composers. Turn to page 6

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ST LUKE’S COMMUNITY CENTRE We place the spotlight on our local partner, the St Luke’s Community Centre, the beating heart of our community. Turn to page 12

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BRUCH & VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Nash Ensemble takes up residence at LSO St Luke’s, bringing together two composers known for their memorable, tuneful chamber music. Turn to page 10

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WORLDS COLLIDE Ancient traditions leap into the 21st century as traditional Japanese noh theatre and orchestral music are remixed and reimagined for today. Turn to page 8

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BE A MUSIC-MAKER Have a go at playing Gamelan or dust off your vocal chords at one of our Singing Days this New Year. Turn to page 18

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full of rich, Romantic music, plus the chance to learn choral works by Brahms and Bruckner. Turn to page 14

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4 WELCOME TO LSO ST LUKE’S

Welcome to LSO St Luke’s

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A music venue for everyone to enjoy in the heart of London. Fourteen years ago, the London Symphony Orchestra, Resident Orchestra up the road at the Barbican Centre, decided to transform what was the shell of a de-consecrated church into a unique music venue for everyone to enjoy, together with one of its corporate partners, UBS.

As a Grade I listed building with a stunning contemporary interior, LSO St Luke’s regularly hosts award ceremonies, daytime conferences, gala dinners and more.

Created principally as a space for the Orchestra’s education and community projects, as well as for the LSO itself to rehearse in, the venue also hosts hundreds of events each year, exploring genres as far-reaching as world music, folk and jazz alongside classical.

We’re not just a beautiful concert hall. We also have a welcoming café and bar situated in the crypt, a digital technology studio, a specially designed Gamelan room and meeting spaces.

The home of LSO Discovery

WHAT’S INSIDE?

LSO Discovery, the LSO’s community and education programme, opens the doors to people from all walks of life to join the inspirational musicians and music leaders of the London Symphony Orchestra. LSO St Luke’s offers a welcoming environment for participants of any age and level of experience to explore and develop musical interests and skills, enabling music-making and musical appreciation across generations. Love singing choral works? Whatever your level, there’s an LSO Singing Day for you. Plus, compose or remix your own music using the digital technology studio as part of the Digital Technology Group for 12 to 20-yearolds. Interested in world music and wanting to take up something new? Join our Community Gamelan Group and be taught in a fun group setting by professionals. And our Concerts for Under-5s offer an opportunity for first miniature steps in music-making. There’s so much for you to explore, experience and join in with.

Find out more and read about our events at lso.co.uk/lsostlukes

6 Russian Revolutionaries

In their music, the legendary Russian composers seem to capture all at once the spirit of their country’s history, landscapes and folk traditions, but also the times of upheaval that were the backdrop to many of their lives.

You can explore two other dimensions of Shostakovich’s career elsewhere in the spring. On 21 January, Melos Sinfonia pairs the Soviet symphonist’s first foray into the genre with his student Galina Ustvolskaya’s Second Symphony. Written for an unusual combination of instruments – plus solo voice – Ustvolskaya’s work is a powerful, visceral accompaniment to Shostakovich’s sardonic wit.

There can’t have been many years more turbulent than 1917. A century ago, Russia was shaken by not one but two revolutions, and life, culture and society changed forever. Four pianists join us in February to explore the impact that this dramatic year had on music through a series of BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts. With solo piano works from both before and after 1917, we’ll hear from composers like Rachmaninov, Prokofiev and Medtner, who fled the country they called home, and Shostakovich, who remained buried in the Soviet regime throughout his career.

Meanwhile, March brings the chance to hear soloist Sasha Grynyuk bring to life Shostakovich’s once-lost piano score for The New Babylon in the world premiere live performance. The music accompanies a screening of the 1929 masterpiece of Soviet cinema, which tells another revolutionary story, this time of the radical Paris Commune of 1871.

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Thu 16 Feb 1pm BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

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Tchaikovsky Selection from ‘The Seasons’ Shostakovich Puppet Dances Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 6 in A major Anna Vinnitskaya piano Sat 21 Jan 7.30pm

Thu 23 Feb 1pm

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BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

MELOS SINFONIA Stravinsky Four Norwegian Moods Ustvolskaya Symphony No 2 Shostakovich Symphony No 1 Oliver Zeffman conductor Arshak Kuzikyan reciter Melos Sinfonia With generous support from the Blavatnik Family Foundation

Thu 2 Feb 1pm BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARIES I

Prokofiev Sarcasms Schnittke Variations on a Chord Tchaikovsky Grand Sonata in G major Elisabeth Leonskaja piano Thu 9 Feb 1pm BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARIES II

Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Before Parting Medtner Fairy Tale in C-sharp minor Rachmaninov Fragments Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No 1 in D minor Alexei Volodin piano

RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARIES IV

Rachmaninov Three Preludes from Op 32 Medtner Three Fairy Tales Rachmaninov Selection from Études Tableaux Vadym Kholodenko piano Sat 25 Mar 7.30pm GUEST ARTIST

SHOSTAKOVICH: THE NEW BABYLON Shostakovich The New Babylon Performed by young Russian pianist Sasha Grynyuk alongside the 1929 film (rated U), directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauber. Sasha Grynyuk piano John Riley presenter Produced by Barbican

AT THE BARBICAN ... Alain Altinoglu conducts Prokofiev and Shostakovich with the LSO and London Symphony Chorus at the Barbican Hall on 23 March.

