This free summer concert highlights the continued partnership between BMW Group and the London Symphony Orchestra; hear London’s oldest symphony orchestra in a free open-air concert in Trafalgar Square for the BMW Classics.
The 2024 BMW Classics concert programme opens with Emmanuelle Chabrier’s uplifting Joyeuse Marche, followed by Rondo alla Zingarese, Brahms’ energetic, rhythmic dance piece. The central section is the world premiere of a specially commissioned piece by Joanna Lee: beams.bellows.bounds. This work has been specially written for a mixed-ability orchestra and will be performed by LSO musicians alongside 70 young musicians from east London as part of the LSO Discovery programmes. For the final work, François-Xavier Roth and the LSO will perform the score for the ballet Petrushka by Stravinsky.
Gates open at 3:45pm and, as with all free events, we recommend getting there early. There will be toilets available (20p to visit, but you can use contactless payment), stalls selling food and drink, and cushions to hire, although you can also bring your own picnic and blanket (no glass please). Not to dampen anyone’s spirits but there is always a chance of rain, so bring something waterproof – though not umbrellas, they ruin concert viewing!
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