Bio
In the 2007/08 season, the London Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates its seventy-fifth birthday, inaugurates Vladimir Jurowski as its new Principal Conductor and moves back into its splendidly restored Royal Festival Hall home on the south bank of the River Thames – all seventy-five years after its founding by Sir Thomas Beecham.
The London Philharmonic Orchestra is the only symphony orchestra in the UK to combine an annual subscription concert season with regular work in the opera house, resident at the Royal Festival Hall and Glyndebourne Festival Opera respectively. Annual London concert seasons include a wide variety of performance formats and musical styles including family and schools’ concerts, film screenings and a commitment to new music.
The Orchestra regularly appears in North America, Europe and the Far East, often headlining at major festivals and concert hall openings. As a counterpoint to its travels, the Orchestra has benefited from increased migratory freedoms, growing to include outstandingly talented musicians of varying nationalities from Brazilian to Hungarian.
The London Philharmonic Orchestra enjoys strong relationships with major record labels and in 2005 began releasing live, studio and archive recordings on its own label CDs. The Orchestra broadcasts widely and has worked extensively with both Hollywood and the UK film industries, recording soundtracks for blockbuster motion pictures including the Oscar-winning score for The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
The London Philharmonic Orchestra reaches thousands of Londoners through its varied and extensive programme of education work, both community and school-based, which includes the acclaimed offshoot ensembles Renga and the Open Ear Orchestra.
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If you're interested in orchestral music, the London Philharmonic Orchestra definitely has something to offer you. Visit us at our home at London's Royal Festival Hall, on tour, or get to know us better through broadcasts, CDs and downloads.
I'll be posting details of concerts and recordings here - and look forward to getting to know you online.
Alison Atkinson - Digital Projects Manager, London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Symphony No 10
2nd movement (excerpt)
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink. Recorded live at 1986 BBC Proms. LPO-0034 available from www.lpo.org.uk
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why thank you. Tell me, is the 'open ear' thing still going? I used to play in it a few years ago and had a couple of compositions played. Really nice project.
10 Months agowhy thank you. Tell me, is the 'open ear' thing still going? I used to play in it a few years ago and had a couple of compositions played. Really nice project.
10 Months ago