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…
The Ages of Mozart: Angela Hewitt and LMP
Mozart didn’t spend his 35-year-long life twiddling his thumbs. In fact, he wrote over 200 hours of music; that’s more than a solid week of back-to-back Mozart. This concert won’t be a week long (thankfully), but it will be a whistle-stop tour…
Four World Seasons: Vivaldi and Panufnik
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons has earned its place as a classical music favourite. And for good reason – it seems to have it all, from the joy of spring to a blazing summer thunderstorm. Yet in between these traditional soundscapes lies the subtleties…
Mendelssohn and The Schumanns
Three’s a crowd – unless you’re Felix Mendelssohn, Robert and Clara Schumann. Robert raved about Mendelssohn, waxing lyrically of the ‘unforgettable man’ in his letters. Unforgettable as he may have been, the sentiment wasn’t mutual; Mendelssohn didn’t mention Robert once when he…
London Mozart Players: Mozart
The remarkable Leia Zhu joins the London Mozart Players on a trip back to 18th century Salzburg – where the young Mozart was remaking the rules. Mozart found his hometown of Salzburg a bit dull, but you can’t keep a genius down….
