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"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

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'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.

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"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

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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

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

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

“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

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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.

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“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

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

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 Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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The Guardian - UK

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

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

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

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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

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The Independent UK

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

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

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

The Guardian - UK

Female conductors to open and close BBC Proms for first time

Dalia Stasevska and Marin Alsop among 10 women conducting in 2023 season as festival moves towards gender equality

Evening Standard

Five times The Simpsons was right, as Cypress Hill confirm they’ll perform with the London Symphony Orchestra

All the times Homer and co predicted the future from the 2018 Winter Olympics to smartwatches

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: London Symphony Orchestra/Noseda; Down the Rabbit Hole – review

Gianandrea Noseda and the LSO go to the edge with Shostakovich. Plus, an operatic trip to Wonderland for deaf and hard-of-hearing children

Manchester Evening News

The Simpsons predicts the future once again as 27-year-old Cypress Hill joke to become reality

Cypress Hill confirmed the news with a comment on a Simpsons fan page

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