Find out more about the music and performers with our concert programmes.
For LSO concerts at the Barbican, you can pick up a free printed programme before the concert, or download a PDF to view in advance. We ask you not to read programmes on your phone during the concert.
For concerts at LSO St Luke's, digital programme notes are available to read online, and can be viewed on mobile in the Jerwood Hall using the free WiFi. For concerts in partnership with BBC Radio 3, you can download and print a programme in advance. Free print outs will be available in the hall.
Spring 2022
May
Wednesday 18 May (LSO St Luke's): Boulanger, Dalbavie & Tchaikovsky
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Sunday 15 May (Barbican): Mahler Fifth Symphony
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Friday 13 May (LSO St Luke's): BBC Radio 3 Artist Spotlight: Gareth Davies & Michael McHale
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Sunday 8 May (Barbican): Sibelius Second Symphony
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Friday 6 May (LSO St Luke's): BBC Radio 3 Artist Spotlight: Nicholas Daniel & Huw Watkins
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April
Friday 29 April (LSO St Luke's): LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert
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Thursday 28 April (Barbican): Kurt Weill
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Wednesday 27 April (Barbican): Half Six Fix: The Seven Deadly Sins
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Sunday 24 April 7pm (Barbican): Stravinsky The Firebird
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Sunday 10 April 7pm (Barbican): Prokofiev Fifth Symphony
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Friday 8 April 12.30pm (LSO St Luke's): LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert
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Sunday 3 April 7pm (Barbican): LSO Futures
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Friday 1 April 12.30pm (LSO St Luke's): LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert (Relaxed Performance)
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March
Thursday 31 March 10am & 2.30pm (LSO St Luke's): Panufnik Composer Workshops
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Monday 28 March 7.30pm (LSO St Luke's): LSO Discovery Sing Stars
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Friday 25 March 6pm (LSO St Luke's): BBC Radio 3 Concert: Gould Piano Trio
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Friday 25 March 1pm (LSO St Luke's): BBC Radio 3 Concert: Nash Ensemble
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Friday 18 March 6pm (LSO St Luke's): BBC Radio 3 Concert: Pavel Kolesnikov & Samson Tsoy
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Friday 18 March 1pm (LSO St Luke's): BBC Radio 3 Concert: Ashley Riches & Joseph Middleton
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Saturday 12 March 6.30pm (LSO St Luke's): Beethoven Violin Concerto
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Thursday 10 March 7pm (Barbican): Dvořák, Walker & Schumann
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Wednesday 9 March 7pm (Barbican): Sibelius & Bartók
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Sunday 6 March 7pm (Barbican): Haydn The Creation
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Friday 4 March 7pm (LSO St Luke's): BBC Radio 3 Concert: Leonore Trio
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Thursday 3 March 8pm (Barbican): Haydn The Creation
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> Pre-concert performances digital guide
February
Thursday 24 February 7pm (Barbican): La voix humaine
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Wednesday 23 February 6.30pm (Barbican): Half Six Fix: La voix humaine
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Thursday 17 February 7pm (Barbican): Copland, Offenbach & Weill
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Sunday 13 February 7pm (Barbican): Beethoven 'Emperor' & Shostakovich
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Friday 11 February 6pm (LSO St Lukes): Rachmaninoff & Friends: Boris Giltburg
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Friday 11 February 1pm (LSO St Lukes): Rachmaninoff & Friends: Olena Tokar & James Baillieu
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Sunday 6 February 7pm (Barbican): Beethoven 'Emperor' & Shostakovich
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Thursday 3 February 7pm (Barbican): Shostakovich & Beethoven
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January
Thursday 27 January 7pm (Barbican): Tchaikovsky Fifth Symphony
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Friday 21 January 12.30pm (LSO St Luke's): LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert
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Friday 14 January 1pm (LSO St Luke's): BBC Radio 3 Concert: Simon Crawford-Phillips & Philip Moore
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Sunday 9 January 7pm (Barbican): Julian Anderson, Webern & Dvořák
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Thursday 6 January 7pm (Barbican): Unsuk Chin, Sibelius & Bartók
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Autumn 2021
December
Thursday 16 December 7pm (Barbican): Debussy, Berlioz & Mahler
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Wednesday 15 December 6.30pm (Barbican): Half Six Fix: Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
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Thursday 9 December 7pm (Barbican) Rózsa & Bartók
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Wednesday 8 December 6.30pm (Barbican): Half Six Fix: Mahler 4
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November