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Hidden Beauty A rare opportunity to experience the 650-year-old art of noh and the genius of internationally renowned professional noh artist, Akira Matsui, and seven performers as part of a bold collaboration with western theatre, opera, ballet, music and poetry. A central aspect of Japan’s 650-year-old style of theatre – noh – is to reveal a hidden form of beauty called yuˉ gen that occurs when all the elements of the performance are in harmony with one another and create a perfect balance of forms. Spectators learn to attune themselves to the beauty of the key elements of noh through the poetic text, the music, the movement and the delicacy of the masks – and how they appear in space and time. So noh is at its best when it is a total theatre of experience: immersive by intention, multi-disciplinary by design. Which is why we are delighted to welcome a master of the artform, Akira Matsui, for a collaboration between practitioners of noh and western-trained performers in a programme called Noh time like the present … (24 & 25 Feb). The programme is made of four pieces. The first is devoted to Samuel Beckett’s ‘Rockaby’, a poetic but bleak depiction of a person trapped in the inertia of a life reduced to nothing more than the to-ing and fro-ing of a gently rocking chair in the dark. The second piece

treats us to the music of the classical instruments of noh: the dynamic resonances of kotsuzumi (shoulder drum) and the otsuzumi (hip drum) and their players’ distinctive drums calls, working in harmony with the nohkan flute, with its delicate, and at times, intense melodies. In the third part, the vocal qualities of noh are brought into focus, combining three classical noh extracts with three movements from Bach’s Cello Suite No 1. After the interval, the fourth and final piece presents something new. Articulating the principles he has learned from decades immersed in noh performance, Richard Emmert has devised an original score to a new text by Jannette Cheong. The piece is called Opposites-InVerse, where philosophy, science and the art of noh articulate three stages in a life. Unique to their approach will be the way that they combine noh movement with contemporary ballet, and noh music with operatic vocals, to breathe fresh new life into the spirit of this ancient art. That same confrontation between the past and the present emerges earlier in the month in the Soundhub Showcase (11 Feb). Three composers from the LSO Soundhub Scheme take three lines of enquiry – the sonic possibilities of the bassoon (Lee Westwood), how to express love through sub-vocalisations (Oliver Leith), rendering architecture as sound (Cevanne HorrocksHopayian) – and transform them into works that are at once classical and contemporary and the latest instalments in the tradition of our living music.

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Fri 24 & Sat 25 Feb 7pm

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SOUNDHUB SHOWCASE Jon Hargreaves conductor LSO Musicians LSO Community Choir LSO Soundhub offers composers a flexible environment to explore, collaborate and experiment. In this showcase, hear what Oliver Leith and Lee Westwood have been working on over the last year, plus works which formed part of a unique composer’s scheme at Khadambi’s House by Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian. Supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation The Composer-in-Residence Scheme at Khadambi’s House is an LSO Soundhub project. Generous support has been provided by Khadambi Asalache’s partner Susie Thomson. We are also grateful to the National Trust, a partner in this project.

NOH TIME LIKE THE PRESENT … Lucia Capellaro Richard Emmert Piran Legg Peter Leung Meili Li Akira Matsui Eitaro Okura Kayu Omura Hugh Quarshie A rare opportunity to experience the 650-year-old art of noh and the genius of internationally renowned professional noh artist, Akira Matsui, in performance as part of a bold collaboration with western theatre, opera, ballet, music and poetry. Together these classical genres demonstrate their contemporary relevance, flexibility and innovative qualities.

10 BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS A four-concert residency from the Nash Ensemble – their third residency at LSO St Luke’s – focuses on the lyrical, tuneful gifts of Bruch and his one-time student Vaughan Williams. In 1897 the young Englishman Ralph Vaughan Williams spent an enjoyable few months in Berlin studying with the renowned German composer Max Bruch. ‘Bruch encouraged me,’ Vaughan Williams recalled, ‘and I had never had much encouragement before.’ Bruch’s testimonial for Vaughan Williams calls him ‘a very good musician and a talented composer’; Vaughan Williams also remembered Bruch appreciating his ‘ve-ry o-riginaal ideeas’ – though not his harmonies, which were ‘rather too original’! Hearing their music together today, the delightful surprise is discovering how much they had in common.

For broadcast dates of BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts, visit bbc.co.uk/radio3

The Nash Ensemble Residency

‘Playing chamber music in LSO St Luke’s is always a great pleasure.’ Ian Brown, Nash Ensemble

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BRUCH AND VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Thu 2 Mar 1pm Vaughan Williams St Denio from ‘Welsh Hymn Tunes’ Bruch String Quintet in E-flat major Vaughan Williams Piano Quintet in C minor Thu 9 Mar 1pm Vaughan Williams Phantasy String Quintet Bruch Selections from Eight Pieces for clarinet, viola and piano Vaughan Williams Quintet in D major for piano, clarinet, horn, violin and cello Thu 16 Mar 1pm Bruch Piano Quintet in G minor Vaughan Williams String Quartet No 2 in A minor Thu 30 Mar 1pm Bruch Songs from ‘Lieder und Gesänge’; String Quintet in A minor Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge with John Mark Ainsley tenor

