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London Symphony Orchestra/François-Xavier Roth

Schubert Mass No 5

,Barbican Hall
François-Xavier Roth conducting

Schubert asks big questions, and Bernd Alois Zimmermann has some very modern answers, as François-Xavier Roth conducts music of quiet faith and dazzling wit.

Franz Schubert died at the age of 31 but he filled his short life with friendship, with feeling and (above all) with music. Expect melodies that sing and dance, and – in his lovely Mass No 5 – music that ask life’s biggest questions with transcendent beauty and warmth. Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s post-war Oboe Concerto bites as well as dazzles: filled with a bristling, brilliant poetry that’s all its own.  

It's a passion project for LSO Principal Oboe Olivier Stankiewicz. ‘I have always been interested in contemporary repertoire’ he says. ‘For me, it’s the music that talks the most about us now’. But with François-Xavier Roth conducting, expect Schubert, too, to sound fresher than ever.  

‘When I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love’ – Schubert

Tagged with: Classical music London Symphony Orchestra Multibuy - Feb-Jun 2023 London Symphony Orchestra

The end time for this concert will be added here closer to the performance date.

 

Generously supported by the Sir Joseph Hotung Charitable Settlement.

Programme

  • Franz Schubert   Rosamunde – Overture & Suite
  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann   Oboe Concerto
  • Franz Schubert   Mass No 5

Performers

  • London Symphony Orchestra  
  • François-Xavier Roth   conductor
  • Olivier Stankiewicz   oboe
  • London Symphony Chorus  
  • Greg Batsleer   chorus master

Barbican Hall

Location
The Barbican Hall is located within the main Barbican building. Head to Level G and follow the signs to find your seating level. 

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

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