2023/24 Season
Discover our 2023/24 Season at the Barbican and LSO St Luke’s.
Discover the Season
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Season Design & Visuals
Design Concept & Visual Identity: Superunion
Feature Artwork: XK studio
Music: Maurice Ravel Daphnis and Chloé Suite No 2
performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
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2023/24 Season Concerts
Creations: Inspiring New Music
LSO Discovery
Saturday 27 April 2024 • 5pm
Showcasing original music composed by two inclusive ensembles, LSO Create and Percussion Supersonic, and new music by composer Florence Anna Maunders, the concert will celebrate diversity, identity and collaboration.
Limited Tickets
Free Friday Lunchtime Concert: Guildhall School
LSO Discovery
Friday 3 May 2024 • 12.30pm
Make lunchtime musical with a bite-size, informal concert from the Guildhall School Orchestral Artistry programme. Friendly introductions will guide you through the concert, plus you can put your questions to performers.
Haydn & Mozart: Consone Quartet
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Thursday 9 May 2024 • 1pm
BBC New Generation Artists, the Consone Quartet, bring a historically-informed perspective to two of Mozart and Haydn’s loveliest string quartets.
Haydn & Mozart: Quatuor Voce
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Friday 10 May 2024 • 1pm
Mozart at his warmest and Haydn at his noblest: Quatuor Voce brings to our celebration of these two masters of the string quartet to a stirring conclusion.
The Beginning of Summer – Mahler’s Third Symphony
Colossal. Optimistic. Moving.
Sunday 12 May 2024 • 7pm
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler’s magnificent vision of a world teeming with joyful life.
The Beginning of Summer – Mahler’s Third Symphony
Colossal. Optimistic. Moving.
Thursday 16 May 2024 • 7pm
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler’s magnificent vision of a world teeming with joyful life.
Limited Tickets
Musical Storytelling for Under-5s
LSO St Luke's
Saturday 18 May 2024 • 10.30am
LSO musicians retell a children’s story through music, offering younger children a chance to experience a live performance in the beautiful Jerwood Hall. Dance and sing your way through the concert as the instruments bring the tale to life.
Musical Storytelling for Under-5s
LSO St Luke's
Saturday 18 May 2024 • 12pm
LSO musicians retell a children’s story through music, offering younger children a chance to experience a live performance in the beautiful Jerwood Hall. Dance and sing your way through the concert as the instruments bring the tale to life.
Myth and Magic – Thomas Adès
Refined. Sharp-Witted. Refreshing.
Thursday 30 May 2024 • 7pm
Threads of the past are woven into a radiant future in four ingenious compositions by Stravinsky, Lutosławski and Adès, presented by Thomas Adès, Anne-Sophie Mutter and the LSO.
Kirill Gerstein & Friends
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Thursday 30 May 2024 • 1pm
A revelatory chamber concert for two pianos and soprano, with music by Claude Debussy and Komitas. Curated by Kirill Gerstein, one of our most imaginative piano virtuosos.
Kirill Gerstein & Friends
BBC Radio 3 Evening Concert
Friday 31 May 2024 • 7pm
A programme for chamber orchestra with Kirill Gerstein and Thomas Adès, featuring music by Haydn, Ligeti and more.
Family Concert: Magic and Music
Recommended for children aged 7+ and their families
Sunday 2 June 2024 • 2.30pm
Delve into a world of wonder and sorcery with music, stories and live magic. A fun opportunity for families to learn more about music and the instruments of the orchestra, with music based on a theme and free workshops before the concert.
Relaxed Friday Lunchtime Concert
LSO Discovery
Friday 7 June 2024 • 12.30pm
A bite-size, informal concert, particularly suited for people who have sensory and communication impairments, learning disabilities, or who are neurodiverse.
LSO Discovery Showcase
Thursday 13 June 2024 • 7.30pm
LSO Discovery participant groups perform together with the London Symphony Orchestra, in a showcase of the LSO’s learning and community programme.
Limited Tickets
Lights, Camera, Action – the LSO on Film
Thrilling. Familiar. Beloved.
Sunday 16 June 2024 • 7pm
Film music by composers from Sir Arthur Bliss to Patrick Doyle, and from Bernard Herrmann to John Williams, from films including Henry V, Notting Hill, Braveheart, Harry Potter, Cinderella and Final Fantasy.
Half Six Fix: Prokofiev 7
Elusive. Affecting. Disarming.
Wednesday 19 June 2024 • 6.30pm
Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute concert, featuring Prokofiev's wistful final symphony conducted by Gianandrea Noseda.
Lost and Found – Beethoven, Beamish, Prokofiev
Elusive. Affecting. Disarming.
Thursday 20 June 2024 • 7pm
What is lost returns once more in emotive music conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, LSO Principal Guest Conductor.
Fortune Favours the Bold – Carmina Burana
Blazing. Hypnotic. Intoxicating.
Sunday 23 June 2024 • 7pm
Experience Carl Orff’s irresistible cantata and Shostakovich's Third Symphony, conducted by Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda, as he closes the LSO's 2023/24 season.
Fortune Favours the Bold – Carmina Burana
Blazing. Hypnotic. Intoxicating.
Tuesday 25 June 2024 • 7pm
Experience Carl Orff’s irresistible cantata and Shostakovich's Third Symphony, conducted by Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda, as he closes the LSO's 2023/24 season.
Free Friday Lunchtime Concert: LSO Musicians
LSO Discovery
Friday 28 June 2024 • 12.30pm
Looking to make lunchtime musical? Enjoy a 45-minute concert with introductions to the music, and a chance to ask musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra your questions.
Kirill Gerstein
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Friday 12 July 2024 • 1pm
Wonder, passion and pure delight, as pianist Kirill Gerstein brings both heart and mind to bear on the music of Chopin, Schumann, Poulenc and Liszt.
BMW Classics 2024
A free open-air concert in the heart of London
Saturday 13 July 2024 • 5pm
François-Xavier Roth conducts the LSO in a free open-air concert in the heart of London.
