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On Tour at the Brighton Festival
Sir Antonio Pappano energetically leading an orchestra performance, with musicians playing violins and other string instruments. The scene is set in a concert hall.
Brighton Dome

On Tour at the Brighton Festival

Sir Antonio Pappano and Denis Kozhukhin

Friday 8 May 2026 • 7.30pm

Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO explore beauty, grief, and conflict with Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 3 and Tchaikovsky’s searing Pathétique.

LSO St Luke's Open Morning
The exterior of LSO St Luke's, a converted church building with a tall spire, with green frass and benches in front
LSO St Luke's

LSO St Luke's Open Morning

Free Event

Saturday 9 May 2026 • 10am

Everyone is invited to our free open morning. Join us for free music performances, creative workshops and refreshments.

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On Tour in Saffron Walden
Sir Antonio Pappano and LSO musicians facing the audience on the Barbican stage, at the end of a performance.
Saffron Hall

On Tour in Saffron Walden

Sir Antonio Pappano and Denis Kozhukhin

Saturday 9 May 2026 • 7pm

Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO explore beauty, grief, and conflict with Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 3 and Tchaikovsky’s searing Pathétique.

Britten, Bernstein and Tchaikovsky
Sir Antonio Pappano energetically leading an orchestra performance, with musicians playing violins and other string instruments. The scene is set in a concert hall.
Barbican

Britten, Bernstein and Tchaikovsky

Sir Antonio Pappano and Denis Kozhukhin

Sunday 10 May 2026 • 7pm

Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO and pianist Denis Kozhukhin navigate beauty, grief, and turmoil with Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem, Bernstein’s The Age of Anxiety, and Tchaikovsky’s haunting Pathétique. NB: Change of Artist.

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ECHO Rising Stars: Giorgi Gigashvili
LSO St Luke's

ECHO Rising Stars: Giorgi Gigashvili

LSO St Luke's Guest Artist

Wednesday 13 May 2026 • 1pm

Georgian pianist and ECHO Rising Star Giorgi Gigashvili performs much-loved piano pieces, alongside a new work by Georgian composer Natalie Beridze.

Music of the Body
Audience members seated inside Jerwood Hall
LSO St Luke's

Music of the Body

Gresham College Lecture Series

Wednesday 13 May 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 music and the human body are connected.

Beethoven, Wagner and Strauss
Conductor Nathalie Stutzmann and pianist Leif Ove Andsnes on the Barbican stage
Barbican

Beethoven, Wagner and Strauss

Nathalie Stutzmann and Leif Ove Andsnes

Thursday 14 May 2026 • 7pm

Join Nathalie Stutzmann and Leif Ove Andsnes as we bring Beethoven’s pathos, Wagner’s power, and Strauss’ dazzling Vienna to life in a thrilling orchestral journey.

Musical Storytelling
Toddlers with their parents and guardians, sitting on the floor and laughing at a joke in the audience of a Musical Storytelling Concert for Under-5s.
LSO Discovery Event

Musical Storytelling

For Under-5s

Saturday 16 May 2026 • 10.30am

LSO musicians retell a children’s story through music, offering younger children a chance to experience a live performance in the beautiful Jerwood Hall. Dance and sing your way through the concert as the instruments bring the tale to life.

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Musical Storytelling
An audience of parents, guardians and toddlers, sitting on the floor of the Jerwood Hall, watching a performance by a trumpet player at a Musical Storytelling Concert for Under-5s.
LSO Discovery Event

Musical Storytelling

For Under-5s

Saturday 16 May 2026 • 12pm

LSO musicians retell a children’s story through music, offering younger children a chance to experience a live performance in the beautiful Jerwood Hall. Dance and sing your way through the concert as the instruments bring the tale to life.

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The Villa-Lobos Event
A green-tinged landscape in the top half of the image, with headshots of the performers in the lower half
LSO St Luke's

The Villa-Lobos Event

LSO St Luke's Guest Artist

Saturday 16 May 2026 • 7.30pm

Pianist Marcelo Bratke celebrates Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos in a programme inspired by children and nature, with soprano Camila Provenzalle, Finchley Children’s Music Group led by Grace Rossiter, and Mariannita Luzzati’s video scenography.

Tangram: Divine Intimacies
LSO St Luke's

Tangram: Divine Intimacies

LSO St Luke's Guest Artist

Tuesday 19 May 2026 • 7pm

In Divine Intimacies, Tangram explore how nearly a thousand years of musical thought can be translated into contemporary sound, inspired by one of the earliest texts of Chinese philosophy.

Half Six Fix: Mahler 4
Sir Simon Rattle faces the audience in the Barbican concert hall
Barbican

Half Six Fix: Mahler 4

Sir Simon Rattle and Lucy Crowe

Wednesday 20 May 2026 • 6.30pm

Mahler's transcendent Fourth Symphony is brought to life by Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO, alongside soprano Lucy Crowe.

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