Event information:
January 19 at 8pm
LIVE on 93.9 FM from Avery Fisher Hall
Information available at (212) 875-5709 or at the Lincoln Center Website

WNYC will broadcast live the London Symphony Orchestra's Centennial Celebration performance of an all-Sibelius program from Lincoln Center's Great Performers Series in Avery Fisher Hall. An exclusive interview with Principal Conductor Sir Colin Davis by John Schaefer, host of WNYC's Soundcheck and New Sounds, will air during intermission.

This special presentation kicks off WNYC's celebration of the 100th Anniversary of one of the world's finest orchestras. The station plans to feature the LSO on Soundcheck and on its music programs over the course of the orchestra's year-long, worldwide centennial.

The live broadcast will offer a rare opportunity to hear Davis, a renowned expert on Sibelius, lead this legendary orchestra in a program comprised of one of the Finnish composer's best-known symphonies (No. 5), one of his least known (No. 3), and the symphonic poem En Saga, which powerfully conveys the spirit of Finnish folk legends.

Other special WNYC programming honoring the LSO's anniversary include the following:

• On Thursday, January 15, Sedgwick Clark, editor of the online magazine Musical America, will join Soundcheck to discuss the ensemble's innovative LSO Live label (airing on 93.9 FM at 2pm).
  
  
• On Monday, January 19, Soundcheck will feature a discussion with Clive Gillinson, the orchestra's pioneering managing director (and former cellist), as well as an interview with author/critic Richard Morrison, who explores the LSO's groundbreaking and celebrated history in his recently published book, Orchestra: The LSO - A Century of Triumphs and Turbulence (airing on 93.9 FM at 2pm).
  
  
• Beginning on Tuesday, January 13th at midnight, WNYC's Evening Music and Overnight Music will feature award-winning recordings made by the orchestra on its LSO Live label (7pm-5am on 93.9 FM).

The London Symphony Orchestra's January 19 performance is part of a three-concert series presented by Lincoln Center's Great Performers Series. The broadcast is WNYC's second live broadcast of a London Symphony Orchestra performance; the first aired on March 5, 2003 from the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

Links & Resources:
The London Symphony Orchestra
Sibelius, Finland's voice in the World
Sibelius speaks (extract from an interview in Finnish)
Sibelius Academy: Finish Music and Music in Finland