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LSO launches Edinburgh residency with larger-than-life Beethoven and Shostakovich

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra
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The London Symphony Orchestra in Usher Hall
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“gave tremendous heft to music’s most famous struggle from darkness to light”
Reviewed at Usher Hall, Edinburgh on 12 August 2025
Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op.67
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 10 in E minor, Op.93
Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor
Nicola Benedetti, Presenter
A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus
****1
Pappano and the LSO: a thrilling collision between heaven and hell
****1
Han Kang’s The White Book takes on a compelling new life
****1
A curious evening from Noseda, Kopatchinskaja and the LSO
***11
Borodin steps into the symphonic limelight: Noseda and the LSO
****1
Rattle and the LSO sell a travel package to Hungary and Spain
****1
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