London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Simon Rattle conducts an outstanding cast in a concert performance of Wozzeck: Berg’s shattering tragedy of one man’s struggle with a brutal world.

Gustav Mahler takes on the universe and goes down fighting: Sir Simon Rattle conducts the tragic Sixth Symphony.

Duncan Ward conducts two works full of complex musical textures that belie the reduced forces employed, alongside Strauss's 'Classical' Oboe Concerto featuring LSO Principal Juliana Koch as soloist.

Two masters bare their souls when Robin Ticciati conducts Brahms’ last symphony, and joins soloist Christian Tetzlaff in Elgar’s sweeping, unashamedly romantic Violin Concerto.

LSO Futures, the LSO's biennial festival of contemporary music, returns with violinist extraordinaire Patricia Kopatchinskaja joining LSO Principal Guest Conductor François-Xavier Roth.

Want to know more about classical music but not sure where to start? Make the most of your lunchbreak and enjoy a free, 45-minute informal concert at LSO St Luke’s.

Sir Simon Rattle journeys around the first half of the 20th century, from Ravel's fairytale ballet score to the music of percussion pioneer Lou Harrison, joined by soprano Barbara Hannigan.

Not so private passions. Sir Simon Rattle conducts personal favourites from three centuries, by Rachmaninov, Dvořák and Haydn.

Yuja Wang plays Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto and Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Sibelius. Big personalities for big pieces.

In this free public workshop, witness a pivotal point in the process of writing a new three minute orchestral piece.

In the week that he turns 50, Thomas Adès conducts his epic Totentanz – a colossal celebration of life, death and the power of the imagination.

LSO musicians retell a popular children’s story through music. Dance and sing your way through the concert as the instruments bring the tale to life.

The greatest love story in all opera: Stuart Skelton and Nina Stemme are Tristan and Isolde, as Sir Simon Rattle conducts the complete second act of Wagner’s timeless tragedy.

Explore the life and music of Paul Hindemith ahead of the evening concert at this afternoon session, featuring a talk and chamber music.

Gianandrea Noseda conducts Prokofiev’s ‘symphony of the greatness of the human spirit’, and the extraordinary Seong-Jin Cho is the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s hugely popular First Piano Concerto.

The London Symphony Orchestra present a Family Concert in the Barbican Hall featuring the full orchestra.

Debussy’s La Mer closes a concert that pulses with feeling – whether Janáček’s explosive Taras Bulba, or Bartók’s hot-blooded love-letter of a First Violin Concerto, played by Isabelle Faust.

Pianist Krystian Zimerman and Sir Simon Rattle reach the end of their Beethoven concerto cycle with the poetic Fourth and the majestic ‘Emperor’ Concerto.

Trade your commute for a journey through the human heart, as Gianandrea Noseda conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s overwhelming final symphony.

‘A Hero’s Life’: grand emotions and roof-raising sounds. François-Xavier Roth conducts the LSO in Varèse, Bartók and Richard Strauss’ stupendous musical self-portrait.