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THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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At the start of its 101st season the London Symphony Orchestra is riding the crest of a wave. Valery Gergiev takes over as Principal Conductor in January 2007, Daniel Harding joins Michael Tilson Thomas as Principal Guest Conductor in 2006, and Sir Colin Davis stays on as President, only the fifth in the Orchestras entire history. The LSOs roster of conductors is second to none.
LSO St Lukes, the UBS and LSO music education centre on Old Street, is expanding its artistic programme to include more BBC Radio 3 lunchtime chamber concerts, Asian Music Circuit promotions and UBS recitals with top artists from diverse musical backgrounds. LSO Discovery is facilitating music education using new technology and building ever-stronger links with the local community and in Hackney and Islington schools. LSO Live is the best-selling orchestral own-label in the world and is regularly No 1 in the classical downloads charts on iTunes.
At its Barbican home the LSO promotes more concerts than any other classical music organisation in the capital. Audiences here and at LSO St Lukes are growing: more and different people are coming to LSO concerts, and average attendance has grown by 15% in the last three years. Recordings now take the Orchestra to a global audience of millions this year in films such as Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and you can hear the LSO on radio, TV, in the movies, on computer games, on planes, in elevators and just about anywhere where music is enjoyed.
New Managing Director, Kathryn McDowell, musicians and staff are looking forward to a future of constant exploration of the LSOs quality and access mission, re-defining the role of the Orchestra in its second century. We will develop and change what we do to connect to audiences in new, enlightening and dynamic ways.
We will be searching for young talent through our Sound Adventures, annual Academy, String Experience, Wind, Brass and Percussion schemes and Conducting Masterclasses. We will discover new ways to exploit technology for music-making, using the National Grid for Learning to conduct simultaneous live music sessions with multiple schools in Hackney and Islington and beyond. Our concert audiences will be able to contact us using their technology of choice. You will be able to invite your relatives to special concerts tailored for families. Student and community Ambassadors will bring along first-timers to Sampler and Discovery concerts. New ideas and initiatives funded by Arts Council England, the Corporation of London, UBS, Takeda and Rolls Royce, and broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM.
The LSOs pioneering spirit was strong even in its infancy. It was the first British orchestra to tour abroad (1906) and the first European orchestra to travel to America (1912). Since its inception the LSO has given literally hundreds of first performances and commissioned some of the most important music ever written. The Orchestra has the ability to capture the public imagination: it made its first recording in 1913; its first film in 1935; its first popular TV programme (André Previns Music Night) in 1971; its first ringtone in 2004 and its first digital download in 2005. Always outspoken and inventive, the LSO has led the way in orchestral development and initiative.
The Orchestra now has deep roots, having evolved and adapted to a constantly changing world for over 100 years. So if you think that an orchestra is just a group of people who get together a few times a month to give concerts, you are about to have your ideas challenged.
Selected Film Score Recordings
1977 Star Wars: John Williams
1978 Superman: John Williams
1979 Dracula: John Williams
1980 The Empire Strikes Back: John Williams
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark: John Williams
1982 Dark Crystal: Trevor Jones
1983 Krull: James Horner
1983 Return of the Jedi: John Williams
1983 Never Say Never Again: Michel Legrand
1984 The Last Days of Pompeii: Trevor Jones
1985 Return to Oz: David Shire
1986 Aliens: James Horner
1989 Lord of the Flies: Philippe Sarde (Rabinowitz)
1993 The Man Without a Face: James Horner
1993 Shadowlands: George Fenton
1994 Immortal Beloved: Beethoven (Solti)
1995 Braveheart: James Horner
1996 Cold Lazarus: Christopher Gunning
1996 Roseanna's Grave: Trevor Jones
1999 Notting Hill: Trevor Jones
1999 Star Wars: The Phantom Menace John Williams
2000 Thirteen Days: Trevor Jones
2001 Final Fantsay: The Spirits Within Elliot Goldenthal
2001 The Death of Klinghoffer: John Adams
2002 Star Wars: Attack of the Clones John Williams
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: John Williams (Ross)
2003 Inquietudes: Alexandre Desplat
2003 League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Trevor Jones
2005 Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith John Williams
2005 Nanny McPhee: Patrick Doyle
2006 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Patrick Doyle
THE WORLDS MOST RECORDED ORCHESTRA
THE LSO DISCOGRAPHY: Located at
http://www.lso.co.uk/uploadedFiles/DiscogWebJan06.pdf
Awards
The LSO has recently won the following awards:
February 2006
48th GRAMMY Awards (USA)
Best Opera
VERDI Falstaff
Sir Colin Davis conductor
(LSO Live CDLSO0055/SACDLSO0528)
April 2003
Académie du Disque Lyrique Orphées dOr 2003 (France)
Prix de lAcadémie des Beaux-Arts/Charles Munch
BERLIOZ Les Troyens
Sir Colin Davis conductor
(LSO Live LSO0010)
Feb 2003
45th GRAMMY Awards (USA)
Best Classical Crossover Album
KORNGOLD 'Previn conducts Korngold' - Music from the Films
André Previn conductor
(Deutsche Grammophon 4714372)
October 2002
Gramophone Awards (UK)
Best Opera
BERLIOZ Les Troyens
Sir Colin Davis conductor
(LSO Live LSO0010)
October 2002
Académie Charles Cros (France)
Grand Prix du Disque
BERLIOZ Les Troyens
Sir Colin Davis conductor
(LSO Live LSO0010)
May 2002
Classical BRIT Awards (UK)
Critics Choice
BERLIOZ Les Troyens
Sir Colin Davis conductor
(LSO Live LSO0010)
May 2002
Classical BRIT Awards (UK)
Best Male Artist
BERLIOZ Les Troyens
Sir Colin Davis conductor
(for his LSO Live Berlioz recordings)
May 2002
Classical BRIT Awards (UK)
Best Ensemble/Orchestral Recording
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A London Symphony
Richard Hickox conductor
(Chandos CHAN9902)
February 2002
44th GRAMMY Awards (USA)
Best Overall Classical Album
BERLIOZ Les Troyens
Sir Colin Davis conductor
(LSO Live LSO0010)
February 2002
44th GRAMMY Awards (USA)
Best Opera
BERLIOZ Les Troyens
Sir Colin Davis conductor
(LSO Live LSO0010)
October 2001
Gramophone Awards (UK)
Recording of the Year
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A London Symphony
Richard Hickox conductor
(Chandos CHAN9902)
THE LIST OF THE WORLDS BEST ORCHESTRAS
1. London Symphony Orchestra
2. Berlin Philharmonic
3. Chicago Symphony Orchestra
4. Vienna Philharmonic
5. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
6. Boston Symphony Orchestra
7. New York Philharmonic
8. San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
9. The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
10. Russian National Orchestra
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