The London Schools Symphony Orchestra takes you on an epic tour of the orchestra before reaching for the stars with Holst's cosmic masterpiece.

Benjamin Britten’s educational masterpiece has inspired and initiated generations of young musicians around the world with its complex yet comprehensive navigation of the symphony orchestra and its instantly recognisable variations. 

Described as ‘Britain’s greatest living composer of art songs’, Ian Venables’s song cycle takes its words from the late 19th century poet John Addington Symonds. For this performance the songs have been specially orchestrated by the conductor Matthew Lynch. 

Further from home, Holst’s musical exploration of the solar system is packed with tunes that have laid the stylistic for a century of film music. Even if you have never heard of The Planets you will know the tunes.     

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