Sunday 28 November 3pm (Barbican): A Choral Winter Celebration
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Friday 26 November 12.30pm (LSO St Luke's): Friday Lunchtime Concert (Relaxed performance)
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Thursday 25 November 7pm (Barbican): Prokofiev & Strauss
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Saturday 20 November 8pm (LSO St Luke's): Ayanna Witter-Johnson & LSO Percussion Ensemble
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Friday 19 November 7.30pm (Barbican): Soweto Kinch White Juju, EFG London Jazz Festival
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Friday 19 November 12.30pm (LSO St Luke's): LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert
> Digital concert programme
Saturday 13 November 7.30pm (LSO St Luke's): LSO Jerwood Composer+ Feral: Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding
> Digital concert programme
Thursday 11 November 7pm (Barbican): Gossec, Saint-Saëns & Beethoven
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Wednesday 10 November 6.30pm (Barbican): Half Six Fix: Beethoven 3
> Digital concert programme
October
Sunday 31 October 7pm (Barbican): Artist Portrait: Antoine Tamestit
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Friday 29 October 1pm (LSO St Luke's): BBC Radio 3 Concert: Antoine Tamestit & Arod Quartet
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Thursday 28 October 7pm (Barbican): Artist Portrait: Antoine Tamestit
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Saturday 23 October 7.30pm (LSO St Luke's): LSO Jerwood Composer+ The Diasporic Quartets
> Digital concert programme
Friday 22 October 12.30pm (LSO St Luke's): LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert
> Digital concert programme
Friday 15 October 6pm (LSO St Luke's): BBC Radio 3 Concert: Antoine Tamestit & Friends
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Friday 15 October 1pm (LSO St Luke's): BBC Radio 3 Concert: Antoine Tamestit & Friends
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Thursday 14 October (LSO St Luke's): Walton & Brahms
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Sunday 10 October (Barbican): Boulanger, Prokofiev, Dvořák & Debussy
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Friday 8 October (LSO St Luke's): Artist Portrait Antoine Tamestit & Friends: with Colin Currie
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Wednesday 6 October (Barbican): Artist Portrait Antoine Tamestit (Martinů & Shostakovich)
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Friday 1 October (LSO St Luke's) BBC Radio 3 Concerts
1pm Haydn Plus: Trio Karenine
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6pm Haydn Plus: Aris Quartet
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September 2021
Sunday 19 September 7pm (Barbican): Bruckner's Journey to the 'Romantic' Symphony
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Friday 17 September (LSO St Luke's): BBC Radio 3 Concerts
> 1pm: digital concert programme
> 6pm: digital concert programme
Thursday 16 September 7pm (Barbican): Ondřej Adámek & Beethoven
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Wednesday 15 September 6.30pm (Barbican): Half Six Fix Beethoven 6
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Sunday 12 September 7pm (Barbican): Season Launch: New Music Britain
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Friday 10 September 12.30pm (LSO St Luke's): LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert: String Experience
> Digital programme notes
2020/21 Season
August 2021
Friday 27 August 11am & 1pm (LSO St Luke's): Summer Shorts | Rebecca Gilliver, Juliana Koch & Michael McHale
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Friday 20 August 11am & 1pm (LSO St Luke's): Summer Shorts | Naoko Keatley & Zeynep Özsuca
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Sunday 15 August 6.30pm (Trafalgar Square & YouTube): BMW Classics
> Digital concert guide
Friday 13 August 11am & 1pm (LSO St Luke's): Summer Shorts | Gareth Davies & Michael McHale
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Friday 6 August 11am & 1pm (LSO St Luke's): Summer Shorts | LSO Percussion Ensemble
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Sunday 1 August 7pm (LSO St Luke's): Blurred Boundaries
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Sunday 1 August 11am & 1pm (LSO St Luke's): LSO Brass Ensemble
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July 2021
Saturday 31 July 8pm (LSO St Luke's): Blurred Boundaries
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Saturday 31 July 11am & 1pm (LSO St Luke's): LSO Chamber Ensemble
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Saturday 17 July 7pm (LSO St Luke's): LSO Soundhub Showcase – Phase II
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Friday 16 July 12.30pm (LSO St Luke's): Free Friday Lunchtime Concert – LSO Soundhub
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June 2021
Wednesday 23 June 6.30pm (LSO St Luke's): BBC Radio 3 Early Evening Concert – Benjamin Grosvenor
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Wednesday 23 June 1pm (LSO St Luke's): BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert – Laura van der Heijden & Jâms Coleman
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Tuesday 22 June 1pm (LSO St Luke's): BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert – Mark Simpson & Richard Uttley
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Friday 18 June 12.30pm (LSO St Luke's): Free Friday Lunchtime Concert – Guildhall Singers
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Sunday 13 June 6.30pm: LSO Futures
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Free WiFi is available in the Hall for you to view digital programmes during the concert.
