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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · Apr 16

🎟️ Tickets for our 2025/26 Season are now on sale!

We’ve got an incredible line-up in store — and we’re so excited to share it with you.

Explore our new season at: lso.co.uk/2526

#LondonSymphonyOrchestra #ClassicalMusic

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · 1d

This World Mental Health Day we're thinking about what music brings us the most peace 🧘

💆 What piece of music makes you feel the most calm?

🎧 Wind down with our Relax playlist:
https://lnk.to/LSORelax

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · 2d

🎶 'The music in some form was brewing away all the time, bubbling up'

Listen to the brilliant Thomas Adès chatting all things his life and music on BBC Sounds now! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002kgrj 🎧

🎟️ Adès conducts us later this month - see you at the Barbican.
https://bit.ly/4mWLPt1

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · 6d

🎧Get inside the music with our brand new playlist: The LSO Mixtape.

Every month one of the season’s featured artists will curate this playlist with their concert themes and the music that inspires their artistry.

Listen now for music from composer and conductor Thomas Adès:
lnk.to/LSOMixtape27

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · 9d

New album coming 24 October: Prokofiev Symphony No 4 with Gianandrea Noseda!

Did you know Prokofiev composed two versions of his Fourth Symphony? Completed 17 years after the original, the revision expands the music to create an entirely new work.

Listen to the single today:
lnk.to/Prokofiev427

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · 9d

On this day in 1882 Karol Szymanowski was born!🎂

Here we are performing the Polish composer's wild Harnasie Ballet, written between 1923 and 1931. What's your favourite Szymanowski work?

#LondonSymphonyOrchestra

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · 11d

On International Music Day, we turn to Beethoven. His message was simple - music can bring us all together. What better way to mark the day? 🎶💛

Here we are playing one of the most iconic moments in all of Beethoven's music.

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · 16d

Vaughan Williams Symphonies Nos 5 & 9 is out now! 💿🚨

Hear English music at its finest with the newest release from Sir Antonio Pappano’s Vaughan Williams symphony cycle.

Enjoy the clip from Symphony No 9, and head to your streaming platform to listen to the album today: lnk.to/VaughanWilli...

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · 20d

We’re excited to welcome our new LSO Conservatoire Scholarships cohort! 🌟 This programme helps talented musicians from all backgrounds focus on their studies, while being supported by mentors from the LSO.

Meet the ten brilliant Scholars and discover their stories: https://bit.ly/46giAfH

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Eight people of various styles pose on steps in front of the Brutalist architecture of the Barbican Centre.

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · 23d

When Shostakovich meets Rossini 🤔

Did you know that Shostakovich was a master of musical quotes? Here’s a clip from his Symphony No 15, guess the quote in the comments!

Listen to the newest single from our upcoming album of Shostakovich’s Complete Symphonies:
lnk.to/Shostakovich...

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · 24d

Find all Seong-Jin's concerts with us here: www.lso.co.uk/whats-on/?se...

What's On | London Symphony Orchestra

The London Symphony Orchestra inspires hearts and minds through extraordinary music-making – with concerts at home in London at the Barbican Centre and LSO St Luke's, on tour around the wor...

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · 24d

Lovely interview with our Artist Portait Seong-Jin Cho on Presto Music talking about his forthcoming concerts with us at the Barbican and LSO St Luke's!

www.prestomusic.com/classical/ar...

Seong-Jin Cho on the LSO, Ravel and the Chopin Competition

As his Artist Portrait series with the London Symphony Orchestra gets underway, the South Korean pianist discusses his relationship with the city, the new concerto by his compatriot Donghoon Shin whic...

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · Sep 11

This season LSO Discovery has some exciting opportunities for teachers and schools. 🏫

📣 Last spaces for Music in the Classroom—supporting London teachers to deliver high-quality music. More info: https://www.lso.co.uk/learn-and-discover/activities-for-schools-and-teachers/teacher-training

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Group of schoolchildren sitting on the floor at a music workshop in a grand hall, attentively watching a conductor demonstrate with a baton.

Children participating in a guitar practice session in a music hall.

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · Sep 10

The LSO is seeking a new Managing Director.

