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Make memories with us in 2024/25 🩷
We’ve just announced a brand new season of London concerts! Priority booking opens for LPO Friends on Wednesday 17 April at 10am. General sale opens on Tuesday 23 April ✨
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Test your timpani skills with the third movement of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 🎶
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Happy Tchaikovsky day! 🎂
183 years ago today, the composer was born. Here he is at his passionate best, conducted by
@kcanellakis
🥰
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Happy birthday Camille Saint-Saëns 🎂
The composer was born 187 years ago today! Here’s an LPO favourite moment from his Third Symphony 🎶
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Happy birthday Elgar! 🎈
Here’s 'Nimrod' from his Enigma Variations to get your day off to a dramatic start.
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#OnThisDay
in 1860, Gustav Mahler was born 🎈
Celebrate with the epic ending of his Eighth Symphony.
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In the final movement of Nielsen’s fourth symphony, two timpani players attempt to disrupt the orchestra. Watch Simon and Tony demonstrate this spectacular moment ahead of our performance next Wednesday with Edward Gardner.
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The second movement of Brahms 4 is fascinating. It sounds simple, but it’s filled with complexity 🧠
Here’s the first couple of minutes 🎼
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The mighty end of the first movement of Sibelius 5 is technically challenging for the timpanist, with both sticks striking quickly and loudly in unison.
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You asked for it! To celebrate launching the second half of
#LPOStravinsky
at
@southbankcentre
next week, here’s a Rite of Spring Clap-along to really test your skills...
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Ever fancied playing the timpani part of O Fortuna? 💭 Take it away...
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Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake as he originally imagined it, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski 🦢🦢🦢
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Happy birthday Wagner! 🎉
Before we blow out the candles on the cake, here’s a brassy moment from his Tannhäuser Overture🎺
And for all of the Wagner opera fans out there, we have a gift for you...
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Test your tapping skills with the third movement of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6.
Hear it live this Friday!
#TapThatTimp
#TimpaniTuesday
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Happy birthday Dvořák 🎁
THE Antonin Dvořák was born on this day in 1841 🎈 And yes, we are going to celebrate by listening to his iconic Symphony No. 9, From the New World, on repeat all day 😜
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Happy Birthday Sergei Rachmaninoff 🎂
The great composer would have been 151 today 😲 Time to celebrate with one of his most loved pieces, his Piano Concerto No. 2. (Performed by
Kirill Gerstein)
Recognise this from anywhere? 🤔
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🎼Scroll along Mahler's aching message of love to his wife Alma🎶 We are thrilled to play this tomorrow evening at the
@southbankcentre
🌹
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Happy birthday Brahms, born on this day in 1833! 🎂
To celebrate, here’s a clip from our archives – the wonderful Sir Stephen Hough playing the third movement of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 🎹
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Happy birthday Beethoven! 🎶
It’s not known for certain when Beethoven was born but many believe it was 16 December. ✨ Does anyone know which symphony this horn trio can be found in? 🤔
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The opening of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. A nerve-racking moment for any trumpet player! 😬 Played here by our wonderful Principal Trumpet Paul Beniston.
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Everyday's arm day for our Principal Percussionist Andy Barclay 💪
You can catch this incredible cymbal moment from Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 this season in London, Brighton, and Eastbourne (don’t say we don’t spoil you!)
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Some dreamy Debussy to brighten your Wednesday evening 💫
We can't wait to perform this piece on 24 November at the
@southbankcentre
, book here: 🎵
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In Tannhäuser Overture, the trombone section plays the theme of the Pilgrim’s Chorus.
Enjoy this great moment from rehearsals last month.
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Happy
#ViolinDay
! 🎻
Here’s a clip of the brilliant Gil Shaham playing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto for you.
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Happy Birthday Schumann 🎂
The end of his Symphony No. 4 is wild! Here’s a clip from a live performance last year.
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🥁Tap along with us! Step into the timpani part of Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances💃 and to hear it live, come down to
@southbankcentre
on Saturday 4 March.
