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In Person Events
On Tour in Budapest
Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho
Wednesday 1 October 2025 • 7.30pm
Music by Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Beethoven on tour in Budapest, with Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho.
On Tour in Brussels
Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho
Saturday 4 October 2025 • 8pm
Music by Shostakovich, Chopin and Rossini on tour in Brussels, with Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho.
On Tour in Essen
Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho
Sunday 5 October 2025 • 7pm
Music by Rossini, Chopin and Shostakovich on tour in Essen, with Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho.
On Tour in Hamburg
Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho
Monday 6 October 2025 • 8pm
Music by Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Beethoven on tour in Hamburg, with Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho.
On Tour in Hamburg
Sir Antonio Pappano and Janine Jansen
Tuesday 7 October 2025 • 8pm
Music by Britten and Copland on tour in Hamburg, with Sir Antonio Pappano and Janine Jansen.
On Tour in Hanoi
Sir Antonio Pappano
Friday 10 October 2025 • 8pm
Music by Beethoven and Shostakoivch on tour in Hanoi, with Sir Antonio Pappano and LSO.
On Tour in Hanoi
Sir Antonio Pappano
Saturday 11 October 2025 • 8pm
Music by Beethoven and Shostakoivch on tour in Hanoi, with Sir Antonio Pappano and LSO.
Sibelius, Ruders, Paxton and Adès
Thomas Adès and Sean Shibe
Sunday 19 October 2025 • 7pm
Thomas Adès leads the LSO in Poul Ruders' kaleidoscopic Second Guitar Concerto, with soloist Sean Shibe, Sibelius’ rich, evocative Third Symphony, a UK premiere by Alex Paxton, and Adès' own Aquifer.
Music from the North: Sibelius, Adès & Rautavaara
Thomas Adès and Johan Dalene
Thursday 23 October 2025 • 7pm
Thomas Adès leads us through the shimmering sounds of Sibelius and Rautavaara, with soloist Johan Dalene, and conjures magical images in his own evocation of a Celtic legend.
Music of Animals
Gresham College Lecture Series
Wednesday 29 October 2025 • 6pm
Milton Mermikides, Professor of Music at Gresham College, gives a free, one-hour lecture on the nature of music. Here he explores how animal behaviours form an unwitting orchestra and explore whether music is uniquely human or a shared language with our animal cousins.
Half Six Fix: Stravinsky
Ryan Bancroft
Wednesday 29 October 2025 • 6.30pm
Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Conductor Ryan Bancroft makes his debut with the LSO, introducing and conducting Stravinsky's The Firebird, music that paints a fantastical world of mythical lands and creatures.
Stravinsky's Firebird, Shostakovich and Gubaidulina
Ryan Bancroft and Clara-Jumi Kang
Thursday 30 October 2025 • 7pm
Stravinsky and Gubaidulina breathe vivid, visceral life into Russian fairy tales, plus Shostakovich’s most beautiful and riveting concerto – with conductor Ryan Bancroft and violinist Clara-Jumi Kang.
