Michael Tilson Thomas – the 2023/24 Season
Conductor Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas’ relationship with the LSO spans over five decades – and it is a partnership that grows more rewarding every time he returns. ‘The LSO has been part of my life since I was 24 years old,’ he says. ‘The spirit of the orchestra remains much the same today.’
François-Xavier Roth on the 2023/24 Season
‘As a conductor, I always want to have contact with new music. Reading and studying a new score is like musical fitness – it’s stimulating for my eyes, for my brain, and for my music-making, and it affects my reading of the older music.’
Gianandrea Noseda on the 2023/24 Season
‘What is crucially important when we perform is to be able to tell a story, to be narrators,’ says Gianandrea Noseda, LSO Principal Guest Conductor. He introduces his 2023/24 season, including music by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Carl Orff.
Sir Simon Rattle: The 2023/24 Season
‘This is music that suits the LSO so perfectly, with their virtuosity, passion, and their sense of humour and refinement.’
Sir Antonio Pappano: The 2023/24 Season
‘I worked with the LSO for the first time in 1996, at Abbey Road Studios, to record an opera. I’ll never forget the first down beat, when the orchestra just exploded with activity and panache and derring-do. It felt like I’d gotten into a Ferrari and pushed the gas pedal down!’
Press Release: BMW Classics 2023
Sir Simon Rattle conducts BMW Classics 2023, a free summer open-air concert in Trafalgar Square by the London Symphony Orchestra.
Matthew Gibson on Shostakovich Symphony No 7
Matthew Gibson, former LSO Double Bass, listens to the LSO’s recording of Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony on Apple Music Classical, and recalls performing it in December 2019.
Retirement Wishes for David Alberman
This month we say a fond goodbye to David Alberman, LSO Principal Second Violin, and Chair of the Orchestra Committee of the Board, who became a Member of the Orchestra in 1998. He retired from the LSO at the end of our tour to Australia.
An Interview with Soundhub Composer Tonia Ko
Soundhub Member Tonia Ko’s creative evolution has been largely guided by three conceptual pillars: texture, physical movement and the relationship between melody and memory.
Dreams, Myths and Histories: John Adams' Harmonielehre
A deep dive into John Adams’ symphonic epic.
Retirement Wishes for Edward Vanderspar
This month we say a fond goodbye to Edward Vanderspar, LSO Principal Viola, who became a Member of the Orchestra in 1991.
Five things you might not know about Prokofiev's Symphony No 3
Sergei Prokofiev’s creativity was evident from his early years as a child prodigy, when he was said to have composed his first opera at the age of nine. The composer believed his Symphony No 3 to be one of his greatest creative achievements (and he was right!), but how well do you know the piece? Read on to find out more about the story behind this fascinating work.