> Print-at-home programme
You can bring a copy of our print-at-home alternative with you if you would prefer. Please recycle your programme after use.
Friday 11 June 12.30pm (LSO St Luke's): Free Friday Lunchtime Concert – Relaxed performance
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Friday 4 June 6.30pm (LSO St Luke's): BBC Radio 3 Early Evening Concert – Rachel Podger, Reiko Ichise, Rachel Brown & Chad Kelly
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Friday 4 June 1pm (LSO St Luke's): BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert – Illyria Consort
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May 2021
Sunday 30 May 5.30pm (LSO St Luke's): Copland, Shostakovich & Tchaikovsky
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> Print-at-home programme
Friday 28 May 12.30pm (LSO St Luke's): Free Friday Lunchtime Concert
> Digital programme notes
Thursday 27 May 7pm (Marquee TV): Strauss & Wagner
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Thursday 27 May 6.30pm (Barbican): Grieg, Rachmaninoff & Beethoven
This concert is dedicated to the memory of Dvora Lewis.
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> Print-at-home programme
Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 May 3.30pm (Barbican): Grieg, Rachmaninoff & Beethoven
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> Print-at-home programme
Sunday 23 May (medici.tv): Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition
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Tuesday 18 May (Barbican): Britten, Fauré & Dvořák
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> Print-at-home programme
Sunday 16 May (YouTube): LSO Panufnik Composers present …
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Thursday 13 May (Marquee TV): The Individual Heart: A loving portrait of Percy Aldridge Grainger
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Thursday 6 May (Marquee TV): Strauss, Liszt & Rota
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April 2021
Thursday 29 April (Marquee TV): Mark Simpson & Tchaikovsky
Tuesday 27 April (BBC Radio 3): Herrmann, Barber & Vaughan Williams
Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 April (YouTube): Beethoven Piano Concertos
Friday 23 April (YouTube): LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert
February 2021
Friday 26 February (YouTube): LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert – Relaxed performance
Thursday 25 February (Marquee TV): Bacewicz, Strauss & Schreker
Friday 19 February (YouTube): LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert
Friday 12 February (YouTube): LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert
Thursday 4 February (Marquee TV): Ginastera, Gerhard & Dvořák
December 2020
Tuesday 15 December (LSO St Luke's): Stravinsky
Sunday 13 December (YouTube): A Singalong Christmas
Sunday 13 December (LSO St Luke's): Stravinsky & Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5
Wednesday 9 December (LSO St Luke's): Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4
Sunday 6 December (online): Weinberg & Shchedrin (also broadcast 2 December on BBC Radio 3 & 17 December on Takt1)
Saturday 5 December (LSO St Luke's): Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 3
November 2020
Friday 27 November: LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert
Sunday 22 November: Schnittke, Siem & Mozart
Friday 20 November: LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert
Tuesday 17 November: Bacewicz, Haydn & Beethoven (streamed online Sunday 29 November)
Friday 13 November: LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert
Thursday 5 November: Sibelius, Mendelssohn & Saariaho (streamed online Sunday 15 November)
Sunday 1 November: Bartók Duke Bluebeard's Castle (recorded Wednesday 2 September)
October 2020
Friday 30 October: BBC Radio 3 Rush Hour Concert | Alina Ibragimova & Alasdair Beatson
Friday 30 October: BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert | Alina Ibragimova
Wednesday 28 October: Mendelssohn, Boulanger & Schumann (streamed online Thursday 29 October)
Friday 23 October: LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert
Friday 16 October: BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert | Kitty Whately, Timothy Ridout & Joseph Middleton (broadcast Thursday 22 October)
Wednesday 7 October: Strauss, Hannah Kendall & Bartók (streamed online Sunday 18 October)
Friday 2 October: BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert | Peter Donohoe (broadcast Wednesday 21 October)
September 2020
Wednesday 30 September: Stravinsky & Dvořák
Friday 25 September: BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert | Heath Quartet (broadcast Friday 23 October)
Wednesday 23 September: Dvořák, Tippett & Beethoven (streamed online Thursdays 15 & 29 October)
Sunday 13 September: Milhaud, George Walker & Beethoven (streamed online Saturday 19 September)
Wednesday 9 September: Knussen, Turnage & Britten
Sunday 6 September: Online Event | Bernstein, Fauré, Berlioz & Gershwin
Friday 4 September: BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert | Horn Trio (broadcast Tuesday 20 October)
Wednesday 2 September: Duke Bluebeard's Castle (streamed online Sunday 1 November)
