What’s on

Thu 21 Nov 2024, 19:30

The LSO is joined by the Mercury Prize-nominated ensemble seed., led by saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi, for an evening of new and classic music celebrating the natural world.

Fri 22 Nov 2024, 12:30

Make lunchtime musical with a free, bite-size concert, suitable for everyone over the age of 5. Hear live music up close, with small groups of LSO musicians.

Tue 26 Nov 2024

A pianist, a ballerina, state-of-the-art animations and digital effects. The Nutcracker for the 21st century.

Wed 27 Nov 2024, 18:30

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

Thu 28 Nov 2024, 19:00

Two sound worlds, two centuries apart: Lachenmann’s Melodies meets Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. 

Thu 28 Nov –Tue 3 Dec 2024

Outstanding performers from the first year of Guildhall School’s Opera Course present classical and contemporary operatic excerpts with piano accompaniment.

Fri 29 Nov 2024, 19:30

Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Haydn’s Nelson Mass and pure sonic wonder from Samy Moussa. Hannu Lintu conducts a concert of outsize emotions and truly spectacular sounds. 

Sat 30 Nov 2024, 20:00

Celebrated as one of the world's most versatile and expressive Mohan Veena (slide guitar) players, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt brings his Desert Slide ensemble to the Hall. 

Sun 1 Dec 2024, 14:30

We all want just one more story – whether it’s another picture book or another episode of our favourite TV show – but there’s more than one way to tell a tale!

Sun 1 Dec 2024, 16:00

‘Bold, brilliant, and daring women’ nourish Samantha Ege’s recital of 20th and 21st century piano music, including a work by Havanan ‘fusionista’ Camila Cortina Bello. 

Sun 1 Dec 2024, 20:30

Powerhouse percussion ensemble Sō Percussion and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and singer Caroline Shaw return to perform music from their upcoming album, Rectangles and Circumstance.

Wed 4 Dec 2024, 19:30

Appearing as both pianist and composer, Stephen Hough wraps fiery Schumann and Chopin around the London premiere of his own sonatina. 

Thu 5 Dec 2024, 19:30

The BBC Singers join forces once more with their Artist in Association Abel Selaocoe, for a concert of music for the Christmas season from around the world. 

Fri 6 Dec 2024, 19:30

Respighi’s Roman spectacular and a new American classic frame Prokofiev’s most thrilling piano concerto in this BBC Symphony Orchestra debut for conductor Jonathon Heyward and pianist Yeol Eum Son. 

Sat 7 Dec 2024, 18:00

Two Junior Guildhall ensembles – the Symphony Orchestra and String Ensemble – take to the stage to perform pieces by Nino Rota, Finzi, Strauss and Borodin.