With LSO St Luke’s reopening and global partnerships growing, we’re ready for a visionary leader to guide our next chapter.

📅 Apply by Monday 13 October, 9am BST
🔗 https://bit.ly/3I2MVoP

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · Sep 8

Jaw-dropping🎶

On this day in 1841 Antonin Dvořák was born! Known best for his Slavonic Dances, Cello Concerto and of course Ninth Symphony ‘From the New World’ which we are performing here with Jonathon Heyward

What's your favourite Dvořák piece?

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · Sep 7

We’re kicking off the season with two American greats: Copland & Bernstein 🗽

But how did US classical music become what it is today? Alexandra Wilson explores its journey in our new article.

Read more: https://www.lso.co.uk/the-evolution-of-american-classical-music/

The Evolution of American Classical Music | London Symphony Orchestra

Alexandra Wilson explores American orchestral music, from European roots and jazz influences to modernism and today's composers.

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · Sep 6

We’re looking for a new musical colleague! 🎶
The LSO is recruiting for a Co-Principal Double Bass to join our Orchestra.

📅 Apply by 17 September 11pm
🔗 More information: https://www.musicalchairs.info/jobs/51550

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · Sep 5

New album out 26 September 🚨💿

Chief Conductor Sir Antonio Pappano leads the LSO in the next album from his Vaughan Williams symphony cycle: the beloved Fifth and enigmatic Ninth Symphonies, perfectly captured in magnificent live performances.

Listen to the single today: lnk.to/VaughanWilli...

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · Sep 4

Meet Simon Johnson, our new Principal Trombone!
We are really excited to welcome him to the Orchestra.

From the piece that first made him fall in love with the trombone to the inspirations that keep him going today — read more about Simon’s musical journey:
https://bit.ly/3Vk3zmZ

📷 :Joanne Green

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · Sep 4

On this day in 1824 Anton #Bruckner was born!🎂

Known best for his 'cathedrals of sound' symphonies and choral works the emotional depth makes his music an epic adventure.

Learn more about Bruckner on our website: https://www.lso.co.uk/what-you-should-know-about-anton-bruckner/

What you should know about Anton Bruckner | London Symphony Orchestra

Explore the music, life and legacy of Austrian composer Anton Bruckner, whose symphonies came to be dubbed 'cathedrals of sound'.

www.lso.co.uk

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · Sep 3

Are you a composer?✍️ Would you like to collaborate and explore musical ideas with LSO Musicians?🎶 Then this is the opportunity for you!

We are currently recruiting for our new Soundhub Members and Associates.

Head to lso.co.uk/soundhub for more info and share with someone who should apply!❤️

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · Aug 29

Virtuosic playing ✅
Beautiful melodies ✅
Musical tributes to violin legends ✅

LSO Live presents a new album with Roman Simovic: Ysaÿe’s Six Sonatas for Solo Violin.

Listen to the album today to discover these amazing works for yourself:
lnk.to/YsayeSonatas04

Eugène Ysaÿe, Roman Simovic - Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 4 in E Minor (À Fritz Kreisler): III. Finale

Listen to Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 4 in E Minor (À Fritz Kreisler): III. Finale by Eugène Ysaÿe, Roman Simovic.

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · Aug 26

The LSO is saddened to hear of the passing of Kurt-Hans Goedicke, our former Principal Timpani.

Read more: https://www.lso.co.uk/obituary-kurt-hans-goedicke-1935-2025/

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · Aug 8

Coming 21 November: Shostakovich Complete Symphonies 🚨💿

Let Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda take you on a musical journey through the lifetime of one of the great composers: Dmitri Shostakovich.

Listen to Symphony No 13 today and pre-order the full album:
lnk.to/Shostakovich...

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · Aug 1

How should you approach Ysaÿe’s Six Sonatas for solo violin?

We asked LSO Leader Roman Simovic what makes the Ysaÿe Sonatas unique, and why they’re so great to listen to!

Listen to the new single today:
lnk.to/YsayeSonatas27

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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · Jul 29

Final call: the LSO Live summer sale ends this Thursday!

Let us know which sale recordings you picked out in the comments, and head to our website to grab some discounted albums before 31 July if you haven’t already:
lsolive.lso.co.uk

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