🎫
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Happy Birthday John Williams 🎉
Join us in celebrating what a super man he is 😜
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A Beethoven horn trio to start your weekend 📯
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Where are all Brahms fans💙
Here’s a joyous bit of timpani and triangle from the third movement of his Fourth Symphony 🥁🎶
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Percussive planets 🪐
We're blasting off to space tomorrow evening at the
@southbankcentre
with Holst's The Planets! Get ready for lift-off with us by playing along with the percussion parts for Uranus, the Magician 🪄
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Yesterday, we asked you to choose a piece to undergo some Christmassy treatment 🔔 You chose Dies Irae from Verdi’s Requiem. Here it is in all of its jingle bell glory... 🎄
Terrible idea or genius? 😬
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What better way to sign off for the year than with some beautiful Brahms ✨
Thank you to all of our followers for your continued support... here's to a new year filled with music and magic 💛
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Can your eyes keep up with Denis Kozhukhin’s playing? 👀
The opening of Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 gets off to a mighty start from the first bar. Here’s a throwback to when pianist Denis Kozhukhin performed the piece with us in March 2021.
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Richard Strauss was born on this day in 1864, so take a moment to enjoy this terrific timpani from Also sprach Zarathustra 🥁
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Divine Debussy 🌿
A sunny day calls for some sunny music ☀️ Take a load off with Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune 🌼
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Can you follow along? 🤯
Tchaikovsky wrote a smashing part for the cymbals in his Fourth Symphony, but we wonder why they don’t play the final note 🤔
What do you think?
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Julia Fischer and Mozart are a perfect match 🥰
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Dive into Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 🎶
We’re playing this at
@EBTheatres
this Sunday, along with more Beethoven and Mozart. Our Sunday = made 🙌 We’d love to see some of you there!
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Antonín Dvořák was born 180 years ago today! He made some excellent timpani parts, including this one from the Finale of his New World Symphony 🎶
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Its Bernstein’s Birthday 🎂
The great conductor and composer would have been 103 today ✨ Time to celebrate with one of his Coolest melodies 😉
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Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony ends with the shepherds’ song of thanksgiving – cheerful and thankful feelings after the storm 🌞
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Holst up! The Planets content incoming 🪐
Can you keep up with this perplexing percussion tap-along?
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A moment from Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7 to start your Sunday 🎻
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DON’T PLAY IN THE GAP!!!
In this Beethoven 5 excerpt, there’s a bar of silence that’s easily missed if you don’t know the music. What’s the most embarrassing musical mistake you ever made?
🎼
#TapThatTimp
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Happy Valentine's Day ❤️
And as music is the food of love, we give you the fourth movement of Mahler's Fifth Symphony, the Adagietto 🌹 Did you know the Adagietto was written as a love song to Mahler's wife, Alma?
The perfect valentine's gift for sure 🥰
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Mozart’s Requiem is full of enchanting moments ✨
Enjoy this solo performed by tenor Ilker Arcayürek, captured from a performance earlier this year.
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Vltava from Smetana’s Má vlast, named after the river that runs through Prague.
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Let’s start the week with this delightful horn moment from Dvořák 7 📯
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It’s pretty hot here in London, so here’s some suitable hot-sounding music from Debussy. 🌞 You can almost hear the temperature. (Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune.)
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It was the hottest day of the year 🥵 but this moment from a Bruch rehearsal with brilliant
@NickyBenedetti
was just beautiful 🎻 A good way to start your weekend!
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✨Float away with this sweet moment from Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet - Love theme.
Hear us perform the Fantasy Overture at
@brightdome
on 11 February
💕 Don’t miss out!🎫
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Every day is arm day for the percussion section 💪 Here’s the epic ending of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.
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Concentration caps on 🧢
Ahead of the release of our album 'Jurowski conducts Stravinsky' this Friday, we thought we’d test your counting skills with this bass drum moment from his Sacrificial Dance 🥁 Can you keep up?
