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Rautavaara and Wagner
Yuja Wang sat at a piano, smiling and facing towards the camera.
Barbican

Rautavaara and Wagner

Tarmo Peltokoski and Yuja Wang

Sunday 1 March 2026 • 7pm

Star pianist Yuja Wang brings her superlative technique and dynamism to Rautavaara, and the LSO joins the young Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski for an unforgettable Wagnerian journey.

Half Six Fix: Laura Bowler
Barbara Hannigan standing, facing the camera
Barbican

Half Six Fix: Laura Bowler

Bar Avni and Barbara Hannigan

Wednesday 4 March 2026 • 6.30pm

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Featuring Barbara Hannigan & rising star Bar Avni in Laura Bowler’s powerful new work, inspired by Han Kang’s The White Book

Bowler, Ligeti and Richard Strauss
Barbara Hannigan conducting the LSO, arms outstretched to either side.
Barbican

Bowler, Ligeti and Richard Strauss

Barbara Hannigan and Bar Avni

Thursday 5 March 2026 • 7pm

Barbara Hannigan is vocal soloist for Laura Bowler’s new work, alongside conducter Bar Avni, and then leads the LSO herself in groundbreaking Ligeti and Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra.

Family Concert
The audience at an LSO Discovery Family Concert
Barbican

Family Concert

Recommended for children aged 7+ and their families

Sunday 8 March 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.

Half Six Fix: From the New World
Conductor Anja Bihlmaier sitting on a table resting her head on her hand.
Barbican

Half Six Fix: From the New World

Anja Bihlmaier

Wednesday 25 March 2026 • 6.30pm

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Anja Bihlmaier conducts and introduces Dvořák's Symphony No 9, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Bernstein, Liebermann and Dvořák
Gareth playing his flute
Barbican

Bernstein, Liebermann and Dvořák

Anja Bihlmaier and Gareth Davies

Thursday 26 March 2026 • 7pm

Anja Bihlmaier conducts Dvořák’s Symphony No 9, Bernstein’s gritty portrait of New York, and a new Flute Concerto by Lowell Liebermann, with the LSO's own Gareth Davies as soloist.

Half Six Fix: Shostakovich 5
Sir Antonio Pappano standing on the podium, facing the audience in the Barbican Hall, talking into a microphone
Barbican

Half Six Fix: Shostakovich 5

Sir Antonio Pappano

Wednesday 15 April 2026 • 6.30pm

Kick-start your evening with this 60-minute Half Six Fix concert, conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Holst, Korngold and Shostakovich
A violinist performs a solo in front of an attentive orchestra conductor and orchestra members in a concert hall setting.
Barbican

Holst, Korngold and Shostakovich

Sir Antonio Pappano and Vilde Frang

Thursday 16 April 2026 • 7pm

The exceptional Vilde Frang performs Korngold's sweeping and cinematic Violin Concerto whilst Shostakovich’s Fifth unleashes its big tunes and white-hot intensity.

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
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

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius

Sir Antonio Pappano

Sunday 19 April 2026 • 7pm

Sir Antonio Pappano, the LSO, and the London Symphony Chorus bring Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius to life – a powerful oratorio filled with drama, beauty, angels and demons.

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the LSO at the Barbican
Barbican

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius

Sir Antonio Pappano

Tuesday 21 April 2026 • 7pm

Sir Antonio Pappano, the LSO, and the London Symphony Chorus bring Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius to life—a powerful oratorio filled with drama, beauty, angels and demons.

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 Beatrice Rana

Sunday 10 May 2026 • 7pm

Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO and Italian pianist Beatrice Rana navigate beauty, grief, and turmoil with Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem, Bernstein’s The Age of Anxiety, and Tchaikovsky’s haunting Pathétique.

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.