“The London Symphony Orchestra is to return to the Barbican Hall, where it is Resident Orchestra, to play regular concerts from 7 January 2021,” reads an unsigned article in Tuesday’s (12/8) The Strad (U.K.). “The program, which has been announced up to the end of March 2021, consists of two performances of the same repertoire at 3.30pm and 6.30pm on every concert day, with socially distanced audiences. Each performance will have no interval and will last under 90 minutes. The line-up of conductors is predominantly as originally announced…. On Thursday 7 January, Music Director Sir Simon Rattle opens the series with a double-bill comprising Berg’s Violin Concerto with violinist Leonidas Kavakos, coupled with Schubert’s Symphony No 9, ‘The Great.’ The following week he pairs Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 with Schumann’s Piano Concerto with guest soloist Mitsuko Uchida. Sir Simon returns to the LSO in March for two further concerts.” Other concerts will be led by Principal Guest Conductor François-Xavier Roth, Thomas Adès, John Wilson, Marin Alsop, and Duncan Ward. “The Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition Final returns on 1 March…. The regular program of lunchtime chamber concerts at LSO St Luke’s continues throughout the period.”
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