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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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Gerhard, Strauss and Mahler
Soprano Lucy Crowe pictured in a field, with the sun setting in the background
Barbican

Gerhard, Strauss and Mahler

Sir Simon Rattle and Lucy Crowe

Thursday 21 May 2026 • 7pm

Lucy Crowe joins the LSO and Sir Simon Rattle for Mahler's Symphony No 4, alongside beautiful late works by Richard Strauss.

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Fidelio Orchestra: Popular Music – Gershwin and Philip Glass
Fidelio Orchestra rehearsing in LSO St Luke's
LSO St Luke's

Fidelio Orchestra: Popular Music – Gershwin and Philip Glass

LSO St Luke's Guest Artist

Saturday 23 May 2026 • 7pm

LSO St Luke's Guest Artists Fidelio Orchestra explore the cultural shifts initiated by Beethoven, in a musical journey from traditional heroism to the affirmation of the individual spirit.

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll & Excerpts from Götterdämmerung
Sir Simon Rattle conducting the LSO at the Barbican
Barbican

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll & Excerpts from Götterdämmerung

Sir Simon Rattle

Sunday 24 May 2026 • 7pm

Sir Simon Rattle conducts four powerful moments from the final chapter of Wagner's epic Ring cycle, alongside his Siegfried Idyll.

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll & Excerpts from Götterdämmerung
Sir Simon Rattle conducting the LSO at the Barbican
Barbican

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll & Excerpts from Götterdämmerung

Sir Simon Rattle

Thursday 28 May 2026 • 7pm

Sir Simon Rattle conducts four powerful moments from the final chapter of Wagner's epic Ring cycle, alongside his Siegfried Idyll.

On Tour in Bristol
Sir Simon Rattle conducting the LSO at the Barbican
Bristol Beacon

On Tour in Bristol

Sir Simon Rattle and Lucy Crowe

Friday 29 May 2026 • 7pm

Lucy Crowe joins the LSO and Sir Simon Rattle for Mahler's Symphony No 4, alongside beautiful late songs by Richard Strauss.

On Tour in Paris
Sir Simon Rattle conducting the LSO at the Barbican
Philharmonie de Paris

On Tour in Paris

Sir Simon Rattle and Lucy Crowe

Sunday 31 May 2026 • 7pm

Lucy Crowe joins the LSO and Sir Simon Rattle for Mahler's Symphony No 4, alongside beautiful late works by Richard Strauss.