Pulse: The London Symphony Orchestra Student Mobile Project

This report documents the key findings of a year-long collaborative research project focusing on the London Symphony Orchestra’s (LSO) development, implementation and testing of a mobile ticketing and information system. This ticketing system was developed in association with the LSO’s technical partners, Kodime Limited and in collaboration with the Aurora Orchestra.

Bax's 'Sea Symphony'

Bax's Fourth is the only one of his symphonies that alludes explicitly to an extramusical stimulus: 'a rough sea at flood-tide on a sunny day'. This essay contextualizes Bax's frequent use of sea imagery throughout his oeuvre, noting in particular the peripherality of the composer's observation of the sea from the liminal position of the shore. It then considers how the idea of the sea in the Fourth Symphony is related to several musical features (motivic coherence, thematic expansion, formal anomalies), and how the sea is central to the underlying conflict in the work between nature and humanity.

Symphony Orchestra, February 11, 1940

Concert program for Symphony Orchestra, February 11, 1940

University Symphony Orchestra, May 29, 1975

Concert program for University Symphony Orchestra, May 29, 1975

The University Symphony Orchestra, December 3, 1976

Concert program for The University Symphony Orchestra, December 3, 1976

University Symphony Orchestra, January 30, 1977

Concert program for University Symphony Orchestra, January 30, 1977

University Symphony Orchestra, February 25, 1977

Concert program for University Symphony Orchestra, February 25, 1977

University Symphony and Student Soloists in a Concerto Concert, January 13, 1963

Concert program for University Symphony and Student Soloists in a Concerto Concert, January 13, 1963

The University Symphony Orchestra, January 26, 1982

Concert program for The University Symphony Orchestra, January 26, 1982

The University Symphony Orchestra, January 28, 1966

Concert Program for The University Symphony Orchestra, January 28, 1966

The University Symphony Orchestra, March 10, 1967

Concert program for The University Symphony Orchestra, March 10, 1967

Concerto Concert with Members of the University Symphony Orchestra, May 14, 1969

Concert program for Concerto Concert with members of the University Symphony Orchestra, May 14, 1969