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Family Concert
The audience at an LSO Discovery Family Concert
Barbican

Family Concert

Recommended for children aged 7 to 12 years old

Sunday 9 May 2027 • 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: Prokofiev
Gianandrea Noseda gives his pre-concert talk to the Barbican Hall. He is wearing all black and holding a microphone
Barbican

Half Six Fix: Prokofiev

Gianandrea Noseda

Wednesday 12 May 2027 • 6.30pm

Gianandrea Noseda embarks on a whistle-stop tour of Prokofiev's Italian-inspired operas with these two quirky orchestral suites.

Prokofiev and Sibelius
Znaider Nikola wearing a blue suit, sitting at a table next to his violin
Barbican

Prokofiev and Sibelius

Gianandrea Noseda and Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider

Thursday 13 May 2027 • 7pm

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and Gianandrea Noseda explore frozen Finnish landscapes in Sibelius' soaring Violin Concerto, alongside characterful orchestral suites from Prokofiev.

Schnittke and Stravinsky
David Cohen playing the cello on stage in the Barbican Hall
Barbican

Schnittke and Stravinsky

Gianandrea Noseda and David Cohen

Sunday 16 May 2027 • 7pm

LSO Principal Cello David Cohen takes centre stage for Schnittke's striking Cello Concerto No 1, ahead of a Stravinsky classic conducted by Gianandrea Noseda.

Mozart and Bruckner
Nathalie Stutzmann conducitng the LSO
Barbican

Mozart and Bruckner

Nathalie Stutzmann and Janine Jansen

Thursday 20 May 2027 • 7pm

Violinist Janine Jansen revels in Mozart’s ‘Turkish’ Violin Concerto, before conductor Nathalie Stutzmann reveals the sublime joy in Bruckner’s epic Fifth.

Verdi: La traviata
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

Verdi: La traviata

Sir Antonio Pappano

Saturday 29 May 2027 • 7pm

Sir Antonio Pappano returns for more dazzling opera-in-concert at the Barbican, this time with one of Verdi's most heartfelt masterpieces.

Verdi: La traviata
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

Verdi: La traviata

Sir Antonio Pappano

Monday 31 May 2027 • 7pm

Sir Antonio Pappano returns for more dazzling opera-in-concert at the Barbican, this time with one of Verdi's most heartfelt masterpieces.

LSO Discovery Showcase
Two LSO Discovery Participants playing the clarinet, with other musicians and the Barbican stage in the background
Barbican

LSO Discovery Showcase

Thursday 10 June 2027 • 7.30pm

Experience the work of our LSO Discovery participants in this joyous celebration of creativity.

An Evening with Alexandre Desplat
Side shot of Alexandre Desplat conducting, wearing a blue suit
Barbican

An Evening with Alexandre Desplat

Sunday 13 June 2027 • 7pm

Renowned film music composer Alexandre Desplat rejoins the Orchestra on stage to showcase highlights from his career and their decades-long collaboration.

LSO Futures
Elim Chan conducts the Orchestra standing on the podium with her back to the audience, her arms raised in the air.
Barbican

LSO Futures

Elim Chan and James Fountain

Thursday 17 June 2027 • 7pm

A chance to hear new works by composers from the LSO Helen Hamlyn Panufnik Composers’ Scheme, plus high energy from US composer John Adams.