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Vivid. Fresh. Pioneering.

LSO Futures: Homage to Pierre Boulez

Barbican

Sunday 26 January 2025 • 7pm

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Claude Debussy
Gigues from ‘Trois images pour orchestre’(7 mins)
Olga Neuwirth
Tombeau II. Hommage à Pierre Boulez (world premiere, LSO co-commission) (6 mins)
Claude Debussy
Ibéria from ‘Trois images pour orchestre’ (20 mins)
Rafael Marino Arcaro
invention in language of child (LSO Panufnik commission, world premiere) (10 mins)
Interval
Lara Agar
suntime bedtime moontime (LSO Panufnik commission, world premiere) (8 mins)
Claude Debussy
Rondes de printemps from ‘Trois images pour orchestre’ (9 mins)
Pierre Boulez
Notations – Nos 1, 2, 3, 4 & 7 (12 mins)

London Symphony Orchestra
Artists to be announced

The concert will finish at approximately 8.50pm, including a 20-minute interval (timings subject to change).

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The Concert

Celebrating Pierre Boulez and his influences, in the composer’s centenary year: his beloved Debussy, alongside three intriguing world premieres.

The Music

Boulez adored Debussy’s precise sound worlds as well as his revolutionary musical language. Gigues and Ibéria from Trois images are stunning orchestral portraits of England and Spain.

Boulez’s own Notations started life as piano pieces. He brought them to orchestral life over several years, turning them into vivid explosions of instrumental sound.

And new works from Neuwirth, Arcaro and Agar are inspired by Boulez’s colours, pioneering spirit and boundless imagination.

The Performers

The LSO celebrates Boulez and Debussy along with three brand new commissions.

Music is a labyrinth with no beginning and no end, full of new paths to discover, where mystery remains eternal.
Pierre Boulez

Change of Conductor
Conductor François-Xavier Roth has withdrawn from his engagements with the London Symphony Orchestra in the 2024/25 season. We will announce details regarding the replacement conductor for the Barbican and Milton Court concerts on 26 and 27 January in due course, and will contact ticket-holders when confirmed.

 


The LSO Panufnik Composers Scheme is generously supported by Lady Hamlyn and The Helen Hamlyn Trust

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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 (no booking fee)

Refunds and Exchanges

Contact the Box Office at least 24 hours before the performance (two weeks for group bookings) to exchange your tickets for another LSO concert or Barbican credit voucher, valid for six months. A per-ticket administration fee applies.

The LSO reserves the right to change artists or programmes if necessary. In the unlikely event of a cancellation, all bookers will receive a refund.

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

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All discounts are subject to availability and may not be combined.

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£12 or £16 (£10 or £15 for Half Six Fix concerts), plus booking fee. Check availability using the Wildcards button above. On the concert night, show your Wildcard order email at the Stalls box office to receive a valid ticket worth at least £18 (£15 for Half Six Fix). Find out more about Wildcards.

Young People and Students

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14–25s: Join Young Barbican for discounted tickets to selected concerts.
Full-time students: Join Student Pulse for £6 or £10 tickets to selected LSO concerts.

Groups of 10+

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