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In Person Events
![110924 Pappano event masthead C Frances Marshall A portrait photo of Sir Antonio Pappano, standing against a grey background with his arms folded.](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2024/04/110924-Pappano-event-masthead-C-Frances-Marshall.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
On Tour in New York
Sir Antonio Pappano and Janine Jansen
Wednesday 5 March 2025 • 8pm
For two consecutive nights, Sir Antonio Pappano leads the London Symphony Orchestra in the Orchestra's long-awaited return to Carnegie Hall, with violinist Janine Jansen as soloist.
![241215 Pappano event masthead C Mark Allan Sir Antonio Pappano conducting, smiling and facing the musicians of the LSO.](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2024/04/151224-Pappano-event-masthead-C-Mark-Allan.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
On Tour in New York
Sir Antonio Pappano and Yunchan Lim
Thursday 6 March 2025 • 8pm
The London Symphony Orchestra returns to Carnegie Hall for the first time in 20 years, under the leadership of Chief Conductor Sir Antonio Pappano, joined by soloist Yunchan Lim.
![Family Concert Audience The audience at an LSO Discovery Family Concert](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2023/03/49_26-Nov_Family-Concert_Liam-Hennebry_resized.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Family Concert
Recommended for children aged 7+ and their families
Sunday 9 March 2025 • 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.
![13 March 2025_250313_Barbara Hannigan_event masthead_Mark Allan Barbara Hannigan conducting the LSO, lunging forwards](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2024/03/13-March-2025-250313-Barbara-Hannigan_event-masthead_Mark-Allan.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Britten and Haydn 'London' Symphony
Barbara Hannigan and Stéphane Degout
Thursday 13 March 2025 • 7pm
Haydn, Britten, Roussel and Ravel all conjure up faraway lands, both real and imagined. The sensational Barbara Hannigan conducts and sings, alongside baritone Stéphane Degout.
![Wynton Marsalis event masthead C Clay McBride Headshot of the trumpeter Wynton Marsalis](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2024/04/Wynton-Marsalis-event-masthead-C-Clay-McBride.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Wynton Marsalis' 'The Jungle'
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Saturday 15 March 2025 • 7pm
Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO blend jazz, blues and classical music in a crossover collaboration with JLCO, performing Wynton Marsalis' wild musical portrait of New York.
![Barbara Hannigan c Kevin Leighton Barbara Hannigan conudcting on the Barbican stage](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2024/04/Untitled-design-11.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Half Six Fix: Bartók
Barbara Hannigan
Wednesday 19 March 2025 • 6.30pm
Spritely, thrilling and evocative: three short pieces take us on a journey beyond the concert hall.
![20 March 2025_250320_Barbara Hannigan_event masthead_Mark Allan Barbara Hannigan conducting the LSO, arms outstretched to either side.](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2024/03/20-March-2025-250320-Barbara-Hannigan-event-masthead-Mark-Allan.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Vivier, Haydn and Bartók
Barbara Hannigan
Thursday 20 March 2025 • 7pm
Miracles and myths abound, from surreal ballet to Finnish landscape, with music by Sibelius, Debussy, Haydn, Vivier and a new piece from Golfam Khayam.
![250323 Pappano event masthead C Frances Marshall A portrait photo of Sir Antonio Pappano, against a grey background, looking away from the camera into the distance.](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2024/04/230325-Pappano-event-masthead-C-Frances-Marshall.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Beethoven 'Choral' Symphony
Sir Antonio Pappano
Sunday 23 March 2025 • 7pm
Tippett’s moving pacifist oratorio, A Child of Our Time, meets Beethoven’s immense ‘Choral’ symphony – 200 years after its premiere.
![Nicola Benedetti c Andy Gotts Nicola Benedetti holding violin and smiling.](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2024/03/Untitled-design-7.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
MacMillan and Shostakovich 12
Gianandrea Noseda and Nicola Benedetti
Thursday 3 April 2025 • 7pm
James MacMillian's dedicatee Nicola Benedetti performs his Violin Concerto No 2 and Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda conducts Shostakovich Symphony No 12.
![Gianandrea Noseda Half Six Fix c Tom Lovatt Gianandrea Noseda gives his pre-concert talk to the Barbican Hall. He is wearing all black and holding a microphone](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2024/03/Untitled-design-8.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Half Six Fix: Schubert and Prokofiev
Gianandrea Noseda
Wednesday 9 April 2025 • 6.30pm
Gianandrea Noseda introduces works by Franz Schubert and Sergei Prokofiev in this early-evening Half Six Fix concert, filled with edge-of-your-seat intensity.
![Alice Sara Ott Masthead c Mark Allan Pianist Alice Sara Ott performs on the Barbican Stage. She is wearing a black sleeveless top and has short black hair in a bob cut.](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2024/03/Alice-Sara-Ott-Masthead-c-Mark-Allan.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Beethoven and Prokofiev 2
Gianandrea Noseda and Alice Sara Ott
Thursday 10 April 2025 • 7pm
Prokofiev’s mind-blowing Second Symphony, plus early Beethoven, in his First Piano Concerto, and a charming opener from Schubert.
![Lisa Batiashvili and Gianandrea Noseda Masthead c Mark Allan Violinist Lisa Batiashvili and conductor Gianandrea Noseda performing in the Barbican Hall.](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2024/03/Lisa-Batiashvili-and-Gianandrea-Noseda-Masthead-c-Mark-Allan.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Schnittke, Shostakovich and Brahms
LSO Artist Portrait: Lisa Batiashvili
Sunday 13 April 2025 • 7pm
Orchestral fireworks with Shostakovich's Second Symphony and early Schnittke, joined by the London Symphony Chorus for some stirring Brahms.