12 Our Neighbours

Our Neighbours Keren Wiltshire, Director of Services at St Luke’s Community Centre, talks about the long-standing relationship between the Community Centre and LSO St Luke’s music education centre. St Luke’s Community Centre began in the early 1980s to help tackle the increase in social isolation and improve health and wellbeing amongst older people. It was originally set up as a fun, informal operation which became popular very quickly. As they grew older the needs of our members changed, as did the services we offered, which evolved to include things like day-care, transport and mobility needs. New families also began moving into the neighbourhood so alongside our work in supporting older people, we wanted to encourage families and younger people to use the Centre too. As a result, we added a whole range of different services, including our award-winning cookery school, dance classes, after-school clubs and an employment and enterprise hub where corporate volunteers donate their time to give one-to-one job support to individuals. We also added a new café which has been instrumental in bringing new people into the Centre who would not normally have come in. The arts are an intrinsic part of what the Community Centre delivers. In addition to our various art classes, we also have four studios from where different community artists work

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and donate their time. They organise tours to galleries and run various clubs and projects. We deliberately went down this route in an effort to encourage residents to take advantage of the wonderful art offerings on their doorstep – which includes LSO St Luke’s. We’ve always had a connection with LSO St Luke’s and over the years have been involved in a whole range of activities together, from having a string quartet perform at one of our lunches to supporting us at the Whitecross Street Party by bringing LSO and Discovery groups. That was amazing! I think my best memory, however, was when some of the LSO players came in to our over 55s club room to perform. They got everybody up singing and dancing; it was just magical! The Choir have always come along and supported us too. I remember when the Community Choir first started; some of our older pensioners felt incredibly proud to have been invited to join. It was a huge thing for them and was lovely to see. More recently, we shared in the ‘Old Street New Beginnings’ event at LSO St Luke’s. It was absolutely wonderful and very motivating to get so many people along and singing. I was very impressed with all the different types of people who joined in – it was very diverse. I’m very happy to say that there has always been that synergy between us and continues to be so.

Find out more about St Luke’s Community Centre at slpt.org.uk

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KEREN RECOMMENDS … Fri 17 Mar 12.30–1.15pm LSO DISCOVERY

FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: MUSIC FROM THE HEART OF EUROPE FOR EVERYONE OVER 5

Dvorˇák String Quintet No 2 Rhys Watkins violin William Melvin violin Julia O’Riordan viola Eve-Marie Caravassilis cello Joe Melvin double bass

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The Romantic Heart of Europe LSO Discovery Free Friday Lunchtime Concerts feature the warm Romantic sounds of 19th-century music from Vienna, Prague and Germany. From Mendelssohn to Mahler, beautiful melodies and sonorous voices will fill the Jerwood Hall. Our Free Friday Lunchtime concerts include Guildhall School singers in a portrait of Mendelssohn in words and music, and songs by Austrian late Romantics Mahler and Wolf. LSO musicians perform Dvorˇák’s String Quintet No 2, written for string quartet with double bass for extra resonance. LSO Principal Daniel Jemison completes the series with his own choice of works for the bassoon. Brahms lived much of his life in Vienna; he admired Dvorˇák’s music but didn’t like Wolf or his songs. His German Requiem, written after the death of his mother, is a setting of German words from the Lutheran bible, and the work brings peace to the living, beginning ‘blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted’.

AT THE BARBICAN ... Fabio Luisi conducts Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms with the LSO and London Symphony Chorus at the Barbican Hall on 16 & 19 March.

Spend Sunday 5 March at LSO St Luke’s with LSO Choral Director Simon Halsey and members of the London Symphony Chorus, gaining insights into the German Requiem and an opportunity to sing this uplifting music. A Discovery Day on Sunday 19 March starts with the LSO’s morning rehearsal in the Barbican Hall, as the Principal Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Fabio Luisi, prepares Brahms’ German Requiem and Schubert’s Symphony No 8 (the ‘Unfinished’) – written in Vienna and sometimes called the first Romantic symphony. An afternoon at LSO St Luke’s explores the music of Schubert and Brahms. Based in Vienna at the same time as Brahms, though very different in musical style, Anton Bruckner wrote many popular choral works. The series ends with a Singing Day, Simon Halsey directing Bruckner favourites on Sunday 9 April.

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Fri 10 Feb 12.30–1.15pm

BARBICAN AND LSO ST LUKE’S

LSO DISCOVERY

LSO DISCOVERY DAY CARL NIELSEN

Watch an LSO morning rehearsal of Nielsen’s electrifying Fourth Symphony (‘The Inextinguishable’) and Bernstein’s Serenade with Sir Antonio Pappano, followed by a fascinating talk on Nielsen with presenter, broadcaster and author Stephen Johnson plus Nielsen’s popular Wind Quintet performed by LSO members at LSO St Luke’s. Sun 5 Mar 11am–4.30pm LSO SING

CHORAL SINGING DAY † Brahms German Requiem Simon Halsey conductor Come and spend the day getting to know Brahms’ German Requiem before the LSO’s performance with Fabio Luisi. The work will be sung in German, using the Peter’s Edition score. The day will be accompanied by piano. Some sight-singing ability is required.

FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: MUSIC FROM THE HEART OF EUROPE FOR EVERYONE OVER 5

Guildhall School musicians Rachel Leach presenter Performances of works by Felix Mendelssohn – in music, words and letters – curated by Eugene Asti. Fri 24 Feb 12.30–1.15pm LSO DISCOVERY

FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: MUSIC FROM THE HEART OF EUROPE FOR EVERYONE OVER 5

Guildhall School musicians: Corinne Cowling, Lauren Lodge-Campbell sopranos Séan Og Boylan baritone Maya Irgalina, Joanne Tan & Patrick Milne piano Rachel Leach presenter Featuring songs by Hugo Wolf and Gustav Mahler. Fri 17 Mar 12.30–1.15pm

Sun 19 Mar 10am–5pm BARBICAN AND LSO ST LUKE’S

LSO DISCOVERY DAY BRAHMS AND SCHUBERT Watch the LSO and London Symphony Chorus rehearse Brahms’ sublime German Requiem and Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ Eighth Symphony in the morning with Fabio Luisi, followed by chamber music and discussion in the afternoon at LSO St Luke’s.

LSO DISCOVERY

FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: MUSIC FROM THE HEART OF EUROPE FOR EVERYONE OVER 5

Dvorˇák String Quintet No 2 Rhys Watkins violin William Melvin violin Julia O’Riordan viola Eve-Marie Caravassilis cello Joe Melvin double bass

Sun 9 Apr 11am–4.30pm Fri 7 Apr 12.30–1.15pm

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CHORAL SINGING DAY † Bruckner Te Deum & Motets Simon Halsey conductor Come and spend the day getting to know Bruckner’s Te Deum (Peter’s Edition), Locus Iste and Ave Maria ahead of the LSO’s performance of the Te Deum with Bernard Haitink. The day will be accompanied by piano. Some sight-singing ability is required.

LSO DISCOVERY

FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: MUSIC FROM THE HEART OF EUROPE FOR EVERYONE OVER 5

Daniel Jemison bassoon Rachel Leach presenter Explore music from across Europe with LSO Principal Bassoon Daniel Jemison in this lunchtime concert, presented by Rachel Leach.

† LSO Sing is supported by Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement, John S Cohen Foundation, LSO Friends, Rothschild Charities Committee, Barnett & Sylvia Shine No 2 Charitable Trust and Slaughter and May Charitable Trust

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Concerts for Everyone As a music-making hub at the heart of the community, LSO St Luke’s offers the chance for participants of all ages and abilities to bring their talents to the stage. Whether you want to get stuck in and take part, or lend your support to local performers, our doors are always open. It’s a heart-warming experience to see young musicians coming together to present the result of hard work and collaboration, and our special guests this spring are the next generation of performers from two of London’s boroughs. On 4 March members of the Harrow Young Musicians take to the stage, performing side-by-side with inspirational jazz trumpeter Guy Barker. We’re then joined by the Camden Music Service on 2 April, who present four ensembles in a day-long showcase of their youth music programmes.

There’s a chance for even the tiniest of tots to join in and sing along with LSO musicians, with our Storytelling Concert for Under-5s on 10 March. From dancing giraffes, to singing bears, angry trolls or greedy crocodiles, who knows what friends you’ll meet along the way? Team spirit is running high amongst the LSO Community Choir, who give their Spring Concert on 27 March. In the wake of one of the biggest sporting events of the year, The Six Nations, the choir come together to sing a rousing programme of iconic anthems from across the six competing nations. And finally, sit back and relax with the Community Gamelan Group on 31 March, who journey through a mesmerising programme of traditional Indonesian music.

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Fri 31 Mar 7.30pm LSO DISCOVERY

COMMUNITY GAMELAN CONCERT Andy Channing director LSO Community Gamelan Group Lila Cita Balinese Gamelan Group Lila Bhawa Indonesian Dance Group Sat 4 Mar 7.30pm GUEST ARTIST

AN EVENING WITH GUY BARKER AND HARROW YOUNG MUSICIANS Guy Barker trumpet Mark Gooding conductor Harrow Young Musicians: Philharmonic Orchestra and Symphonic Winds Fri 10 Mar 12.30–1.15pm LSO DISCOVERY

MUSICAL STORYTELLING FOR UNDER-5S

Immerse yourself in a vibrant performance of traditional and contemporary Balinese music and dance. Sun 2 Apr 1pm & 7.30pm GUEST ARTIST

CAMDEN MUSIC SERVICE 1pm A performance by the Camden Concert Band and Camden Training Orchestra 7.30pm A performance by Camden Youth Jazz and London Youth Folk Ensemble

LSO musicians Vanessa King presenter

Sun 26 Mar 2017 2.30pm

LSO musicians retell a children’s story through music. Dance and sing your way through the concert as the instruments bring the tale to life.

