Half Six Fix
![Sir Simon Rattle presenting from the Barbican stage](/sites/default/files/styles/hero_constrained_small/public/images/2024-01/classical_halfsixfix_rattle.jpg?itok=fRVmiKEd)
Come to a Half Six Fix for a burst of music with the London Symphony Orchestra to kick-start your evening.
Hear directly from the conductor about what makes the music so great. Then we play straight through: no interval. If you want to delve deeper, there’ll be digital programme notes to view on your phone.
Events
![London SymphonyOrchestra performing on the Barbican Hall stage.](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2024-06/231206%20Half%20Six%20Fix%20Tchaik%206%20-%20low%20res.%20Credit_Tom%20Lovatt-63.jpg?h=b7cf061f&itok=KsBllm5Z)
London Symphony Orchestra/ Half Six Fix – Beethoven
Kick-start your evening with a Half Six Fix concert. One piece in a 60-minute concert, introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.
![London SymphonyOrchestra string section performing on the Barbican Hall stage.](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2024-06/231206%20Half%20Six%20Fix%20Tchaik%206%20-%20low%20res.%20Credit_Tom%20Lovatt-70.jpg?h=51a20376&itok=narSJd0m)
London Symphony Orchestra/Half Six Fix – Lachenmann
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.
![Photo of Sir Simon Rattle conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in the Barbican Hall](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2017-10/pa_lso_10.jpg?h=73c17cfe&itok=aWWWqRrM)
London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Brahms
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.
![LSO Violinist Maxine Kwok introducing the LSO on the Barbican stage, at a Half Six Fix concert.](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2024-04/2024-Half-Six-Fix-general--Kevin-Leighton.jpg?itok=dOS9kiAs)
London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Walton
Kick-start your evening with a Half Six Fix concert. One piece in a 60-minute concert, introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.
![Audience members talking to each other at a Half Six Fix concert.](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2024-04/LSO-Half-Six-Fix_R8A3638.jpg?itok=sX8jrlBt)
London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Vaughan Williams
Kick-start your evening with a Half Six Fix concert. One piece in a 60-minute concert, introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.
![Conductor Gianandrea Noseda holds a microphone and presents his pre-concert Half Six Fix talk](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2024-04/classical_2024_LSO_GianandreaNoseda_image.png?h=d9d39bcf&itok=QXL_PEOZ)
London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Prokofiev 2
Kick-start your evening with a Half Six Fix concert. One piece in a 60-minute concert, introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.
![Sir Antonio Pappano conducting](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2022-09/230212_SirAntonioPappano_Mark_Allen_1920_1080.jpg?h=797a75a4&itok=erDCfI6h)
London Symphony Orchestra/ Half Six Fix – Berlioz
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.
![Noseda/prokofiev](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2023-03/Screenshot%202023-03-17%20163819.jpg?itok=q3Z4XChv)
London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Prokofiev 7
As part of his exploration of Prokofiev's symphonies, Gianandrea Noseda introduces the composer’s mysterious Seventh.
![Gianandrea Noseda](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2023-03/Gianandrea_Noseda_c_Mark_Allan_1920_1080.jpg?itok=tMKc4TtC)
London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Tchaikovsky 6
Gianandrea Noseda conducts and introduces Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony, deeply private and deeply felt.
![Barbara Hannigan conducts.](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2021-10/RM__8476-copyrightMusacchio-Ianniello-Accademia-Nazionale-di-Santa-Cecilia.jpg?h=a7d51b04&itok=RBc1xjVb)
London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Pulcinella
Grab a drink and savour the perfect balance of sweet and bitter in Stravinsky’s time-warp drama for three voices.
![Jonathan Stockhammer](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2023-04/01%20change%20of%20conductor.jpg?itok=olpgJR_n)
London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Harmonielehre
Half Six Fix is a 60-minute burst of music to kick-start your evening. Grab a drink and take your seat, as Jonathan Stockhammer introduces you to the vast expanses of John Adams’ Harmonielehre.
