Live from LSO St Luke's on Friday 29 April at 12.30pm BST. Want to know more about classical music but not sure where to start? Make the most of your lunch break and enjoy a 45-minute informal concert at LSO St Luke’s.

Sibelius: Canzonetta from 'Incidental Music to Kuolema'
Bohdana Frolyak: Lux Aeterna
Prokofiev: First movement from Sonata for Two Violins
Lauri Porra: Abeyance; We lie down only to get up again

LSO String Ensemble
Lauri Porra: electric bass
Rachel Leach presenter

Concert curated by Lauri Porra, Tom Norris & Jani Pensola.

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In this concert, a chamber ensemble of LSO string musicians and a string duo perform music by Sibelius and his great-grandson Lauri Porra, himself a composer and performer who will introduce his own pieces. There will also be music by Prokofiev, and a special arrangement of Lux Aeterna by Bohdana Frolyak, a Ukrainian composer from Lviv.

There will be opportunity at this concert to support the Disaster Emergency Committee's (DEC's) Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. DEC charities, and their local partners, are working to meet the immediate needs of people and will also help people affected by the conflict to rebuild their lives in the months and years to come. You can donate at LSO St Luke's, via text message, or at [ Ссылка ]

With thanks to:
Liuba Morozova, Artistic Director of the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, for her invaluable support
The Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland for their support of Lauri Porra
All of today’s performers for giving up their time for free
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