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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.
Limited Tickets
Dutch Masters: Lucie Horsch
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Friday 15 January 2027 • 12.30pm
Recorder player Lucie Horsch and harpsichordist Jonathan Cohen come together for this BBC Radio 3 concert.
On Tour in Paris
Sir Simon Rattle
Friday 15 January 2027 • 8pm
Sir Simon Rattle conducts 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.
On Tour in Paris
John Adams and Víkingur Ólafsson
Saturday 16 January 2027 • 8pm
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.
Do Machines Make Music?
Gresham College Lecture Series
Wednesday 20 January 2027 • 6pm
Milton Mermikides, Professor of Music at Gresham College, gives a free, one-hour lecture on music. Here he explores the interaction between technology and creativity, asking where our musical selves end and that of our machine collaborators begin.
Prokofiev Sonatas: Giorgi Gigashvili
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Thursday 21 January 2027 • 12.30pm
Georgian pianist Giorgi Gigashvili presents a performance of Prokofiev’s Sonatas in this BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert.
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Friday 22 January 2027 • 12.30pm
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective begin their BBC Radio 3 series with works by Héritte-Viardot and Dvořák.
Free Friday Lunchtime Concert
LSO Discovery
Friday 29 January 2027 • 12.30pm
Make lunchtime musical with a free, bite-size concert with a small group of orchestral musicians.
Symphonic Cinema: The Planets
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: The Planets
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.
Mahan Esfahani & Friends: Mahan Esfahani and Tamsin Waley-Cohen
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Thursday 4 February 2027 • 12.30pm
The second of three BBC Radio 3 concerts featuring Mahan Esfahani, joined by Tamsin Waley-Cohen.
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.
