Trumpet plastic bottle mute

These trumpeters used plastic bottles as mutes, because… conductor said so

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Design for new London concert hall

Designs for £288m London concert hall unveiled in new animation

Mozart vs Tchaikovsky quiz

Quiz: Are you more like Mozart or Tchaikovsky?

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Simon Rattle outside LSO St Luke's, 17 Jan 2017.

‘Conducting is hard – it doesn’t get easier’: Simon Rattle’s top conducting tips

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Kiri Te Kanawa

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa given the Lifetime Achievement Award and Classic FM wins a Gramophone Award 2017

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'Simon Rattle is not afraid to say what he thinks about the state of music education – he's great for music in the UK'

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Beethoven 5-7

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 1 in C

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Beethoven Violin Con

Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D

Beethoven

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Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring

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Nobuo Uematsu and the LSO at Abbey Road

Nobuo Uematsu records the new Final Fantasy album: pictures

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LSO Open Air: London Symphony Orchestra play in Trafalgar Square

The ultimate orchestral football match!

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LSO Album Reviews

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new releases 22nd may

New releases: 'Bach Stories' and Mozart with the LSO Wind Ensemble

New releases 15th april

New releases: Rami 'My Journey' and Cantus 'Northern Lights'

New releases 13th Feb

New Releases: LSO plays Mendelssohn and the latest album from Riccardo Chailly

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LSO Guides

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Sir Simon Rattle Carnegie Hall Berlin Philharmonic

Sir Simon Rattle's heading to the LSO – this is what we can expect

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LSO best recordings

15 of the LSO's best ever recordings

LSO archive photos

The history of the London Symphony Orchestra in pictures