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On Tour in Hamburg
Janine Jansen & Sir Antonio Pappano on the Barbican Hall stage
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

On Tour in Hamburg

Sir Antonio Pappano and Janine Jansen

Tuesday 7 October 2025 • 8pm

Music by Britten and Copland on tour in Hamburg, with Sir Antonio Pappano and Janine Jansen.

On Tour in Hanoi
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the LSO at the Barbican

On Tour in Hanoi

Sir Antonio Pappano

Friday 10 October 2025 • 8pm

Music by Beethoven and Shostakoivchon tour in Hanoi, with Sir Antonio Pappano and LSO.

On Tour in Hanoi
Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the LSO at the Barbican

On Tour in Hanoi

Sir Antonio Pappano

Friday 10 October 2025 • 8pm

Music by Beethoven and Shostakoivchon tour in Hanoi, with Sir Antonio Pappano and LSO.

Sibelius, Ruders, Paxton and Adès
The LSO conducted by Thomas Adès in the Barbican
Barbican

Sibelius, Ruders, Paxton and Adès

Thomas Adès and Sean Shibe

Sunday 19 October 2025 • 7pm

Thomas Adès leads the LSO in Poul Ruders' kaleidoscopic Second Guitar Concerto, with soloist Sean Shibe, Sibelius’ rich, evocative Third Symphony, a UK premiere by Alex Paxton, and Adès' own Aquifer.

Music from the North: Sibelius, Adès & Rautavaara
Johan Dalene playing the violin next to a stage light
Barbican

Music from the North: Sibelius, Adès & Rautavaara

Thomas Adès and Johan Dalene

Thursday 23 October 2025 • 7pm

Thomas Adès leads us through the shimmering sounds of Sibelius and Rautavaara, with soloist Johan Dalene, and conjures magical images in his own evocation of a Celtic legend.

Music of Animals
Audience members sat in the Jerwood Hall
LSO St Luke's

Music of Animals

Gresham College Lecture Series

Wednesday 29 October 2025 • 6pm

Milton Mermikides, Professor of Music at Gresham College, gives a free, one-hour lecture on the nature of music. Here he explores how animal behaviours form an unwitting orchestra and explore whether music is uniquely human or a shared language with our animal cousins.

Half Six Fix: Stravinsky's The Firebird
Conductor Ryan Bancroft looks into the camera in standing in front of a wall.
Barbican

Half Six Fix: Stravinsky's The Firebird

Ryan Bancroft

Wednesday 29 October 2025 • 6.30pm

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Conductor Ryan Bancroft makes his debut with the LSO, introducing and conducting Stravinsky's The Firebird, music that paints a fantastical world of mythical lands and creatures.

Shostakovich, Gubaidulina and Stravinsky
Violinist Clara-Jumi Kang resting her violin on her left shoulder while looking into the camera.
Barbican

Shostakovich, Gubaidulina and Stravinsky

Ryan Bancroft and Clara-Jumi Kang

Thursday 30 October 2025 • 7pm

Stravinsky and Gubaidulina breathe vivid, visceral life into Russian fairy tales, plus Shostakovich’s most beautiful and riveting concerto – with conductor Ryan Bancroft and violinist Clara-Jumi Kang.

Family Concert: Symphonie fantastique
The audience at an LSO Discovery Family Concert
Barbican

Family Concert: Symphonie fantastique

Recommended for children aged 7+ and their families

Sunday 2 November 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

Free Friday Lunchtime Concert
View from the balcony of musicians and an audience at LSO St Luke's
LSO St Luke's

Free Friday Lunchtime Concert

LSO Discovery

Friday 7 November 2025 • 12.30pm

Make lunchtime musical with a free, bite-size concert with a small group of orchestral musicians.

Symphonic Gospel: Celebration
Andre J Thomas facing the audience in the Barbican concert hall
Barbican

Symphonic Gospel: Celebration

André J Thomas

Sunday 9 November 2025 • 7pm

André J Thomas celebrates the power of American gospel music, alongside the LSO and over 250 voices from communities across London.

Limited Tickets

Soweto Kinch: Soundtrack to the Apocalypse
Soweto Kinch holding a saxophone
Barbican

Soweto Kinch: Soundtrack to the Apocalypse

Thursday 13 November 2025 • 8pm

Saxophonist, rapper and composer Soweto Kinch presents the final instalment of a trilogy of works in collaboration with the LSO.