What's On
In Person Events
BMW Classics 2026
A free open-air concert in the heart of London
Saturday 13 June 2026 • 4pm
The LSO and Sir Antonio Pappano give a free open-air concert in Trafalgar Square, with music by Holst and Elgar, plus a world premiere by Louise Drewett.
Classical Pride 2026
Oliver Zeffman
Sunday 14 June 2026 • 7pm
Classical Pride returns with festival founder Oliver Zeffman conducting a kaleidoscopic programme of 20th-century music by LGBTQ+ composers.
On Tour in Prague
Sir Antonio Pappano
Wednesday 17 June 2026 • 7.30pm — Friday 19 June 2026 • 7.30pm
Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem and Mahler's Fifth Symphony, on tour with the LSO in Prague.
Music of Sleep and Dreams
Gresham College Lecture Series
Friday 19 June 2026 • 6pm
Milton Mermikides, Professor of Music at Gresham College, gives a free, one-hour lecture on the nature of music. Here he explores how sleep and music share a strange, elusive magic.
On Tour in Litomyšl
Sir Antonio Pappano
Saturday 20 June 2026 • 5pm
Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO explore beauty, grief and conflict on tour in Litomyšl with Tchaikovsky’s searing Pathétique, alongside Elgar's Enigma Variations.
Tyshawn Sorey & Pat Thomas
LSO St Luke's Guest Artist
Saturday 20 June 2026 • 6pm
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and drummer Tyshawn Sorey joins pioneering pianist Pat Thomas for a live set of improvised jazz.
Free Friday Lunchtime Concert
LSO Discovery
Friday 26 June 2026 • 12.30pm
Make lunchtime musical with a free, bite-size concert with a small group of orchestral musicians.
Ben LaMar Gay’s We Chree
LSO St Luke's Guest Artist
Saturday 27 June 2026 • 7.30pm
Ben LaMar Gay, the jazz composer, eclectic artist and channeler of cosmopolitan blues, performs as part of a trio. Expect a fluid, exploratory live set, drawing on jazz, hip hop, house, avant garde and Latin influences.
Family Concert: Music from the Movies
Recommended for children aged 7 to 12 years old
Sunday 28 June 2026 • 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.
Music for a Summer's Evening
Islington Choral Society
Sunday 28 June 2026 • 7pm
Islington Choral Society presents an evening of 20th-century English choral music to celebrate high summer, with the orchestral support of the Corinthian Chamber Orchestra.
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde
Sir Antonio Pappano
Wednesday 1 July 2026 • 5pm
Sir Antonio Pappano leads world-class soloists and the LSO in one of the greatest and most intense of operatic love stories – Wagner's Tristan and Isolde.
On Tour in Spoleto
Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Yuja Wang
Friday 3 July 2026 • 8.30pm
Star Pianist Yuja Wang performs Prokofiev's electrifying Piano Concerto No 3 before Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Rachmaninoff's passionate Symphony No 2, with its soaring melodies and heart-melting Adagio on tour in Spoleto.