FAMILY CONCERT: MAGIC, MYSTERY AND MIRAGE

Mon 27 Mar 7.30pm LSO SING

LSO COMMUNITY CHOIR CONCERT: SIX NATIONS SING † Join the LSO Community Choir and members of LSO Brass in their vocal reflection on one of the most important sporting fixtures of the year. David Lawrence conductor

AT THE BARBICAN

Let composers Dukas, Dvorˇák and de Falla cast a spell on you, as we take a close look at some of the most captivating moments of musical magic. There will also be an opportunity for you to join in with the orchestra in a brand new song, and take part in interactive workshops before the concert. Rachel Leach presenter lso.co.uk/families Supported by LSO Friends

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Brighten up your winter evenings with the vibrant array of music-making activities here at LSO St Luke’s. Come along and try something new in 2017. Escape the winter blues and transport your senses to Bali. Join our Monday evening Community Gamelan Group and experience the hypnotic and inclusive world of Balinese music-making. Play gongs, metallophones, drums and bamboo flutes, with classes for all abilities and no experience necessary. On 31 March, immerse yourself in a beautiful display of traditional and contemporary Balinese gamelan and dance with performances from our Community Gamelan Group, featuring Balinese performing group, Gamelan Lila Cita and Lila Bhawa dance troupe in Balinese dress. And on 27 March, come along and hear the local voices of our LSO Community Choir as they present their spring concert, The Six Nations Sing.

Whatever your musical tastes, our Monday evening Digital Technology Group, for 12 to 20-year-olds, gives you a free space to experiment, work and create. Whether you’re a budding music producer, songwriter or performer come and develop your sound and style with access to our studio equipment, rehearsal space and guidance from our digital music experts. Plus, come and spend a day getting to know Brahms or Brucker at one of our spring Singing Days. Join LSO Choral Director Simon Halsey and members of the London Symphony Chorus, for a masterclass in choral singing and an in-depth look into two fascinating composers.

If you are interested in coming along to our regular weekly events, see page 20.

LSO St Luke’s Volunteers We are currently recruiting passionate and creative individuals to volunteer their time to help promote the work of the LSO in the community local to LSO St Luke’s. To find out more about becoming a Community Ambassador, please email lsostlukes@lso.co.uk

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Mon 27 Mar 7.30pm LSO SING

LSO COMMUNITY CHOIR CONCERT † Join the LSO Community Choir and members of LSO Brass in their vocal reflection on one of the most important sporting fixtures of the year.

Sun 5 Mar 11am–4.30pm

Sun 9 Apr 11am–4.30pm

LSO SING

CHORAL SINGING DAY †

LSO SING

David Lawrence conductor

Brahms German Requiem

Bruckner Te Deum & Motets

Fri 31 Mar 7.30pm

Simon Halsey conductor

LSO DISCOVERY

Come and spend the day getting to know Brahms’ German Requiem ahead of the LSO’s performance with Fabio Luisi. The work will be sung in German, using the Peter’s Edition score.

Come and spend the day getting to know Bruckner’s Te Deum (Peter’s Edition), Locus Iste and Ave Maria ahead of the LSO’s performance of the Te Deum with Bernard Haitink.

COMMUNITY GAMELAN CONCERT Andy Channing director LSO Community Gamelan Group Lila Cita Balinese Gamelan Group Lila Bhawa Indonesian Dance Group Immerse yourself in a vibrant performance of traditional and contemporary Balinese music and dance.

The day will be accompanied by piano. Some sight-singing ability is required.

CHORAL SINGING DAY †

The day will be accompanied by piano. Some sight-singing ability is required.

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Mondays during term time

Mondays during term time 6.30–8.30pm

LSO DISCOVERY

SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL

LSO SING

LSO COMMUNITY CHOIR †

10–10.45am Tiny tots 11–11.45am Toddlers 12–12.45pm Infants Fun morning music sessions for early years are a great way to introduce little ones to the world of music-making. With no more than 15 children per session, your child will receive individual attention as well as taking part in age-appropriate group activities. £100 per term (10 sessions) To find out more email earlyyears@lso.co.uk

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY GROUP

Mondays during term time 4–7pm LSO DISCOVERY

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY GROUP

Now in its 14th year, the LSO Community Choir is an integral part of LSO St Luke’s. Conducted by David Lawrence, the Choir rehearses in the beautiful Jerwood Hall once a week and performs regularly with professionals, including the London Symphony Orchestra. £45 per term To find out more email andra.east@lso.co.uk

FOR 12 TO 20-YEAR-OLDS

Our Digital Technology Group offers a space where young musicians and producers can record, produce and mix their music. Develop your sound with access to studio equipment, rehearsal spaces and tutorials. Free To find out more email chris.rogers@lso.co.uk or phone 020 7566 2878

SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL

The Digital Technology Group is generously supported by LSO Friends and the Slaughter and May Charitable Trust

Mondays during term time LSO DISCOVERY

Mondays during term time

COMMUNITY GAMELAN GROUP

LSO SING

5.30–7pm Beginners 7.20–8.30pm Advanced

4–5pm Junior Choir 5–6.15pm Senior Choir

Experience the hypnotic and inclusive world of Balinese gamelan in weekly music-making sessions. Play gongs, metallophones, drums and bamboo flutes, with professional players and regular performance opportunities.

The Choirs encourage young people of all abilities to find their voice and experience the joys of singing. Applications for the 2017/18 school year open in Spring 2017.

