The concert at the Barbican on Sunday, 2nd June will inevitably be dominated by Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 (the so-called Emperor Concerto) with Daniil Trifonov as soloist in a concerto that requires a pianist of exceptional capability. The ev
As part of LSO Futures, the Chorus will be taking part in a Barbican concert, but they will be performing in the foyers of the Barbican Arts Centre at the beginning of the evening while members of the audience are taking their seats in the hall
The London Symphony Chorus has previously sung and recorded Puccini’s Messa di Gloria conducted by Antonio Pappano on EMI Classics (2001), and it will be a considerable pleasure for us to return to this neglected piece, consisting as it does of the
In the scope of its ambition as well as its sheer physical dimensions, Mahler’s Eighth Symphony is one of the largest musical works ever created. The forces required to perform this vast symphony are almost without parallel in musical history: two v
In the scope of its ambition as well as its sheer physical dimensions, Mahler’s Eighth Symphony is one of the largest musical works ever created. The forces required to perform this vast symphony are almost without parallel in musical history: two v