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![250126-Pierre-Boulez-event-masthead-©-LSO-Archives Black and white portrait photo of Pierre Boulez](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2024/03/250126-Pierre-Boulez-event-masthead--LSO-Archives.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
LSO Futures: Homage to Pierre Boulez
François-Xavier Roth
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.
![Conductor Daniel Harding Conductor Daniel Harding](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2023/03/77_24-March_Mahler-5_Daniel-Harding_resized.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
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.
![2024-Half-Six-Fix-general-©-Kevin-Leighton LSO Violinist Maxine Kwok introducing the LSO on the Barbican stage, at a Half Six Fix concert.](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2024/04/2024-Half-Six-Fix-general--Kevin-Leighton.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
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.
![Violinist Janine Jansen C Mark Allan Violinist Janine Jansen](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2023/03/84_14-April_Boulanger-Barber-Rachmaninoff_Mark-Allan_resized.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
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.
![Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha wearing a black dress and silver jewellery, posing with one hand on her hip.](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2023/03/59_31-Jan_Mendelssohn-Elijah_c.-Vera-Elma-Vacek-1_resized.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
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'.
![Sir Antonio Pappano Half Six Fix Sir Antonio Pappano preseting to the crowd in the Barbican hall during a Half Six Fix.](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2024/04/LSO-HSF_050.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
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 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.