LSO play a free concert in Trafalgar Square - in pictures
The London Symphony Orchestra performs on the see-through stage in front of Nelson's Column. The Olympic 2012 countdown clock can be seen to the right of the picture.Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty ImagesConductor Valery Gergiev in rehearsal Photograph: Kevin Leighton/LSODavid Worswick (1st violin) in rehearsal. The all-Stravinsky programme included Fireworks, The Firebird and The Rite of Spring. Photograph: Kevin Leighton/LSO
The flute section in rehearsalPhotograph: Kevin Leighton/LSOA sea of faces seen from the orchestra. The National Gallery is visible at the back, St Martin-in-the-Fields on the right, behind a statue of George IV. Photograph: Kevin Leighton/LSOOne of Landseer's lions looks on Photograph: Kevin Leighton/LSOValery Gergiev conductingPhotograph: Kevin Leighton/LSOThe orchestra received an ovation from the capacity audience. As an encore, they performed the Dance of the Knights from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Photograph: Kevin Leighton/LSOThe next LSO Open Air concert will be in August 2013. Photograph: Kevin Leighton/LSO
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