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What happens when two comedians conduct an orchestra? Chaos 😅
@robbeckettcomic
and Romesh Ranganathan joined us for a sold-out performance at the
@southbankcentre
…it was definitely memorable 🤣 Watch it on
@RobAndRomeshVs
tomorrow on
@SkyTV
at 9pm.
#RobandRomeshVS
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Still recovering from our performance of The Rite of Spring? No matter, time for a revisit of our Sacrificial Dance clap-along - try to keep up!
#LPO2018Recap
🔥💃🔥
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Swan Lake supremacy 🦢
It's a classic for a reason, and we can't wait to play it in our 2024/25 season 😉
Explore our upcoming concerts via the link in our bio 🎶
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We're waltzing our way into January with this magical melody from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty ballet, which we performed back in December 🩰
Talk about a feel-good tune for the New Year! 🌟
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And relax...🕊️
This moment in Brahms’s Piano Concerto feels like a breath of fresh air ☁️ We’ll be playing it at the
@southbankcentre
on 19 October with Emanuel Ax, conducted by our Principal Guest Conductor
@kcanellakis
🥰
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Winter Daydreams ❄️
We loved playing Tchaikovsky’s First Symphony ‘Winter Daydreams’ at the weekend. Here’s a glorious horn melody from the second movement 🎶
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The second movement of Brahms's Symphony No. 4 is fascinating. It sounds simple, but it’s filled with complexity 🧠
Here’s the first couple of minutes for your bank holiday. 🎼
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A little Elgar for your evening 💙
Here’s one of our favourite moments from Symphony No. 2 🎶
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Love is in the air 💘
Happy Valentine's Day from us all at the LPO! What better way to celebrate than with the most famous of star-crossed lovers — Romeo and Juliet ✨
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In the final movement of Nielsen’s fourth symphony, two timpani players gloriously attempt to disrupt and disintegrate the orchestra. Watch Simon and Tony demonstrate this spectacular moment.
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Bring on the Beethoven 💪
Scroll into the weekend with a little throwback to our rehearsals of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony 🎼
Do you recognise this piece from any films? 👑
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The cheer at the end 🙌
Here’s our viola section powering their way through a tricky moment in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier Suite earlier today. Let’s hope they get another cheer at the
@southbankcentre
tomorrow night!
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Mellow piano 🥰 Check out Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto played by Kirill Gerstein.
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Richard Strauss was a master storyteller. In this mighty work, you can practically smell the testosterone when Don Juan leaps into red-blooded life.
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Wishing HRH The Duke of Kent a very happy birthday! This year also marks the 40th year of his generous patronage of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. We hope you have a wonderful day.
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What goes well with a hot, sunny afternoon in the UK? ☀️ An ice-cold beer, yes. But also, Julia Fischer playing some beautiful Mozart. Enjoy!
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From the Archives:
Alongside all the brass, the fanfare that opens Janáček’s Sinfonietta features a great line for timpani! Can you follow the changing tempos and time signatures?
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A little Saturday fun 🥳
Scroll along with Javier Perianes as he plays through the opening of Beethoven’s third Piano Concerto 🎹
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Did you know that ‘All by Myself’ by Eric Carmen was based on the second movement of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2? Join us on Friday 10 February at the
@southbankcentre
to hear it live 💓
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Beautiful, brilliant Brahms 😍
We’ll be hearing lots of this piece in the next couple of months 🙌 With our Principal Conductor Ed Gardner, we’re playing it at the
@southbankcentre
on 27 September, and then we’re taking it on tour to South Korea, Taiwan and Germany 🌏
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An epic ending for both the organ and the timpani. 💥 Here’s a throwback to our performance of Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 last year with
@annalapwood
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Bringing the drama to your Thursday courtesy of Carmina Burana ❤️
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An emotional rollercoaster 🥹
We’re heading up north this weekend to play the Enigma Variations at the
@sage_gateshead
and
@bridgewaterhall
. Will we see you there? 🌟
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A dream team 🐾
Here's LPO Principal Harp Rachel Masters and her dog Libby getting in some singing practice on
#LoveYourPetDay
.
