London Schools Symphony Orchestra
- 7.30pm
Tickets
About this event:
- Category:
- Guildhall Young Artists | London Schools Symphony Orchestra
- Event type:
- Booking required | In-person
- Admission:
- from £9 +bkg fee
- Location:
- Milton Court Concert Hall
Event information
Christopher Warren-Green conducts the outstanding young musicians of the London Schools Symphony Orchestra in Elgar’s Cello Concerto, with soloist Matthew Sharp, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 4.
Bradley Wilson, the first Resident Conductor of the LSSO opens this concert with Errollyn Wallen’s Mighty River, composed to mark the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act.
Two alumni of the London Schools Symphony Orchestra and Centre for Young Musicians then lead the young LSSO musicians of today in Elgar’s Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 4. Internationally renowned conductor and former leader of the Philharmonia Orchestra Christopher Warren-Green is joined by leading cellist, baritone and innovator Matthew Sharp. Both herald from earlier generations of London’s premier youth orchestra.
Programme & performers
Errollyn Wallen Mighty River
Elgar Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4
London Schools Symphony Orchestra
Bradley Wilson conductor*
Christopher Warren-Green conductor
Matthew Sharp cello
*conducting Errollyn Wallen's Mighty River
Venue information
Milton Court, based across the road from our Silk Street building, provides the School with world-class performance and training spaces, including a state of the art concert hall, a lyric theatre, a studio theatre and several major rehearsal rooms.
- Milton Court, 1 Milton Street, London, EC2Y 9BH