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The London Symphony Orchestra
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The London Symphony Orchestra is the first independent, self-governing orchestra in Britain. It was created in 1904 and has long enjoyed the reputation of being one of the three or four greatest orchestras in the world. It is responsible for a lot of “firsts” in British Musical history including being the first orchestra to tour, a tradition it continues to this day. The LSO can be found abroad in visits across Europe and in the USA, where it holds an additional residency at Avery Fisher Hall in New York and a biennial residency at the Florida International Festival. Some of the more famous accomplishments of the LSO can be found in their work on such films as Legends of the Fall, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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The London Symphony Orchestra is widely regarded to be amongst the top five orchestras in the world, on the strength of its performances alone, but there is much more to its work than concerts in concert-halls. Its many activities include an energetic and ground-breaking education and community programme, a record company, exciting work in the field of information technology, and much more.
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The London Symphony Orchestra has announced details of its 2008-09 season at the Barbican Hall. Principal Conductor Valery Gergiev will lead ten concerts of music by composers who went into exile from their homeland, including Stravinsky, Korngold, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev and Bartók, plus Act III of Parsifal with René Pape, while President Sir Colin Davis will return for seven programmes including the Verdi Requiem and a series focusing on British music of the 1930s. Christine Brewer will perform Strauss' Four Last Songs as part of a number of late style-themed concerts, the complete Brahms symphonies, piano concertos and violin concerto, and concerts of exotic music conducted by Bernard Haitink and Michael Tilson Thomas complete the season.
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The London Symphony Orchestra is delighted to announce the appointment of Daniel Harding as Principal Guest Conductor from the 2006/2007 season, alongside Michael Tilson Thomas. Daniel Harding has worked with the LSO since 1995 and has been acclaimed as one of the brightest of the new generation of conductors He conducts the biennial composers’ competition 'Masterprize' which takes place in association with the LSO. In March 2004 he conducted the LSO on a major tour of the Far East in partnership with Sir Colin Davis. As Principal Guest Conductor, he will conduct some ten to twelve LSO Barbican concerts each season as well as undertake a significant amount of international touring.
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The London Symphony Orchestra will be on tour here in the US as part of their "The Music of Hollywood" tour. Starting in September, the 15 city tour will feature concert performances of works including those from the Harry Potter films. Enhancing and underscoring each performance will be a stunning array of multimedia effects, including excerpts from the films, a laser light show and dramatic aerial recreations. Portions from each ticket sold will benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The London Symphony Orchestra, which recorded several of the Harry Potter soundtracks, is celebrating its 100th anniversary.
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The London Symphony Orchestra was last in Moscow back in 1979. There are still musicians in the orchestra who went to that tour and now can’t help being amazed at the changes Russian has come through.
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