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In Person Events
On Tour at the Edinburgh International Festival: Puccini’s Suor Angelica
Sir Antonio Pappano
Saturday 16 August 2025 • 7pm
Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Giacomo Puccini’s heartfelt opera.
BBC Proms: Puccini and Strauss
Sir Antonio Pappano
Tuesday 19 August 2025 • 7.30pm
Sir Antonio Pappano and London Symphony Orchestra perform Puccini's Suor Angelica and Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten for the BBC Proms.
BBC Proms: Folk Songs and Dances
Sir Simon Rattle and Peter Moore
Saturday 30 August 2025 • 11am
Sir Simon Rattle conducts folk-song arrangements by Vaughan Williams, Grainger and Arnold for the BBC Proms.
LSO Strings at Bold Tendencies
Saturday 30 August 2025 • 7.30pm
An evening of works for strings, in the LSO's first performance in Peckham's concrete concert hall.
On Tour at the MITO SettembreMusica, Milan
Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho
Thursday 4 September 2025 • 8pm
Music by Bernstein, Prokofiev and Copland on tour in Milan, with Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho.
On Tour at the MITO SettembreMusica, Turin
Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho
Friday 5 September 2025 • 8pm
Music by Rossini, Chopin and Shostakovich on tour in Turin, with Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho.
On Tour at the Stresa Festival
Sir Antonio Pappano and Mario Brunello
Saturday 6 September 2025 • 8pm
Music by Shostakovich, Schumann and Beethoven on tour in Stresa, with Sir Antonio Pappano and Mario Brunello.
On Tour in Verona
Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho
Sunday 7 September 2025 • 8.30pm
Music by Shostakovich, Chopin and Beethoven on tour in Verona, with Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho.
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
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
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
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.
