LSO/Pappano/Wang/Lapwood review – high on feelgood factor Soloists Yuja Wang and Anna Lapwood brought style and spectacle to Rachmaninov and Saint-Saëns The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2024
The week in classical: Prom 37: Britten’s War Requiem; The Turn of the Screw – review Britten’s explosive work is a rallying cry at the Proms, while a twilit production of his chamber opera feels properly ghostly The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2024
Prom 37: Britten’s War Requiem review – a tragically relevant act of remembrance Antonio Pappano seized every opportunity to build dramatic tension, while the London Symphony Orchestra played with fire and focus The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2024
Toumani Diabaté obituary The Malian master of the kora who delighted in performing with musicians from other traditions and countries The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2024
"We need to make this happen again." Cypress Hill make hip hop history with the London Symphony Orchestra (and a former member of Fear Factory) at the Royal Albert Hall What started as a gag on The Simpsons becomes a part of music history as hip hop legends Cypress Hill celebrate their 1993 breakthrough Black Saunday with a full orchestra Metal Hammer · Jul 11, 2024
'Simpsons' And Social Media Seal Cypress Hill Collaboration It is an unlikely musical pairing born out of a joke on an episode of "The Simpsons" 28 years ago, and of social media interactions some two decades later. International Business Times · Jul 10, 2024
"We've been trying to invite Peter Frampton!" Cypress Hill discuss bringing one of the Simpsons' most iconic jokes to life by performing with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall Cypress Hill are set to make a 28-year-old Simpsons joke reality tonight (July 10) with their London Symphony Orchestra-supported performance at the Royal Albert Hall Metal Hammer · Jul 10, 2024
James Loughran obituary Conductor who won the inaugural Philharmonia competition and recorded Brahms with the Hallé and Beethoven with the London Symphony Orchestra The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024
The week in classical: Carmen; National Youth Chamber Choir/ OAE/Jeannin; LSO/ Roth review – from Habanera to doo-wop Aigul Akhmetshina steals the show in Damiano Michieletto’s uneven new 70s-set Bizet. And in a good week for world premieres, four composers take on Handel while the London Symphony Orchestra channels death metal The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2024
British music, birthdays and building work: LSO announce first season under Pappano Boulez’s 100th and Rattle’s 70th are among the highlights of the LSO’s new season with chief conductor Antonio Pappano in which British music is a strong thread. The orchestra also announced an £8m redevelopment of LSO St Lukes The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2024
“It’s a dream come true, a collaboration only The Simpsons could have predicted”: Cypress Hill are making a 1996 Simpsons joke a reality by booking a show with the London Symphony Orchestra Sometimes, real life can be stranger than fiction Metal Hammer · Mar 22, 2024
Cypress Hill To Perform With London Symphony Orchestra In 2024 Cypress Hill and the London Symphony Orchestra will perform together at the Royal Albert Hall, fulfilling a long-awaited prediction from The Simpsons. Top News · Mar 22, 2024
“Genesis, Floyd and ELP all received so much more popularity… I’ve always just accepted who and where we were and I don’t think about why we didn’t reach those same heights”: Andy Latimer is happy if Camel managed to matter Despite having once discovered that “orchestras are a bunch of little kids and hooligans,” the band leader wanted to return to the Albert Hall after reinventing The Snow Goose Louder · Feb 29, 2024
Elijah review – LSO and Pappano make it big, bold and beautiful Antonio Pappano conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and an excellent lineup of soloists in this superbly detailed and rousing performance The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023 LSO/Noseda review – Prokofiev’s curious Fourth alongside very fine Brahms Gianandrea Noseda and the LSO made a strong case for the 1947 version of Prokofiev’s Fourth symphony, and Simon Trpčeski was an insightful and elegant soloist in Brahms’s second piano concerto
The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023 Why Bradley Cooper spent six years learning how to conduct six minutes of music for Maestro Actor-director shared some insight into the intense level of detail that went into portraying Leonard Bernstein
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2023 LSO/Pappano review – drama, colour and fun as orchestra embraces the new Wheezing harmonicas and tinkling music boxes enliven Hannah Kendall’s elemental new work, while Alice Sara Ott gave a barnstorming account of Liszt’s Totentanz in a programme masterfully led by the London Symphony Orchestra’s chief conductor designate
Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2023 LSO/Pappano at the Barbican review: the Covent Garden maestro steps into Simon Rattle’s shoes This marked Sir Antonio Papano’s first concert as chief conductor designate of the London Symphony Orchestra
The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2023 LSO/Hannigan review – season opens with haunting Vivier and superb Strauss The London Symphony Orchestra’s associate artist Barbara Hannigan conducted a programme that mixed mainstream repertoire by Haydn and Strauss with less familiar music from the second half of the 20th century.
The Conversation · Sep 5, 2023 How video games like 'Starfield' are creating a new generation of classical music fans “Starfield” is one of the most anticipated video games in recent history.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2023 The week in classical: LSO/ Rattle; Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Nelsons – review The LSO gave Simon Rattle an unforgettable send-off in Mahler’s Ninth, while the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons turned on the style with Stravinsky, Ravel and Gershwin
Guitar World · Jul 4, 2023 Session bass legend Mo Foster dies aged 78 The much-loved British bassist backed Jeff Beck, recorded with Phil Collins, and worked on two James Bond soundtracks
The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023 Bronze bust honouring conductor Sir Simon Rattle to be unveiled The sculpture will be unveiled on June 15 before Sir Simon conducts his final concert as the London Symphony Orchestra’s (LSO) music director.
The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2023 LSO/Roth/Wang review – Yuja Wang dazzles with Lindberg’s imposing Third Piano Concerto Lindbery wrote his big bravura concerto for Wang – and as a star vehicle it is extremely effective
The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2023 Simon Rattle: UK classical music is fighting for life after ‘swingeing’ funding cuts The outgoing director of the London Symphony Orchestra says that cuts by Arts Council England and the BBC risk destroying the entire sector