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Patricia Kopatchinskaja

A Dance to the Music of Time – Ravel, Say and Rachmaninoff

Vivid. Fantastical. Spectacular.

Sunday 8 October 2023 • 7pm

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The Concert

Maurice Ravel La valse
Fazıl Say Violin Concerto (1001 Nights in the Harem)
Interval – 20 minutes
Serge Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances

Sir Antonio Pappano  conductor
Patricia Kopatchinskaja  violin
London Symphony Orchestra

The concert will finish at approximately 9pm

Tickets

£70 £55 £39 £25 £18
+ £4 booking fee per online/phone transaction

Wildcard Tickets

£12/£16 + booking fee as above
Guaranteed entry – your seat will be allocated on the day.
Limited releases throughout the season. Full details

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Save on Your Booking

Multibuy Discounts – save up to 40%
Under-18s – £6 tickets
14–25s – discounts for Young Barbican Members
Groups of 10+ – save at least 20%
Access – free companion tickets for Barbican Access Members
Full details below

Spellbinding storytellers, dancing ghosts and melodies that will stay with you forever.

The Programme

The fairy-tale heroine Scheherazade must keep her audience entertained on pain of death in the One Thousand and One Nights. In Fazıl Say’s concerto, the violin plays the part of the endlessly fascinating tale-teller.

The piece is paired with impassioned music originally written for the ballet: Ravel’s haunting waltz and Rachmaninoff’s mysterious Symphonic Dances. Ravel imagined whirling couples in a Viennese concert hall in music that seems haunted by World War I. Rachmaninoff also conjures up a ghostly waltz, amid the expressive melodies of the last music he ever wrote.

The Performers

Patricia Kopatchinskaja brings her sense of musical adventure to Say’s score, which was written especially for her. Sir Antonio Pappano, Chief Conductor Designate, and the LSO take control of the narrative with finesse.

This is the idea – to have stuff that’s slightly off the beaten path, but very much anchored by pieces that are strongly a part of the repertoire.

– Sir Antonio Pappano

Read the concert programme

Filmed for future broadcast on Mezzo

 

Header Image © Mark Allan

£12 and £16 Wildcard Tickets

Book a Wildcard ticket for £12 or £16. You’re guaranteed entry to the concert, but you won’t know your seat until the evening of the performance. Will you bag one of the best seats in the house? That’s the chance you take to save. 

Look for the ‘Check for Wildcards’ button under Tickets, above, to book.

Booking and Discounts

Booking Your Tickets

Online at lso.co.uk or barbican.org.uk
By phone on +44 20 7870 2500 (Monday to Friday 12–5.30pm)
In person at the Barbican Centre

£4 booking fee per transaction when booking online or by phone

Refunds and Exchanges

If you can no longer user your tickets, you can exchange them for another LSO concert or Barbican credit voucher (valid for six months). Please inform the Box Office at least 24 hours before the performance (two weeks for group bookings). A per-ticket administration fee applies for all exchange services.

Questions About Your Booking?

Contact the Barbican Box Office at tickets@barbican.org.uk.

Visit the Barbican website for conditions of sale.

The LSO reserves the right to change artists or programmes if necessary. If the event is cancelled, all bookers will receive a refund. All discounts are subject to availability and may not be combined. Box office calls may be monitored or recorded for quality assurance or training purposes.

Multibuy Discounts

Book 2 to 3 concerts and save 10%
Book 4 to 7 concerts and save 20%
Book 8 to 11 concerts and save 30%
Book 12 or more concerts and save 40%

Plus retain your discount for any later bookings within the season.

Multibuy Discounts: Full Details

Wildcards

£12 or £16 (£10 or £15 for Half Six Fix concerts), plus booking fee. You are guaranteed entry to the concert but you won’t know your exact seat until the evening of the performance. Will you be lucky and bag a top-price seat in the stalls? Find out more about Wildcards.

Young People

£6 tickets for under-18s. Discounted tickets are available for selected LSO concerts for 14–25s through Young Barbican, and for full-time students through Student Pulse London.

Groups of 10+

Save 20%, or 30% when booking two or more concerts in the same season, plus additional benefits. Find out more about group booking.

Access Members

Members of the Barbican’s Access Scheme can book wheelchair places priced at the lowest price for that event and book a free companion seat. Join the Barbican Access Scheme.

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