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Simon Rattle conducts the LSO

Simon Rattle and the LSO perform a special concert, with and in support of freelance musicians, including Barber's Adagio and Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.

Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra perform a special strings concert with and for freelance musicians, celebrating the uniquely vital role freelancers play in Britain's musical life and drawing attention to the devastating impact the last year of pandemic has had on the freelance profession.

Government restrictions have reduced the number of concerts and necessitated smaller numbers of socially-distanced musicians on stage, so this configuration of the Orchestra made up of 40 LSO members and 30 freelance 'extras' symbolises both a commitment to freelancers and a hope for a better future. The concert marks the first time a large number of extras have played with the LSO since March 2020.

The commitment to freelancers is literally at the foundation of the LSO, formed over a century ago by a renegade group of musicians whose freelance status in the Queen's Hall Orchestra was threatened: to this day, the LSO is a collective of freelance musicians.

The concert, recorded last month at LSO St Luke's and introduced by Martin Handley, includes two 20th-century classics of the string repertoire, Barber's moving Adagio and Vaughan William's other-worldly, ecstatic Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.

Grieg: Holberg Suite (Prelude)
Puccini: Crisantemi
Barber: Adagio
Bernard Herrmann: Psycho (Suite from the film)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

London Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)

8.40pm
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
A chance to hear Simon Rattle's latest recording with the LSO

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Tue 27 Apr 2021 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op 40: Prelude

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Psycho (Suite from the film)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio for Strings

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

    Performer: Roman Simovi膰. Performer: Julian Gil Rodriguez. Performer: Rachel Roberts. Performer: Rebecca Gilliver. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2.
    • Lso Live.
    • 1-4.

  • Michael Tippett

    A Birthday Suite for Prince Charles

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Michael Tippett.
    • Tippett: Ritual Dances.
    • Nimbus.
    • 11.

Broadcast

  • Tue 27 Apr 2021 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3