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No Friend but the Mountains
An aerial view of a mountain range
Barbican

No Friend but the Mountains

Luke Styles & Gareth Brynmor John

Thursday 19 June 2025 • 7.30pm

The LSO and Gareth Brynmor John give the UK premiere of a heart-stopping song-cycle by Luke Styles.

Family Concert: The Planets
The audience at an LSO Discovery Family Concert
Barbican

Family Concert: The Planets

Recommended for children aged 7+ and their families

Saturday 21 June 2025 • 2.30pm

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.

Limited Tickets

LSO on Film: The French Connection
Black and white stock image of a film reel.
Barbican

LSO on Film: The French Connection

Dirk Brossé

Sunday 22 June 2025 • 7pm

A selection of film music by French composers, originally recorded by the LSO, including scores by Philippe Sarde, Philippe Chany and Guillaume Roussel.

LSO Discovery Showcase
LSO Discovery participants playing brass instruments
Barbican

LSO Discovery Showcase

Voices of Creation – The Artist’s Journey

Thursday 26 June 2025 • 7.30pm

Curated by an animateur, this showcase brings together the Orchestra with participants from all across LSO Discovery’s work.

Jeff Mills: Blue Potential
Barbican

Jeff Mills: Blue Potential

Jeff Mills and Christophe Mangou

Saturday 28 June 2025 • 8pm

Jeff Mills joins the London Symphony Orchestra for a breathtaking fusion of electronic and symphonic music marking the 20th anniversary of 'The Blue Potential'.

Classical Pride: Voices of Joy & Sorrow
choir and orchestra on the Barbican stage with colourful lights in the background.
Barbican

Classical Pride: Voices of Joy & Sorrow

in partnership with Gilead Sciences

Friday 4 July 2025 • 7.30pm

Classical Pride returns with the LSO, Jamie Barton, and Cameron Shahbazi in a powerful programme featuring Heggie, Higdon, Tchaikovsky, and more.

Strauss' Salome
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the LSO
Barbican

Strauss' Salome

Sir Antonio Pappano

Friday 11 July 2025 • 7pm

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts a concert performance of Strauss’ scandalous opera Salome, with the brilliant soprano Asmik Grigorian in the title role.

Limited Tickets

Strauss' Salome
Sir Antonio Pappano and LSO musicians facing the audience on the Barbican stage, at the end of a performance.
Barbican

Strauss' Salome

Sir Antonio Pappano

Sunday 13 July 2025 • 7pm

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts a concert performance of Strauss’ scandalous opera Salome, with the brilliant soprano Asmik Grigorian in the title role.

Season Opening: Bernstein and Copland
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the LSO on the Barbican stage, holding a baton, with LSO string players in the foreground of the image and audience members in the background.
Barbican

Season Opening: Bernstein and Copland

Sir Antonio Pappano

Sunday 14 September 2025 • 7pm

Dramatic, emotionally intense American symphonies, to start the 2025/26 season: Bernstein's 'Kaddish' and Copland's Symphony No 3, with Chief Conductor Sir Antonio Pappano on the podium.

Half Six Fix: Copland
Sir Antonio Pappano preseting to the crowd in the Barbican hall during a Half Six Fix.
Barbican

Half Six Fix: Copland

Sir Antonio Pappano

Wednesday 17 September 2025 • 6.30pm

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Sir Antonio Pappano introduces and conducts Copland's Third Symphony, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Prokofiev and Beethoven
Pianist Seong-Jin Cho sat facing a piano, with one hand on the keys and one leaning against the lid
Barbican

Prokofiev and Beethoven

Seong-Jin Cho: Artist Portrait

Thursday 18 September 2025 • 7pm

Beethoven’s defiant Symphony No 5 meets the sneering mockery of Shostakovich and Prokofiev in exhilarating mood. Sir Antonio Pappano conducts, as pianist Seong-Jin Cho begins his Artist Portrait series.

Britten and Shostakovich
Violinist Janine Jansen
Barbican

Britten and Shostakovich

Sir Antonio Pappano and Janine Jansen

Sunday 21 September 2025 • 7pm

Violinist Janine Jansen showcases Britten’s soulful concerto before the LSO launches into Shostakovich’s scathing criticism of Stalin, his Tenth Symphony.