![Gianandrea Noseda conducts the London Symphony Orchestra.](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2021-10/G%20Noseda%2072%20web.jpg?itok=rfbJ50SN)
London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix - Prokofiev 3
Half Six Fix is a 60-minute burst of music to kick-start your evening. Grab a drink and take your seat, as Gianandrea Noseda introduces Prokofiev's explosive Third Symphony.
![Kirill Karabits](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2021-12/211208_karabits_1920_1080.jpg?itok=ROvwEm1U)
London Symphony Orchestra/Karabits Half Six Fix
A different way to experience the LSO, with introductions to the music from the conductor, a relaxed atmosphere, and digital programme notes.
![Kirill Karabits](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2021-12/211208_karabits_1920_1080.jpg?itok=ROvwEm1U)
London Symphony Orchestra/Karabits & Crowe Half Six Fix
A different way to experience the LSO, with introductions to the music from the conductor, a relaxed atmosphere, and digital programme notes.
![Conductor François-Xavier Roth](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2020-02/210218_Roth_1920_1080.jpg?itok=ydjCOTMf)
London Symphony Orchestra/Roth Half Six Fix: Eroica
A different way to experience the LSO, with introductions to the music from the conductor, a relaxed atmosphere, and digital programme notes.
![Sir Simon Rattle with London Symphony Orchestra](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2021-06/SSR_Barbican_1920_1080.jpg?h=c2e46691&itok=SKbX4OpB)
LSO/Rattle Half Six Fix: Beethoven 6
A different way to experience the LSO, with introductions to the music from the conductor, a relaxed atmosphere, and digital programme notes.
![Conductor Marin Alsop](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2020-02/Marin%20Alsop%20Baltimore%202008%20-%20%20live%202%20%28Grant%20Leighton%29_0.jpg?h=f2c1f4c7&itok=_bVfCl3Q)
Half Six Fix: Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances LSO/Alsop
Travelling at this time of day is rarely fun. So tonight, try a different route, as Marin Alsop and the LSO perform Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances – Moscow to Beverly Hills in just 45 minutes.
![Photo of Sir Simon Rattle conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in the Barbican Hall](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2017-10/pa_lso_10.jpg?h=73c17cfe&itok=aWWWqRrM)
Half Six Fix: Concerto for Orchestra LSO/Rattle
Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra is introduced and conducted by Sir Simon Rattle in this early-evening Half Six Fix concert.
![Photo of musician Roth](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/180121_roth_1920_1080_0.jpg?itok=ytO0xzkl)
Half Six Fix: Bartók LSO/Roth
In this early-evening concert, introduced on-stage by the conductor, François-Xavier Roth pairs two works that show Bartók’s love of folk music and the stories of the composer’s forefathers.
![Gianandrea Noseda conducts](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2020-01/LSO-and-Gianandrea-Noseda-by-Mark-Allan.jpg?h=f076139c&itok=dZaVEDUZ)
Half Six Fix: Shostakovich LSO/Noseda
Beat the rush-hour crowds, and discover one of the landmarks of 20th-century music: Shostakovich’s devastating Thirteenth Symphony, ‘Babi Yar’.
![Michael Tilson Thomas](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2019-07/MTT-1718-by-Spencer-Lowell_1920x1080.jpg?h=7a2c7a05&itok=dXPQlEDv)
Half Six Fix: Sibelius Symphony No 5 LSO/Tilson Thomas
If music could sound like a Scandinavian sunrise, it would sound like Sibelius's Fifth Symphony. So skip the rush hour: Michael Tilson-Thomas is serving up refreshment for the spirit.
![Violinist Isabelle Faust](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2020-02/210217_Faust_1920_1080.jpg?h=f076139c&itok=626bKDKC)
Half Six Fix: Varèse & Bartók LSO/Roth
Escape the rush hour with the LSO and one of the greatest violinists of our time. Isabelle Faust performs Bartók’s sultry Second Violin Concerto.