London Symphony Orchestra

Conducted by Francois-Xavier Roth and featuring Festival Artistic Director Renaud Capuҫon as violin soloist, the orchestra performs music by Bartók, Stravinsky and Debussy.

Performances

26 March 2018: Grand Theatre de Provence
Conductor Francois-Xavier Roth
Violin Renaud Capuçon

Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2
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Stravinsky The Song of the Nightingale
Debussy La Mer

Intermusica tours the LSO to Switzerland in May following their successful 2011 visit. They give performances in the major halls in Lucerne, Zurich, Geneva and Berne from 28-31 May. Conducted by Daniel Harding, the programme opens with a new commission by Swiss composer Edward Rushton, inspired Mahler Symphony No. 5, which feature in the second half. Acclaimed violinist, Janine Jansen appears as soloist, performing the much-loved Mendelssohn Violin Concerto.

Performances

28 May 2015
KKL Lucerne 

29 May 2015
Tonhalle Zurich

30 May 2015
Victoria Hall, Geneva 

31 May 2015
Kultur-casino, Bern

Following the London Symphony Orchestra’s past visits to the Megaron Hall in Athens, Intermusica again toured the orchestra to Greece for a performance under Principal Conductor Valery Gergiev.

The LSO was joined by frequent collaborator, piano soloist Denis Matsuev, performing Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.2. A programme of all-Russian works, the concert opened with Prokofiev Symphony No.1 ‘Classical’ and closed with Prokofiev Symphony No.5.

Performances

28 September 2014
Megaron, Athens 

The tour received glowing reviews and the orchestra proved to be a great success with audiences, with all seven concerts selling out.

The orchestra performed at Singapore’s Esplanade, Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane and three concerts at Sydney Opera House, before a final concert in Melbourne.

For concerts in Singapore, Brisbane and Sydney, Russian pianist Denis Matsuev performed as soloist in concertos by Rachmaninov and Prokfiev. While in Sydney, the orchestra joined forces with Sydney Conservatorium to run an eight-day LSO Discovery project that culminated in a concert at the Conservatorium.

20 November / Esplanade, Singapore
"The finesse and obvious ability of all the musicians made for a polished performance"
Straits Times
 

24 November / Sydney Opera House
"An astonishing concert."
The Australian
 

"Bright wit and exuberant affirmation... The orchestra batted phrases between strings and wind with dazzlingly breathless precision."
Syndey Morning Herald
 

"They came. They played. They conquered….The London Symphony had a packed Sydney Opera House Concert Hall audience in thrall last night, with a stunning program that scaled the heights of musical complexity with verve, power and breathtaking precision."
Daily Telegraph
 

"The London Symphony Orchestra’s first tour in Australia in more than 30 years has stirred an almost unprecedented interest. Hardly ever is the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House so overbooked that standing tickets have to be sold…Right from the opening chord, every phrase, every entry, every musical question and its response was presented in a phenomenally translucent way, heard like this only on rare occasions – not only in Australian concert halls but anywhere around the world."
Bachtrack
 

25 November / Sydney Opera House
"Gergiev ripped through the allegro with brutal, gritty joy and found a coherent path through the winding weirdness of the third movement before breaking out the mixture of fairground mayhem and idiosyncratic defiance in the final movement."
Sydney Morning Herald
 

"Pacing, control of dynamics and power of storytelling were paramount...With Gergiev, every phrase carried meaning. Sombre strings, alternately lamenting or shrilly screaming woodwind, baleful brass – all passed by in glorious panoply."
Limelight
 

28 November / Melbourne
"Performed with flawless precision and balance and well-blended timbre."
Herald Sun

Performances

19 November 2014
Esplanade, Singapore

20 November 2014
Esplanade, Singapore

22 November 2014
Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane

24, 25 and 26 November 2014
Sydney Opera House 

28 November 2014
Melbourne Arts Centre 

March 2014 saw the return of the London Symphony Orchestra, to the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai, the city’s major cultural centre, following performances previously in 2010.

The LSO performed two concerts including Mahler Symphony No.1 and Stravinsky’s Petrushka under the baton of Daniel Harding. The orchestra also undertook an open rehearsal attended by local school children and for some musicians there was involvement at music outreach initiative Songbound, working with some of India’s poorest and most marginalised children.

Performances

14 March 2014
National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai

15 March 2014
National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai

The concerts did more than simply form part of Pleyel's inaugural celebrations when it re-opened after refurbishment in 2006; they laid the groundwork for what has become a fruitful, long-term partnership between one of the world's foremost orchestras and leading concert halls.
 

The residency continued to thrive and mature beyond its initial three-year plan, right up until the move to the new Philharmonie in 2015. The residency at Salle Pleyel featured an array of notable conductors including Sir Colin Davis, Valery Gergiev, Bernard Haitink and Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Among the artists that have collaborated are names such as Maria-João Pirès, Vadim Repin, Leonidas Kavakos, Murray Perahia, Lang Lang and Emmanuel Ax. Initiatives have included a three-year Beethoven cycle, two-part Prokofiev project and Gergiev’s acclaimed Mahler Cycle, in collaboration with the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre.

The residency included outreach and educational work with the LSO’s Discovery team in co-production with Cité de la Musique

Performances

Annually 2006-2014