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Tangram x SANSARA: Chronicle 时•录
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LSO St Luke's

Tangram x SANSARA: Chronicle 时•录

LSO St Luke's Associate Artist

Sunday 30 August 2026 • 7.30pm

Ancient Chinese poetry combines with contemporary music. Witness a new 'choral theatre' work by trailblazing collectives, Tangram and SANSARA, bringing to life poets from 1,000 years of China's history.

Tangram x SANSARA: Chronicle 时•录
Image of three people against an orange background
LSO St Luke's

Tangram x SANSARA: Chronicle 时•录

LSO St Luke's Associate Artist

Monday 31 August 2026 • 3pm

Ancient Chinese poetry combines with contemporary music. Witness a new 'choral theatre' work by trailblazing collectives, Tangram and SANSARA, bringing to life poets from 1,000 years of China's history.

Lisa Robertson: Cànan nan Eun
Flock of birds flying across an overcast sky.
LSO St Luke's

Lisa Robertson: Cànan nan Eun

LSO Discovery

Saturday 5 September 2026 • 7pm

A chamber music event exploring our connection to birds and birdsong, with a focus on their mimicry in traditional Gaelic music.

Ayanna Witter-Johnson: New Roots First Light
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LSO St Luke's

Ayanna Witter-Johnson: New Roots First Light

LSO St Luke's Associate Artist

Wednesday 16 September 2026 • 7.30pm

Singer, cellist and composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson launches her tenure as LSO St Luke's Associate Artist with an evening inspired by her forthcoming sophomore album, New Roots.

Roomful of Teeth with Special Guest Gabriel Kahane
A large group of people pose in an elaborate, theatrical scene around a long stone table, with a shirtless man lying on top with an apple in his mouth, someone shouting through a megaphone below, and a man in a black suit sitting prominently in the foreground.
LSO St Luke's

Roomful of Teeth with Special Guest Gabriel Kahane

LSO St Luke's Guest Artist

Tuesday 22 September 2026 • 7.30pm

Multi-GRAMMY award-winning vocal group Roomful of Teeth perform tracks from their latest album in collaboration with Gabriel Kahane, Elevator Songs.

Euchar Gravina: Once upon a place
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LSO St Luke's

Euchar Gravina: Once upon a place

LSO Discovery

Saturday 3 October 2026 • 7pm

Euchar Gravina returns to curate a contemporary chamber music event that explores memory through location.

Season Opening: Mahler 2 and Fujikura
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the LSO on the Barbican stage
Barbican

Season Opening: Mahler 2 and Fujikura

Sir Antonio Pappano

Sunday 18 October 2026 • 7pm

A celebratory new work to launch the LSO’s 2026/27 season, and an epic voyage from the depths of despair to glorious rebirth. Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the UK premiere of Dai Fujikura's Amber Alchemy, and Mahler's colossal 'Resurrection' Symphony.

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Mahler 2 and Fujikura
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the LSO on the Barbican stage
Barbican

Mahler 2 and Fujikura

Sir Antonio Pappano

Thursday 22 October 2026 • 7pm

A celebratory new work to launch the LSO’s 2026/27 season, and an epic voyage from the depths of despair to glorious rebirth. Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the UK premiere of Dai Fujikura's Amber Alchemy, and Mahler's colossal 'Resurrection' Symphony.

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Edmund Finnis and Bruckner
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, sitting on the floor holding his cello
Barbican

Edmund Finnis and Bruckner

Sir Antonio Pappano and Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Sunday 25 October 2026 • 7pm

The quiet intensity of Edmund Finnis’ Cello Concerto, featuring soloist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, paves the way for Bruckner’s monumental, visionary Ninth Symphony.

Tchaikovsky, Kendall and Liadov
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Barbican

Tchaikovsky, Kendall and Liadov

Sir Antonio Pappano and Fleur Barron

Thursday 29 October 2026 • 7pm

Liadov conjures magical landscapes while Tchaikovsky navigates anguish and triumph in his Fifth Symphony – plus the premiere of Hannah Kendall’s eagerly anticipated new work. Sir Antonio Pappano conducts, joined by mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron.

My Heart Swims in Blood
LSO St Luke's

My Heart Swims in Blood

LSO St Luke's Guest Artist

Wednesday 4 November 2026 • 7.30pm

Historically-informed performance ensemble FIGURE and mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean perform early and contemporary music, led by Artistic Director Frederick Waxman.

Sibelius, Nørgård and Adès
Thomas Adès conducting the LSO on the Barbican stage
Barbican

Sibelius, Nørgård and Adès

Thomas Adès and Bertrand Chamayou

Thursday 5 November 2026 • 7pm

Elusive dreams in Per Nørgård’s Dream Play, Sibelius' soaring Fifth Symphony – plus Thomas Adès conducts pianist Bertrand Chamayou in his own vibrant evocation of the Creation.