Here’s what you can enjoy on day 11 of the LSO St Luke’s 10th Birthday Festival: 10am to 2pm: Family Day Aimed at families with children under 8, this Open Day celebrates a decade of Early Years Workshops and family events at LSO St Luke’s. On Easter Monday the...
Here’s what you can enjoy on day 10 of the LSO St Luke’s 10th Birthday Festival: 10am to 6pm: Not(e) Perfect Orchestra A unique opportunity to be part of an orchestra for a day. Not(e) Perfect is for those who wish they hadn’t given up playing their instruments. Paul...
I don't know much about the history of Old Street, where LSO St Luke's stands. But I do know that in my head I have an imaginary conversation between two roadbuilders that goes: Roadbuilder 1: Right, job done. Now we just need a name for it. Roadbuilder 2: How about Old...
Here’s what you can enjoy on day 9 of the LSO St Luke’s 10th Birthday Festival: 1pm: BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert with the Nash Ensemble SCHUBERT Octet Nash Ensemble: Richard Hosford clarinet Ursula Leveaux bassoon Richard Watkins horn Marianne Thorsen...
It turns out they haven't reached the stage of actually rehearsing in the hall yet. A couple of band members - double bass player Phil Donkin and drummer Chander Sardjoe - are there, warming up I suppose you'd call it while the stage crew plug in some plugs, wire up some wires,...
Today's another one of those days at LSO St Luke's where the music-making is left to others than those in the orchestra. In the lunchtime recital slot we had a solo piano, but now it's time to be transported to... to... Well, wherever it is, it will be in the company of...
At last night's 10th Birthday celebration, we screened a short 10 minute documentary about LSO St Luke's telling the story of the building, its origins and the inspiring work that now takes place inside. You can watch it...
Here’s what you can enjoy on day 8 of the LSO St Luke’s 10th Birthday Festival: 1pm: BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert with Nicholas Angelich RAVEL Oiseaux tristes from ‘Miroirs’ RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition Tickets:...
Here’s what you can enjoy on day 7, our actual 10th birthday, of the LSO St Luke’s 10th Birthday Festival: 1pm: BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert with the LSO Strings SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings Led by Roman Simovic Tickets: £10...
I never realised the 'swing' of 'swing low sweet chariot' was an upbeat, thereby putting the emphasis on the word 'low'. So unless that's an LSO affectation, I learned something this evening, almost outweighing the - for me - excrutiating embarrassment of having to sing. Not on...
