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Bharathi Prathap singing, sitting cross-legged and wearing colourful clothes
Darbar
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Sir Antonio Pappano standing on the conductor's podium, facing the audience, talking into a microphone with his right-hand raised
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Shostakovich

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert, showcasing two works by Vaughan Williams. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No 5
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Sir Antonio Pappano and Vilde Frang performing on the Barbican stage
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Korngold tugs at the heart in his Hollywood-flavoured concerto, while Shostakovich’s Fifth unleashes big tunes and white-hot intensity. 

Imogen Holst  Persephone
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Violin Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich  Symphony No 5
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Vilde Frang violin
London Symphony Orchestra
A painting of a satyr
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: The Chosen One

Leipzig’s got talent: in 1723 Bach competed for one of Germany’s top musical jobs. Today, Laurence Cummings and Academy of Ancient Music reveal exactly what he was up against.

Christoph Graupner ‘Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden’ GWV 1113/23b
Georg Philipp Telemann ‘Ich muß auf den Bergen weinen und heulen’ TVWV 1/591
Johann Sebastian Bach ‘Du wahrer Gott und Davis Sohn’ BWV 23
Academy of Ancient Music orchestra & choir
Laurence Cummings director & harpsichord
Hilary Cronin soprano
Helen Charlston alto
Nick Pritchard tenor
Ben Kazez bass
ZRI Quintet
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Classical music

Britten Sinfonia: Re-folking Viennese classics

Chamber music by composers who adored the traditional music of central and eastern Europe re-imagined for orchestra and folk band.

Programme to feature arrangements for orchestra and folk quintet including:
Johannes Brahms Adagio from Clarinet Quintet Op 115
Franz Schubert Scherzo and Trio from String Quintet in C
Britten Sinfonia
ZRI Quintet
Maria Joāo Pires
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Classical music

Maria Joāo Pires and Marc-André Hamelin in Recital

Legendary pianists Maria João Pires and Marc-André Hamelin join forces for the first time to perform seminal works for piano duo.

Felix Mendelssohn (arr Czerny) Songs Without Words Op 67 No 4 in C major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata in C major K 521
Franz Schubert Lebensstürme in A minor D 947
Fantasie in F minor D 940
Maria Joāo Pires piano
Marc-André Hamelin piano
A portrait photo of Sir Antonio Pappano, against a grey background, looking away from the camera into the distance.
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

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Elgar’s oratorio includes some of his most deeply felt music, sumptuously scored and plumbing every emotion from anguish to elation. 

Edward Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Emily D’Angelo mezzo-soprano
David Butt Philip tenor
London Symphony Chorus
Musicians in a blue lit hall
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Classical music Contemporary music

Soundhub Showcase

Join us for an evening of cutting-edge contemporary music with four world premieres from the LSO Soundhub 2025/26 Members.

Gabriela Montero
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Classical music

Gabriela Montero in Recital

Venezuelan pianist and composer Gabriela Montero performs an assortment of piano pieces from and inspired by Spain. 

Antonio Soler Sonata in G Major No 45
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in G Major K 427
Sonata in c-sharp minor K 427
Antonio Soler Sonata in c-sharp minor No 21
Sonata in F Major No 89
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in F Major K 438
Enrique Granados 8 Valses Poéticos
Isaac Albéniz Triana from Iberia Book II
Alicia de Larrocha Sueño Infantil
Minué Triste
Impromptu
Frederic Mompou Cançó i dansa No. 6
Isaac Albeniz Sevilla from Suite española
Enrique Granados Andaluza from 12 Danzas españolas, Ep. 37
Isaac Albeniz Eritaña from Iberia Book 4
Frédéric Chopin Bolero, Op 19
Franz Liszt Rhapsodie espagnole
Gabriela Montero piano
Lawrence Power
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Classical music

Darkness Visible: Âme x Lawrence Power

Âme Creative Studios make their Barbican debut with Lawrence Power in a concert that breaks down the walls of the concert hall and takes you on a musical journey across the City of London at night.

Lawrence Power viola
Âme creative Studios
Special guest artists to be announced
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Tchaikovsky juggles beauty and suffering, Britten reflects powerfully on grief and conflict, and Bernstein grapples with the modern world. 

Benjamin Britten Sinfonia da requiem
Leonard Bernstein The Age of Anxiety
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6, ‘Pathétique’
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Beatrice Rana piano
Giorgi Gigashvili
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Classical music

ECHO Rising Stars: Giorgi Gigashvili

Georgian pianist and ECHO Rising Star Giorgi Gigashvili performs much-loved piano pieces alongside a new work by Georgian composer Natalie Beridze.

Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in C Major K 847
Sonata in A major K 113
Frederic Chopin Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52
Natalie Beridze New work (ECHO commission)
Lili Boulanger D’un vieux jardin and D’un jardin clair from Trois Morceaux pour Piano
Maurice Ravel Miroirs
Giorgi Gigashvili piano
Nathalie Stutzmann conducting
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Nathalie Stutzmann

Richard Strauss breathes dizzying life into 18th-century Vienna, Wagner recreates medieval Rome and Beethoven marries tenderness and high spirits. 

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3
Richard Wagner Overture: Rienzi
Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier – Suite
London Symphony Orchestra
Nathalie Stutzmann conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes piano
A still life of pears and a dog onlooking
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: Rhythm Across Time

Academy of Ancient Music joins The Wave Quartet in an ingenious, audacious musical voyage across five centuries. 

Antonio Bertali Ciaconna in C major
Francesco Geminiani Concerto Grosso Op 5 No 12 ‘La Folia’
George Frederic Handel Chaconne in G major HWV 435
Johann Sebastian Bach Harpsichord Concerto in G minor BWV 1058 (arr for two marimbas and strings)
Iannis Xenakis Reponds B for solo percussion
Constanzo Festa Variations on ‘La Spagna’ - Contrapunto 46, 88, 77 and 108
Johann Sebastian Bach Harpsichord Concerto in C major BWV 1061 (arr for marimbas and strings)
The Wave Quartet
Christoph Sietzen director & marimba
Academy of Ancient Music
Bojan Čičić director & violin
Nederlands Kamerkoor
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Classical music

Nederlands Kamerkoor: Forgotten

Nederlands Kamerkoor bring to the Barbican their urgent new project Forgotten – a moving musical and theatrical exploration of living with dementia.

David Fennessy Letter to Michael
Nederlands Kamerkoor
Anne-Sophie Mutter
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Classical music

Anne-Sophie Mutter with Maximilian Hornung and Lauma Skride

Anne-Sophie Mutter will celebrate her 50th anniversary on stage in 2026 and 2027, presenting a programme alongside fellow trio musicians Maximilian Hornung and Lauma Skride

Repertoire to be announced
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Maximilian Hornung cello
Lauma Skride piano