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Christmas Swing: Gershwin, Bernstein and Tchaikovsky
Barbican

Christmas Swing: Gershwin, Bernstein and Tchaikovsky

Sir Antonio Pappano and Frank Dupree

Wednesday 18 December 2024 • 7pm

Classical meets jazz with some festive favourites – plus a riotous ride with Kapustin, Gershwin’s most swinging tunes, and Bernstein at his exuberant best. Sir Antonio Pappano is joined by pianist Frank Dupree and the LSO's own Sérgio Pires.

Christmas Swing: Gershwin, Bernstein and Tchaikovsky
Frank Dupree smiling and sitting on a piano stool, with his back against a grand piano.
Barbican

Christmas Swing: Gershwin, Bernstein and Tchaikovsky

Sir Antonio Pappano and Frank Dupree

Thursday 19 December 2024 • 7pm

Classical meets jazz with some festive favourites – plus a riotous ride with Kapustin, Gershwin’s most swinging tunes, and Bernstein at his exuberant best. Sir Antonio Pappano is joined by pianist Frank Dupree and the LSO's own Sérgio Pires.

Half Six Fix: Brahms
Sir Simon Rattle presenting
Barbican

Half Six Fix: Brahms

Sir Simon Rattle

Wednesday 8 January 2025 • 6.30pm

Sir Simon Rattle conducts and presents Johannes Brahms' Symphony No 4, in our 60-minute Half Six Fix concert.

Limited Tickets

Boulez, Benjamin and Brahms 4
Sir Simon Rattle conducting
Barbican

Boulez, Benjamin and Brahms 4

Sir Simon Rattle and Barbara Hannigan

Thursday 9 January 2025 • 7pm

Pierre Boulez’s glittering sound world, late Brahms, and a lyrical world premiere from George Benjamin – to celebrate Sir Simon Rattle’s 70th birthday.

Tippett, Turnage and Vaughan Williams 5
Sir Simon Rattle conducting the LSO
Barbican

Tippett, Turnage and Vaughan Williams 5

Sir Simon Rattle and John Scofield

Sunday 12 January 2025 • 7pm

An all-British programme of Tippett, Turnage and Vaughan Williams featuring guitarist John Scofield, to celebrate Sir Simon Rattle’s 70th birthday. 

LSO Futures: Homage to Pierre Boulez
Black and white portrait photo of Pierre Boulez
Barbican

LSO Futures: Homage to Pierre Boulez

Sunday 26 January 2025 • 7pm

Celebrating Pierre Boulez and his influences, in the composer’s centenary year: his beloved Debussy, alongside three intriguing world premieres.

Schumann and Mahler 7
Conductor Daniel Harding
Barbican

Schumann and Mahler 7

Daniel Harding and Daniil Trifonov

Sunday 2 February 2025 • 7pm

Two composers at their romantic best in Mahler's imaginative Seventh Symphony and Schumann's Piano Concerto.

Limited Tickets

Half Six Fix: Walton
LSO Violinist Maxine Kwok introducing the LSO on the Barbican stage, at a Half Six Fix concert.
Barbican

Half Six Fix: Walton

Sir Antonio Pappano

Wednesday 5 February 2025 • 6.30pm

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert, introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Walker, Bernstein and Walton 1
Violinist Janine Jansen
Barbican

Walker, Bernstein and Walton 1

Sir Antonio Pappano and Janine Jansen

Thursday 6 February 2025 • 7pm

Walton’s turbulent first Symphony, and a pair of passionate statements of love and outrage from two American greats. Sir Antonio Pappano conducts, joined by violinist Janine Jansen.

Maconchy, Walton and Vaughan Williams 1
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha wearing a black dress and silver jewellery, posing with one hand on her hip.
Barbican

Maconchy, Walton and Vaughan Williams 1

Sir Antonio Pappano and Rebecca Gilliver

Sunday 9 February 2025 • 7pm

Evocative portraits of night and the sea in an all-British programme: enigmatic Maconchy, meditative Walton, and awe-inspiring Vaughan Williams, in his 'Sea Symphony'.

Half Six Fix: Vaughan Williams
Sir Antonio Pappano preseting to the crowd in the Barbican hall during a Half Six Fix.
Barbican

Half Six Fix: Vaughan Williams

Sir Antonio Pappano

Wednesday 12 February 2025 • 6.30pm

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert, focused on Vaughan Williams' 'Sea Symphony'. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Family Concert
The audience at an LSO Discovery Family Concert
Barbican

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.