£7 (£5 concessions) per week To find out more email gamelan@lso.co.uk

LSO DISCOVERY CHOIRS †

Annual membership £45 To find out more email youthchoir@lso.co.uk

LSO COMMUNITY CHOIR

Mon 9 Jan, 6 Feb, 6 Mar 2017 LSO DISCOVERY

LSO CREATE WORKSHOPS FOR ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES FOR ADULTS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS

Participants take the spotlight in these interactive workshops that introduce adults with learning disabilities and their supporters to creative music-making, developing skills in an informal, relaxed environment. To find out more email lydia.nickalls@lso.co.uk LSO Create is generously supported by The City of London Corporation’s charity, City Bridge Trust

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017 Sat 21 Jan 7.30pm

Thu 9 Feb 1pm

GUEST ARTIST

BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

MELOS SINFONIA Stravinsky Four Norwegian Moods Ustvolskaya Symphony No 2 Shostakovich Symphony No 1

RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARIES II

Oliver Zeffman conductor Arshak Kuzikyan reciter Melos Sinfonia

Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Before Parting Medtner Fairy Tale in C-sharp Rachmaninov Fragments Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No 1 in D minor

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Alexei Volodin piano

With generous support from the Blavatrik Family Foundation

Thu 2 Feb 1pm BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARIES I

Prokofiev Sarcasms Schnittke Variations on a Chord Tchaikovsky Grand Sonata in G major Elisabeth Leonskaja piano Tickets

Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 7 March

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Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 8 March

Fri 10 Feb 12.30–1.15pm

Thu 16 Feb 1pm

LSO DISCOVERY

BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: MUSIC FROM THE HEART OF EUROPE FOR EVERYONE OVER 5

Guildhall School musicians Rachel Leach presenter Performances of works by Felix Mendelssohn – in music, words and letters – curated by Eugene Asti. Free entry, no ticket required

BARBICAN AND LSO ST LUKE’S

LSO DISCOVERY DAY CARL NIELSEN

Tchaikovsky Selection from ‘The Seasons’ Shostakovich Puppet Dances Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 6 in A major Anna Vinnitskaya piano Tickets

Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 9 March

Thu 23 Feb 1pm

LSO DISCOVERY

BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

Jon Hargreaves conductor

Sun 5 Feb 11am–5.30pm

RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARIES III

Sat 11 Feb 7pm

SOUNDHUB SHOWCASE

ELISABETH LEONSKAJA (2 FEB)

ALEXEI VOLODIN (9 FEB)

LSO Soundhub offers composers a flexible environment to explore, collaborate and experiment. In this showcase, hear what Oliver Leith and Lee Westwood have been working on over the last year, plus works which formed part of a unique residency by Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian. Tickets

RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARIES IV

Rachmaninov Three Preludes from Op 32 Medtner Fairy Tale in C-sharp minor Rachmaninov Selection from Études Tableaux Vadym Kholodenko piano Tickets

Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 10 March

Supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and Susie Thomson

All events take place in the Jerwood Hall at LSO St Luke’s unless otherwise stated. For full booking and ticket information, see page 28.

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FEBRUARY/MARCH 2017 Fri 24 Feb 12.30–1.15pm

Thu 2 Mar 1pm

LSO DISCOVERY

BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT

FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: MUSIC FROM THE HEART OF EUROPE FOR EVERYONE OVER 5

Guildhall School musicians: Corinne Cowling, Lauren Lodge-Campbell sopranos Séan Og Boylan baritone Maya Irgalina, Joanne Tan & Patrick Milne piano Rachel Leach presenter

NASH ENSEMBLE RESIDENCY I

Vaughan Williams St Denio from ‘Welsh Hymn Tunes’ Bruch String Quintet in E-flat major Vaughan Williams Piano Quintet in C minor Nash Ensemble Tickets

Thu 9 Mar 1pm

Featuring songs by Hugo Wolf and Gustav Mahler. Free entry, no ticket required

THE NASH ENSEMBLE (2, 9, 16 & 30 MAR)

Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at a later date

Sat 4 Mar 7.30pm GUEST ARTIST

AN EVENING WITH GUY BARKER AND HARROW YOUNG MUSICIANS Guy Barker trumpet Mark Gooding conductor Harrow Young Musicians: Philharmonic Orchestra and Symphonic Winds Tickets

BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

NASH ENSEMBLE RESIDENCY II

Vaughan Williams Phantasy String Quintet Bruch Selections from Eight Pieces for clarinet, viola and piano Vaughan Williams Quintet in D major for piano, clarinet, horn, violin and cello Nash Ensemble Tickets

Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at a later date

NOH TIME LIKE THE PRESENT (24 & 25 FEB)

Fri 10 Mar 12.30–1.15pm

Fri 24 & Sat 25 Feb 7pm

LSO DISCOVERY

MUSICAL STORYTELLING FOR UNDER-5S

GUEST ARTIST

NOH TIME LIKE THE PRESENT … Lucia Capellaro Richard Emmert Piran Legg Peter Leung Meili Li Akira Matsui Eitaro Okura Kayu Omura Hugh Quarshie

LSO musicians Vanessa King presenter

GUY BARKER (4 MAR)

Sun 5 Mar 11am–4.30pm LSO SING

CHORAL SINGING DAY †

A rare opportunity to experience the 650-year-old art of noh and the genius of internationally renowned professional noh artist, Akira Matsui, in performance as part of a bold collaboration with western theatre, opera, ballet, music and poetry. Together these classical genres demonstrate their contemporary relevance and innovative qualities.

Brahms German Requiem

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Simon Halsey conductor Come and spend the day getting to know Brahms’ German Requiem before the LSO’s performance with Fabio Luisi. The work will be sung in German, using the Peter’s Edition score. C

The day will be accompanied by piano. Some sight-singing ability is required.

