New Book Now On Sale!
Our New Book In Our Online Shop! Buy Now From royal weddings to the Olympics and the beginning of radio. Our wonderful book researched and written by the incomparable Jessica Duchen is on sale in our shop now! It is full of the most amazing pictures, personal stories and a world of interesting facts about […]
LCO removes dress code
London Chamber Orchestra (LCO) has announced the removal of its dress code for all performances, a move designed to promote inclusivity, equality and diversity within the organisation. The news was announced on 26th October at Cadogan Hall, a performance that marked the opening night of the orchestra’s centennial season. Managing DirectorJocelyn Lightfoot comments: “Every musician […]
Welcome back!
After 1 year and 7 months of communicating through online concerts, we are extremely excited to announce our first in-person concert – ‘The Spirit of Champions’
Spare a thought for Hazel Thornton
So far so good: I’ve reached the middle of my book about the LCO, complete with the swinging sixties and suspect seventies. I’ve had to kill off our first hero, Anthony Bernard, the founder-prequel to that present-day orchestral Luke Skywalker, Christopher Warren-Green. Between their two sizeable reigns, there’s a period of almost-no-man’s-land we could call […]
The lion, the writer and the wardrobe…
Emergency wire from resident writer STOP Trapped in 1920s STOP Quarter through book STOP Only another 93 years to go STOP. This is the trouble with blithely setting off down the back of the wardrobe into the land of the distant past. You find stuff. And then you find more stuff. And the more you […]
A new book for the LCO
Like most of the best projects, it all began with a phone call. “Hello, it’s the London Chamber Orchestra here. Would you write us a book for our centenary?” Only one snag, it turned out: the centenary is this year. So if you think I’ve got my work cut out, you’re not wrong. An orchestra’s centenary […]