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Family Concert
The audience at an LSO Discovery Family Concert
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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.

Britten and Haydn 'London' Symphony
Barbara Hannigan conducting the LSO, lunging forwards
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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' 'The Jungle'
Headshot of the trumpeter Wynton Marsalis
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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.

Half Six Fix: Bartók
Barbara Hannigan conudcting on the Barbican stage
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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.

Vivier, Haydn and Bartók
Barbara Hannigan conducting the LSO, arms outstretched to either side.
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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.

Beethoven 'Choral' Symphony
A portrait photo of Sir Antonio Pappano, against a grey background, looking away from the camera into the distance.
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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.

MacMillan and Shostakovich 12
Nicola Benedetti holding violin and smiling.
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MacMillan and Shostakovich 12

Gianandrea Noseda and Nicola Benedetti

Thursday 3 April 2025 • 7pm

James MacMillan's dedicatee Nicola Benedetti performs his Violin Concerto No 2 and Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda conducts Shostakovich Symphony No 12.

On Tour in Bristol
Nicola Benedetti holding violin and smiling.
Bristol Beacon

On Tour in Bristol

Gianandrea Noseda and Nicola Benedetti

Saturday 5 April 2025 • 7pm

Shostakovich in both revolutionary and festive mood, alongside a MacMillan Concerto, written especially for Nicola Benedetti.

Half Six Fix: Schubert and Prokofiev
Gianandrea Noseda gives his pre-concert talk to the Barbican Hall. He is wearing all black and holding a microphone
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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.

Beethoven and Prokofiev 2
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.
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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.

Schnittke, Shostakovich and Brahms
Violinist Lisa Batiashvili and conductor Gianandrea Noseda performing in the Barbican Hall.
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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.

Janáček The Excursions of Mr Brouček
Sir Simon Rattle with the LSO on the Barbican stage
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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.