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Essentially Strauss: LSO Wind Ensemble

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

,LSO St Luke's
St Luke's BBC Radio 3

The youthful wind music of Richard Strauss meets Jonathan Dove’s English salute to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: unbridled charm from the virtuoso players of the LSO Wind Ensemble.  

From his brilliant youth to his serene old age, Richard Strauss revered the music of Mozart, and he never missed an opportunity to dress up in Amadeus’ clothes. His Serenade and Suite for Wind Instruments show the young genius at his most irresistible – charming, tuneful and bubbling over with fantasy and fun. A century later Jonathan Dove created his own homage to Mozart: an enchanting wind serenade that imagines the characters from The Marriage of Figaro picnicking in an English country garden.  

Taken together, they add up to a magical lunchtime with the musicians of the LSO’s world-renowned wind section – 13 top-flight players, conducted by Nicolò Foron, winner of the 2023 Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition.  

‘I want to create joy. I need it! – Richard Strauss

Tagged with: Classical music LSO St Luke's

The performance will end at approximately 2.05pm

Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3

Programme

  • Richard Strauss   Suite in B-flat major for 13 Wind Instruments
  • Jonathan Dove   Figures in the Garden
  • Richard Strauss   Serenade in E-flat major for 13 Wind Instruments

Performers

  • LSO Wind Ensemble  
  • Nicolò Foron   conductor

LSO St Luke's

Location
161 Old St
London
EC1V 9NG

Nearby public transport
The closest London Underground station is Old Street.The nearest National Rail station is Old Street (for Great Northern services), with Liverpool Street, Farringdon, Blackfriars and City Thameslink all within walking distance. Bus services running to LSO St Luke's are 55, 243 (stop nearest to LSO St Luke's), 43, 76, 141, 205, 214, 271. 

Car and bicycle parking
The nearest paid car parking is at the Barbican. There are occasionally disabled parking spaces available at the venue, but these must be booked in advance by calling LSO St Luke's on 020 7490 3939. The nearest TfL Bicycle Hire docking station is at Old Street tube station.