‘What is crucially important when we perform is to be able to tell a story, to be narrators,’ says Gianandrea Noseda, LSO Principal Guest Conductor.
‘We have to live the story, otherwise we look like we’re reproducing something that we don’t believe in. Music will not change the world, but music talks to the hearts of people … and if music changes the hearts of people, people will change the world.’
Gianandrea Noseda’s concerts in the 2023/24 season embrace this philosophy, with works of intricate storytelling and intense emotional power: Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony, a work both deeply private and deeply felt; the dark ambivalence of Prokofiev’s Fourth and Seventh Symphonies; and Shostakovich’s Third, as Noseda and the LSO near the conclusion of their cycle of the composer’s symphonies. Noseda closes the season with two performances of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, a blazingly exciting choral extravaganza.
The Concerts
Half Six Fix: Tchaikovsky 6
Impulsive. Audacious. Tender.
Wednesday 6 December 2023 • 6.30pm
Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute concert. Gianandrea Noseda conducts and introduces a stirring masterpiece – Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 6.
Passion and Secrets – Tchaikovsky and Brahms
Impulsive. Audacious. Tender.
Thursday 7 December 2023 • 7pm
Deeply private, deeply felt: Tchaikovsky and Brahms pour out their emotions in an ardent torrent of music.
The Thrills of Prokofiev – Gianandrea Noseda
Edgy. Epic. Elegant.
Sunday 10 December 2023 • 7pm
A symphony thwarted by history – Prokofiev's Fourth – and a concerto from a composer at his peak, with conductor and pianist Simon Trpčeski.
Half Six Fix: Prokofiev 7
Elusive. Affecting. Disarming.
Wednesday 19 June 2024 • 6.30pm
Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute concert, featuring Prokofiev's wistful final symphony conducted by Gianandrea Noseda.
Lost and Found – Beethoven, Beamish, Prokofiev
Elusive. Affecting. Disarming.
Thursday 20 June 2024 • 7pm
What is lost returns once more in emotive music conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, LSO Principal Guest Conductor.
Fortune Favours the Bold – Carmina Burana
Blazing. Hypnotic. Intoxicating.
Sunday 23 June 2024 • 7pm
You may recognise Carl Orff’s endlessly hummable cantata, but you’ve never heard it quite like this.
Fortune Favours the Bold – Carmina Burana
Blazing. Hypnotic. Intoxicating.
Tuesday 25 June 2024 • 7pm
You may recognise Carl Orff’s endlessly hummable cantata, but you’ve never heard it quite like this.