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![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.
![Sir Simon Rattle with the LSO on the Barbican stage Sir Simon Rattle with the LSO on the Barbican stage](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2023/05/Sir-Simon-Rattle-with-the-LSO-on-the-Barbican-stage.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Janáček The Excursions of Mr Brouček
Sir Simon Rattle
Sunday 4 May 2025 • 7pm
Sir Simon Rattle conducts a concert performance of Leoš Janáček’s colourful satirical opera.
![Sir Simon Rattle conducting the LSO Sir Simon Rattle conducting the LSO](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2023/03/71_29-Feb_Shostakovich-4_Mark-Allan_resized.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Janáček The Excursions of Mr Brouček
Sir Simon Rattle
Tuesday 6 May 2025 • 7pm
Sir Simon Rattle conducts a concert performance of Leoš Janáček’s colourful, satirical opera.
![Gustavo Dudamel event masthead C Danny Clinch Conductor Gustavo Dudamel looking towards the camera and holding a conducting baton](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2024/04/Gustavo-Dudamel-event-masthead-C-Danny-Clinch.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Strauss and Ravel
Gustavo Dudamel and Marina Rebeka
Wednesday 14 May 2025 • 7pm
Stories of faraway lands, opulence, and scandal, from Ravel's exotic Shéhérazade to Strauss' golden Der Rosenkavalier.
![Susanna Mälkki Conductor Susanna Mälkki](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2023/03/50_30-Nov_Spotlight-Artist-Kirill-Gerstein_Mallki_Mark-Allan_resized.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Perry, Stravinsky and Bartók
Susanna Mälkki and Leila Josefowicz
Sunday 18 May 2025 • 7pm
Life-enhancing flare and melody in Stravinsky's Violin Concerto, and showpieces for orchestra by Bartók and Julia Perry.
![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_039.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Half Six Fix: Berlioz
Sir Antonio Pappano
Wednesday 21 May 2025 • 6.30pm
Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert, delving into the musical imagination of Hector Berlioz. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.
![220525 Lisa Batiashvili event masthead C Sammy Hart Deutsche Grammophon Lisa Batiashvili, holding her violin in one hand, with her other hand leaning against a grey wall.](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2024/04/220525-Lisa-Batiashvili-event-masthead-C-Sammy-Hart-Deutsche-Grammophon-e1712691434531.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Szymanowski and Symphonie fantastique
LSO Artist Portrait: Lisa Batiashvili
Thursday 22 May 2025 • 7pm
Dreams and fantasies from enigmatic Szymanowski, in his Violin Concerto, to Berlioz’s most rock’n’roll work, the Symphonie fantastique.
![250525 Lisa Batiashvili event masthead C Andre Josselin Violinist Lisa Batiashvili standing, facing the camera, with her head rested on her hand.](https://images.lso.co.uk/uploads/2024/04/250525-Lisa-Batiashvili-event-masthead-C-Andre-Josselin.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Mozart and Strauss Ein Heldenleben
LSO Artist Portrait: Lisa Batiashvili
Sunday 25 May 2025 • 7pm
Two portraits from a magician of orchestral colour, Richard Strauss – plus a young Mozart dances on the violin, in his Fifth Violin Concerto.
![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
Saturday 21 June 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.