LSO musicians retell a children’s story through music. Dance and sing your way through the concert as the instruments bring the tale to life. Tickets

Thu 16 Mar 1pm BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

NASH ENSEMBLE RESIDENCY III

Bruch Piano Quintet in G minor Vaughan Williams String Quartet No 2 in A minor Nash Ensemble Tickets

Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at a later date

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MARCH/APRIL 2017 Fri 17 Mar 12.30–1.15pm

Mon 27 Mar 7.30pm

LSO DISCOVERY

LSO SING

FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: MUSIC FROM THE HEART OF EUROPE FOR EVERYONE OVER 5

Dvorˇák String Quintet No 2 Rhys Watkins violin William Melvin violin Julia O’Riordan viola Eve-Marie Caravassilis cello Joe Melvin double bass Free entry, no ticket required

LSO COMMUNITY CHOIR CONCERT: THE SIX NATIONS SING † Join the LSO Community Choir and members of LSO Brass in their vocal reflection on one of the most important sporting fixtures of the year. Featuring Mary Black’s Song for Ireland, Italy’s unofficial national anthem Verdi’s Va Pensiero, and Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, as well as a new composition from Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian, one of the LSO’s Soundhub composers

Sun 19 Mar 10am–5pm

David Lawrence conductor

BARBICAN AND LSO ST LUKE’S

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LSO DISCOVERY DAY BRAHMS AND SCHUBERT

Fri 31 Mar 7.30pm LSO DISCOVERY

LSO COMMUNITY GAMELAN CONCERT Andy Channing director LSO Community Gamelan Group Lila Cita Balinese Gamelan Group Lila Bhawa Indonesian Dance Group

Watch the LSO and London Symphony Chorus rehearse Brahms’ sublime German Requiem and Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ Eighth Symphony in the morning with Fabio Luisi, followed by chamber music and discussion in the afternoon at LSO St Luke’s. Tickets

MARTYN JACKSON (1 APR)

Immerse yourself in a vibrant performance of traditional and contemporary Balinese music and dance.

Tickets

Sat 1 Apr 7.30pm GUEST ARTIST

MELOS SINFONIA LSO COMMUNITY CHOIR (27 MAR)

Thu 30 Mar 1pm BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT

NASH ENSEMBLE RESIDENCY IV THE NEW BABYLON (25 MAR)

Sat 25 Mar 7.30pm GUEST ARTIST

SHOSTAKOVICH: THE NEW BABYLON Shostakovich The New Babylon

Bruch Songs from ‘Lieder und Gesänge’; String Quintet in A minor Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge John Mark Ainsley tenor Nash Ensemble Tickets

Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at a later date

Performed by young Russian pianist Sasha Grynyuk alongside the 1929 film (rated U), directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauber. Sasha Grynyuk piano John Riley presenter Tickets

Produced by Barbican

Sibelius Tapiola Julian Anderson In lieblicher Bläue Schubert Symphony No 3 Oliver Zeffman conductor Martyn Jackson violin Julian Anderson guest speaker Melos Sinfonia Tickets

All events take place in the Jerwood Hall at LSO St Luke’s unless otherwise stated. For full booking and ticket information, see page 28.

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APRIL 2017 Sun 2 Apr 1pm & 7.30pm

Sun 9 Apr 11am–4.30pm

GUEST ARTIST

LSO SING

1pm A performance by the Camden Concert Band and Camden Training Orchestra

Bruckner Te Deum & Motets

CAMDEN MUSIC SERVICE

7.30pm A performance by Camden Youth Jazz and London Youth Folk Ensemble Tickets

Thu 6 Apr 1pm

CHORAL SINGING DAY †

Simon Halsey conductor Come and spend the day getting to know Bruckner’s Te Deum (Peter’s Edition), Locus Iste and Ave Maria ahead of the LSO’s performance of the Te Deum with Bernard Haitink. Tickets

The day will be accompanied by piano. Some sight-singing ability is required.

BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT

VOICE OF THE CELLO I

Schumann Adagio and Allegro Brahms Cello Sonata No 2 in F major Fauré Après un rêve Debussy Cello Sonata Narek Hakhnazaryan cello Pavel Kolesnikov piano Tickets

Thu 13 Apr 1pm BBC RADIO 3 LUNCHTIME CONCERT

VOICE OF THE CELLO II

Barrière Sonata No 10 in G major Thomas Demenga Duo? o, Du … Ravel arr Nigel Broadbent Sonata for violin and cello Paganini Introduction and Variations on Rossini’s ‘Dal tuo stellate soglio’ Tim Hugh cello Rebecca Gilliver cello

Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at a later date

Tickets

Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at a later date † LSO Sing is supported by Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement, John S Cohen Foundation, LSO Friends, Rothschild Charities Committee, Barnett & Sylvia Shine No 2 Charitable Trust and Slaughter and May Charitable Trust

TIM HUGH (13 APR)

Fri 7 Apr 12.30–1.15pm LSO DISCOVERY

FREE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: MUSIC FROM THE HEART OF EUROPE FOR EVERYONE OVER 5

Daniel Jemison bassoon Rachel Leach presenter Explore music from across Europe with LSO Principal Bassoon Daniel Jemison in this lunchtime concert, presented by Rachel Leach. Free entry, no ticket required

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AT THE BARBICAN MARCH

Sun 26 Mar 2017 2.30pm LSO DISCOVERY

FAMILY CONCERT: MAGIC, MYSTERY AND MIRAGE SUITABLE FOR FAMILIES WITH 7 TO 12-YEAR-OLDS

For crèche information and pre-concert foyer activities visit lso.co.uk/families

For ticket details and to book visit lso.co.uk/whatson

26 OUR VENUE

LSO ST LUKE’S CAFÉ LSO St Luke’s runs an in-house Bar and Café service, offering a selection of hot and cold drinks including a well-stocked bar, sandwiches, snacks, cakes and pastries for one hour before the start of most concerts and again during the interval. Hot food is available before and after BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts on Thursdays, and our Bar and Café Manager Stuart Connery and his team look forward to meeting you – come down to the Café during your next visit and look out for the latest special offers!

