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Gigs & Festivals
London Symphony Orchestra to treat Trafalgar crowds to open air classics
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 23 February 2012
The London Symphony Orchestra are to temporarily vacate their post as the Barbican’s resident chamber ensemble this summer, travelling instead to Trafalgar Square for a trio of free concerts.
Organised as part of a sponsorship deal with BMW, the first of the Open Air Classics recitals, which takes place on 13 May at 6.30pm, will be conducted by the LSO’s Principal Conductor, Valery Gergiev. He’ll lead the assembled musicians in, amongst other things, complete renditions of Igor Stravinsky’s ‘The Rite of Spring’ and the ‘Firebird Suite’, with all proceedings also due to be broadcast on several giant screens.
Further details here.
