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
![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.