Recordings & broadcasts

Broadcasts

Rachmaninoff’s The Bells with the LPO under Edward Gardner, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Wednesday 9 October at 7.30 pm.

The Doctor Who Prom with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Alistair King, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Monday 26 August at 7 pm.

The Busoni Piano Concerto Prom with the LPO under Edward Gardner, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Monday 5 August at 7.30 pm.

Online

Haydn’s The Creation with the LPO under Edward Gardner, available on Marquee.tv from Saturday 13 April.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra has announced a four-part documentary series on Sky Arts beginning Wednesday 13 March: ‘Backstage with the London Philharmonic Orchestra’. The final episode includes September’s performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 under Edward Gardner. Full details are available in the LPO’s announcement.

Previously online

The Mozart Requiem with the LPO under Ádám Fischer – available on Marquee TV from the evening of Saturday 21 May (free to watch for the first 48 hours).

Brahms’ A German Requiem with the LPO and the Rodolfus Choir under Edward Gardner – available on Marquee TV from the evening of Saturday 7 May (free to watch for the first 48 hours).

Awen

Paul Fincham’s Awen was commissioned by the British Museum in 2018. We gave the first performance in the Great Court under our artistic director Neville Creed on that year’s summer solstice. Here is our virtual performance marking 2020’s summer solstice and #MakeMusicDayUK.

Some earlier highlights

Berlioz Requiem with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus under John Nelson – live stream on Medici TV (Premium) and Mezzo TV (Subscription) on Friday 8 March 2019 at 7.30 pm.

September 2015’s performance of Taneyev’s John of Damascus with the LPO under Vladimir Jurowski is also available to hear on InstantEncore.

Recordings

The Choir has recorded extensively over its 75 years beginning with Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms with the LPO under Ernest Ansermet in 1947.

Recently released CDs with the London Philharmonic Orchestra include the Dvořák Requiem conducted by Neeme Järvi, Brahms’s Ein Deutsches Requiem with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and Holst’s The Planets Suite and Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross under Vladimir Jurowski.

Earlier recordings have included Oussama Rahbani’s specially commissioned work Poeme Symphonique written for the opening of the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art, combining the LPO and Lebanese musicians under the baton of Ion Marin; and Kurt Masur’s critically acclaimed War Requiem performed in 2005 on the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.

List of recordings by date (pdf)

All recordings on the LPO’s own label are available online from the LPO.