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John Adams at 80
Sir Simon Rattle
Sunday 10 January 2027 • 7pm
Sir Simon Rattle leads the LSO in music by John Adams: Frenzy, an extract from The Gospel According to the Other Mary and Harmonielehre – an electrifying journey through the composer's luminous soundworld.
John Adams at 80
John Adams and Víkingur Ólafsson
Wednesday 13 January 2027 • 7pm
John Adams joins the LSO for an evening of his own music, including After the Fall with pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, plus Shaker Loops, Short Ride in a Fast Machine and The Chairman Dances.
Symphonic Cinema
Ben Gernon and Lucas van Woerkum
Sunday 31 January 2027 • 6pm
Holst’s The Planets meets live‑shaped film in Symphonic Cinema, featuring the UK premiere of LOSS with Emma Thompson and Greg Wise.
Symphonic Cinema
Ben Gernon and Lucas van Woerkum
Sunday 31 January 2027 • 7.45pm
Holst’s The Planets meets live‑shaped film in Symphonic Cinema, featuring the UK premiere of LOSS with Emma Thompson and Greg Wise.
Ondřej Adámek and Mendelssohn
Alain Altinoglu and Christian Tetzlaff
Sunday 7 February 2027 • 7pm
A night of brilliance and choral splendour, with Mendelssohn’s glowing 'Lobgesang' and Adámek’s virtuosic Second Violin Concerto, joined by soloist Christian Tetzlaff.
Brett Dean and Bartók
Maxime Pascal and Isabelle Faust
Thursday 11 February 2027 • 7pm
Contemporary specialist Maxime Pascal is joined by Isabelle Faust for Brett Dean’s moving ode to letter writing, before the LSO shine in Bartók’s virtuosic Concerto for Orchestra.
Elgar and Tchaikovsky
Sir Antonio Pappano and Alisa Weilerstein
Thursday 18 February 2027 • 7pm
Two of classical music’s most heart-rending works – Elgar’s intimate, introspective Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s intense, emotional Fifth Symphony – with Sir Antonio Pappano and soloist Alisa Weilerstein.
Beethoven and Shostakovich
Sir Antonio Pappano and Maxim Vengerov
Sunday 21 February 2027 • 7pm
Violinist Maxim Vengerov brings elegance and majesty to Beethoven's Violin Concerto, before the unrelenting and colossal power of Shostakovich’s war-scarred Eighth Symphony.
Half Six Fix: Shostakovich 8
Sir Antonio Pappano
Wednesday 17 March 2027 • 6.30pm
Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. The LSO’s Chief Conductor Sir Antonio Pappano presents one of Shostakovich’s darkest symphonies, reflecting the stark brutality of war.
Half Six Fix: Barbara Hannigan
Barbara Hannigan
Wednesday 7 April 2027 • 6.30pm
Barbara Hannigan takes us on a sweeping journey through Ives and Gershwin, highlighting the diversity and invention that abounded as America forged its modern musical voice.
America's Voice
Barbara Hannigan
Thursday 8 April 2027 • 7pm
Trailblazing soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan guides us through the musical landscape of America at a defining point in its history, from concert hall to musical theatre.
Schoenberg and Mahler
Klaus Mäkelä
Sunday 11 April 2027 • 7pm
Acclaimed Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä ventures to the edge of tonality with Schoenberg’s highly charged Verklärte Nacht, then journies from darkness to light in Mahler’s emotionally complex Seventh Symphony.
