Siren Songs and Serenades: LMP with Ben Goldscheider
Music is born from the world around us – shaped by the people we meet and the stories that stir our imaginations. Commissioned by the legendary horn player Dennis Brain, Britten’s Serenade wasn’t just written for his performer – it was written with…
Four Seasons across the World: Vivaldi and Piazzolla
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is a classical music favourite, vividly capturing nature’s drama from the freshness of spring to the crackle of a summer storm. But how would these seasons sound for a climate on the other side of the world? Enter Astor…
Fowl Play: Haydn and Mozart with LMP and Cédric Tiberghien
By the time they had mastered their craft, both Mozart and Haydn were ready to have a bit of fun. Take Haydn’s Symphony No.89, affectionately nicknamed ‘The Hen’. Though the title wasn’t his own, it’s easy to hear why it stuck. The…
LMP: Beethoven’s Eroica
In a tale worthy of a Pulitzer Prize, Beethoven’s Third Symphony is enshrouded in a story of betrayal and defiance as the composer battled through personal and political strife. As the promise of liberty in the French Revolution emerged, Beethoven dedicated his…
LMP play Bach’s Brandenburgs
In 1977, the Voyager spacecraft launched into the cosmos carrying some particularly precious cargo: two vinyl records designed to showcase Earth’s rich musical heritage to any curious extraterrestrials who might stumble across them. Among the selections was Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.5. The…
Mozart, Master of Drama: LMP with Danielle de Niese
Never one to shy away from the spotlight, Mozart knew how to bring the drama. As a master of opera, he had a knack for storytelling, bringing his characters to (larger-than) life through outrageous tales of love, loss, deception and even assassination….
A Place in Time: Jess Gillam and LMP
Full of memorable tunes and toe-tapping dances, LMP and the electrifying saxophonist Jess Gillam bring the heart and soul of folk-inspired music to life in this concert. From the Scottish Isles in MacMillan’s punchy Saxophone Concerto to the pastoral English countryside of…
London Mozart Players: Flights of Fancy
Where there’s music, there’s meaning. And where there’s meaning, there’s heated debate about who’s right and who’s wrong. Sometimes the symbolism is clear, like in Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending; it beautifully depicts a soaring bird, brought to life by the solo…
French Connections: Music from the Parisian Stage
Young Mozart understood that while all roads may not lead to Rome, the truly successful ones led to Paris. Struggling to find work and establish himself as a serious composer, Mozart set his sights on the French capital in the 1700s to…