ACCESS

You can get this Guide in large print, audio and electronic format. Call 020 7490 3939 or email access@lso.co.uk. HEARING FACILITY We have personal receivers for use with or without a hearing aid in the Jerwood Hall and Clore Gamelan Room. Please call 020 7490 3939 to reserve a personal receiver in advance of your visit as numbers are limited.

MEMBERSHIP Visitors who have joined the Barbican Access Membership scheme can inform us of their access requirements, received information in alternative formats and may be eligible for reductions on tickets. Contact the Barbican Box Office or visit barbican.org.uk.

SUPPORT OUR WORK MAKE MUSIC MATTER Thanks to our funders – and through your valued support – we are able to offer many LSO Discovery activities at little or no cost to participants. For us to continue to thrive and offer inspiring opportunities to over 60,000 participants every year, the London Symphony Orchestra seeks additional support from companies, individuals, charitable trusts and foundations. Your contribution means that our investment in music education can grow and ensures that LSO St Luke’s, the UBS and LSO Music Education Centre, remains at the heart of the local community. To find out more about how you can help email philip.chandler@lso.co.uk, visit lso.co.uk/supportus or call 020 7588 1116. The London Symphony Orchestra is a registered charity in England No 232391.

HIRE LSO ST LUKE’S

YOUR EVENT

Located on Old Street, a short walk from the bustling Silicon Roundabout, LSO St Luke’s offers the convenience of a City location with the wow-factor of a unique heritage space.

With an excellent range of caterers, flexible layouts, great acoustics, a sophisticated technical infrastructure and experienced technical staff, LSO St Luke’s is a highly versatile space that can cater for any event. Here are just a few of the things that we do:

Original 18th-century architecture blends with contemporary features to create a stunning setting in this Grade I-listed church. Natural light floods in through large panoramic windows and the view of the atmospheric London plane trees outside complements the exposed brickwork. From award ceremonies to conferences, dinners, drinks and wedding receptions, we will help you deliver an inspiring event and ensure everything runs smoothly until the very last guest has left.

CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS SEMINARS AND TRAINING AWARD CEREMONIES GALA DINNERS CHRISTMAS PARTIES WEDDING RECEPTIONS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PERFORMANCES REHEARSALS AND RECORDINGS FILMING AND TELEVISION WINE TASTING EXHIBITIONS Call 020 7566 2871 or email lsostlukes@lso.co.uk to find out how we can help turn your ideas into reality.

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TICKET PRICES Tickets A BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts £12 (£10 concessions) + booking fee Tickets B LSO Discovery Days £20 (£15 concessions) + booking fee £14 afternoon only Tickets C LSO Singing Days £20 (£15 concessions) + booking fee includes music hire Afternoon spectator ticket £5 Tickets D D D Soundhub Showcase LSO Community Choir Concert LSO Community Gamelan Concert £7 (£5 concessions) + booking fee Tickets E Storytelling for Under-5s £3 children, £5 adults + booking fee under 12 months free (no ticket required)

FEES & HOW TO BOOK Tickets F Melos Sinfonia £20 (£5 concessions) + booking fee Tickets G Noh Time Like the Present £15 £18 £20 £25 (£15 students) + booking fee Tickets H Harrow Young Musicians £12 £15 (£10 concessions) + booking fee Tickets J Shostakovich: The New Babylon £20 £25 + booking fee Tickets K Camden Music Service Single concert: £8 (£4 concessions) + booking fee Both concerts: £12 (£6 concessions) + booking fee

lso.co.uk (£0.60 booking fee per transaction) 020 7638 8891 (£0.70 booking fee per transaction) Open 10am–8pm Mon–Sat, 11am–8pm Sun In person at the Barbican Advance Box Office, Silk Street entrance (no booking fee) Open 10am–9pm Mon–Sat, 12–9pm Sun and Bank Holidays Latecomers are normally admitted during a suitable break in the performance. On occasion, this may not be possible once the performance has started. Some performances are unsuitable for babies and young children; customers are advised to check before booking. Children under 16 must be closely supervised by an adult. Concession ticket prices apply to wheelchair users, disabled patrons, over-60s, students, under-18s and the unemployed. All bookings and discounts are subject to availability.

All events are promoted by, or in association with, the LSO. Print Tradewinds Photography Marco Borggreve, Igor Emmerich, Kaupo Kikkas, Kevin Leighton, Hannah J Taylor

LSO ST LUKE’S PRINCIPAL DONORS

LSO is funded by Arts Council England in partnership with the City of London Corporation, which also provides the Orchestra’s permanent home at the Barbican.