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Tangram x Mantawoman: YANG QUEEN
LSO St Luke's Associate Artists
Thursday 31 August & Friday 1 September 2023 • 7pm (Doors 6.30pm) • Thursday 31 August & Friday 1 September 2023 • 7pm (Doors 6.30pm)
Mantawoman, alter ego of yangqin extraordinaire Reylon Yount, premieres her musical extravaganza about the heartbreaking beauty of change in this concert presented by Tangram, Associate Artists at LSO St Luke's.
Why Music Moves Us
Gresham College Lecture Series
Thursday 14 September 2023 • 6pm
Milton Mermikides, Professor of Music at Gresham College, gives a free, one-hour lecture on the nature of music. Here he explores how it is able to convey and trigger such range and depth of emotion.
Free Friday Lunchtime Concert: String Experience
LSO Discovery
Friday 15 September 2023 • 12.30pm
Make lunchtime musical with a bite-size, informal concert. Friendly introductions will guide you through the concert, plus you can put your questions to the LSO String Experience scheme performers.
Essentially Strauss: Notos Quartett
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Thursday 21 September 2023 • 1pm
Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss: two youthful geniuses stretch their wings in the intimate but passionate world of late-Romantic chamber music.
Essentially Strauss: LSO Wind Ensemble
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Friday 22 September 2023 • 1pm
The youthful wind music of Richard Strauss meets Jonathan Dove’s very English salute to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: unbridled charm from the virtuoso players of the LSO Wind Ensemble.
Free Friday Lunchtime Concert: LSO Musicians
LSO Discovery
Friday 29 September 2023 • 12.30pm
Looking to make lunchtime musical? Enjoy a 45-minute concert with introductions to the music, and a chance to ask musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra your questions.
Autumn Barzākh
LSO St Luke's Guest Artist
Friday 6 October 2023 • 7.30pm
A collaboration between Arnab Chakrabarty (sarod), Roopa Panesar (sitar) and Shahbaz Hussain (tabla), featuring various traditional Hindustani ragas through ālāps (exposés), gats (compositions) and a short tabla solo.
Esther Abrami Live
LSO St Luke's Guest Artist
Tuesday 10 October 2023 • 7.30pm
Prepare to be swept away by the mesmerising sound of acclaimed violinist Esther Abrami, accompanied by an exquisite string quintet.
Essentially Strauss: Catriona Morison & Malcolm Martineau
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Friday 13 October 2023 • 1pm
German romantic songs by Brahms, Strauss, Mahler and Berg: tiny worlds of emotion, recreated by mezzo Catriona Morison and pianist Malcolm Martineau.
Axelle Fanyo & Kunal Lahiry
LSO St Luke's Guest Artist
Friday 13 October 2023 • 6.30pm
French soprano Axelle Fanyo shares her musical mastery as she opens this season’s ECHO series with characteristic ‘style and flare’ (Seen and Heard International).
Free Friday Lunchtime Concert: Haizea Quintet
LSO Discovery
Friday 20 October 2023 • 12.30pm
A quintet of woodwind players from the Guildhall School perform a pocket-size, informal concert. Make the most of your lunchbreak, with introductions to the music and a chance to ask questions.
Essentially Strauss: Elena Urioste & Tom Poster
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Friday 27 October 2023 • 1pm
High romance and mouthwatering melodies, as the charismatic duo of Elena Urioste and Tom Poster play violin music from the young Richard Strauss and his contemporaries.