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Imagine being the one to play in the gaps 😬
This shocking moment from Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet is a beast to play! 🤭 Do you think you could avoid playing in the gaps?
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Spirited cymbals and unforgettable tunes ✨ Hear Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony in all its glory this Saturday at
@BrightDome
🎟️
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The ending of the Die Fledermaus Overture is a bit of a pickle-o 😬 Can you follow along?
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Have you ever seen a pedal piano? Schumann wrote some fascinating music for the instrument.
@RobertoProsseda
demonstrates an excerpt from Four Sketches for the Pedal Piano, op. 58👢 🎹
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Here’s a wild bassoon moment from Symphonie fantastique 🎶
We can’t wait to play this one again on 24 January, conducted by Ryan Bancroft. Come join us for a musical adventure at the
@southbankcentre
🎶
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Alpesh Chauhan shows us how Brahms’s Symphony No. 3 is done✨
Stream the full concert on
@marqueeartstv
- Our full 2022/23 online concert season is available to watch for Marquee TV subscribers.
📺
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Beautiful Boléro 💛 Scroll into the weekend with Ravel.
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Beethoven’s Fifth ✨
If you’re in London, come and hear the whole symphony in all its glory at the
@southbankcentre
on 29 November 🎶
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A treat for your Monday morning 💖
Head on over to your favourite listening app and stream Elgar's Enigma Variations, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult✨
🎧
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What better way to round off the week than with a Beethoven banger? 💥
We’re so excited to be performing Beethoven’s Seventh tomorrow for a sold-out
@southbankcentre
’s Royal Festival Hall alongside the wonderful conductor Anja Bihlmaier 💛
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Elgar’s First Symphony gets off to a gorgeous start 😍 We’ll be playing this at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival tonight and tomorrow!
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Our Principal Horn Annemarie breaks down Mozart’s Fourth Horn Concerto ahead of her performance at
@brightdome
on October 15th. 📯
This piece is all about frivolity and fun ✨
Music to your ears? Get your ticket now!
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Night on a Bare Mountain. Which is your favourite? Rimsky-Korsakov’s arrangement or Mussorgsky’s original?
🤔 Need help deciding? Have a listen to these two recordings side by side, both conducted by Vladimir Jurowski.
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Goosebumps✨
We're performing Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 very soon! 🎉 We’ll be conducted by
@gergelymadaras
at
@brightdome
and
@EBTheatres
on 11 & 12 February and our Principal Guest Conductor
@kcanellakis
joins us at the
@southbankcentre
on 15 March. See you there? 👀
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Amazing
@annalapwood
making us all want to play the organ 🙌
We had so much fun playing Saint-Saëns’s 'Organ' Symphony with Anna last week at the
@southbankcentre
.
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After a record-breaking 45 years as a member of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, First Violin Geoffrey Lynn spends his final day in the Orchestra performing Cendrillon at
@glyndebourne
today. Congratulations on a stellar career in the LPO!
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Can you name this Mozart symphony? 🎼
Need a hint? We’re performing it tomorrow night at the
@southbankcentre
with our Conductor Emeritus Vladimir Jurowski 😜
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45 seconds of Julia Fischer playing Elgar’s Violin Concerto 😍
Hands up if this is your favourite violin concerto 🙋
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We have your Sunday brunch listening sorted 🍳
Head on over to your favourite listening app and stream Elgar’s Enigma Variations, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult ✨
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Happy Birthday John Williams 🎂
The great film music composer is 92 today! Time to celebrate with a throwback to our performance of some of his best loved soundtracks with the fab Anne-Sophie Mutter 🎻
Here's a snippet of Across the Stars from Star Wars 🌟
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Happy Clarinet Day! 🎶 To celebrate here’s the final minute of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto performed by LPO Principal Clarinet Benjamin Mellefont 👏
#Clarinet
#Mozart
#ClassicalMusic
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