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London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Bartók

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.

Barbara Hannigan conducting the LSO, arms outstretched to either side.
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London Symphony Orchestra/Barbara Hannigan

Miracles and myths abound, from Bartók’s surreal ballet to Sibelius’s Finnish landscape – plus, a captivating new piece by Golfam Khayam.

Claude Debussy Syrinx for Solo Flute
Jean Sibelius Luonnotar
Claude Vivier Orion
Golfam Khayam Je ne suis pas une fable à conter
Joseph Haydn Symphony No 39
Béla Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin – Suite
Barbara Hannigan conductor & soprano
Gareth Davies flute
A portrait photo of Sir Antonio Pappano, against a grey background, looking away from the camera into the distance.
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London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Tippet's moving pacifist oratorio meets Beethoven’s immense Choral Symphony.

Michael Tippett A Child of Our Time
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 9, Choral
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha soprano
J’Nai Bridges mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Chorus
Close up black and white photo of Alexandros Kapelis
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Berliner Barock Solisten: Bach's Complete Keyboard Concertos

The Berliner Barock Solisten and pianist Alexandros Kapelis come together for Bach’s six concertos for solo keyboard and orchestra: a tour-de-force not seen on the concert stage in recent memory.

Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in D major, BWV 1054
Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in A major, BWV 1055
Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in D minor, BWV 1052
Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in E major, BWV 1053
Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in F minor, BWV 1056
Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in G minor, BWV 1058
BERLINER BAROCK SOLISTEN Baroque Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic
Alexandros Kapelis piano
The Carducci Quartet sitting amongst the ruins of a brick building
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Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 3

The multinational young Kyan Quartet joins the Carduccis as Gubaidulina’s compact Quartet No 2 is stitched into a Shostakovich sequence including the penultimate quartet, with its focus on the cello.

Dmitri Shostakovich Quartet No 14
Quartet No 11
Sofia Gubaidulina Quartet No 2
Dmitri Shostakovich Quartet No 2
Carducci Quartet
Kyan Quartet
Nicola Benedetti holding a violin
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London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda

Shostakovich in both revolutionary and festive mood alongside a MacMillan Concerto, written for Nicola Benedetti.

Dmitri Shostakovich Festive Overture
Sir James MacMillan Violin Concerto No 2
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No 12, The Year 1917
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
Nicola Benedetti violin
Conductor Gianandrea Noseda holds a microphone and presents his pre-concert Half Six Fix talk
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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.

Franz Schubert Die Zauberharfe – Overture, ‘Rosamunde’
Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No 2
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conductor & presenter
Pianist Alice Sara Ott performing on the Barbican Hall stage. She has short black hair and is wearing a sleevless black top.
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London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda

Prokofiev’s mind-blowing second Symphony, plus early Beethoven and a charming opener from Schubert.

Franz Schubert Overture (Rosamunde) from Die Zauberharfe
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1
Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No 2
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
Alice Sara Ott piano
Violinist Lisa Batiashvili and conductor Gianandrea Noseda perform on the Babrican Hall stage
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London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda

Orchestral fireworks with early Shostakovich and Schnittke, joined by the London Symphony Chorus for some stirring Brahms.

Alfred Schnittke Violin Concerto No 1
Johannes Brahms Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No 2, To October
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
Lisa Batiashvil violin
London Symphony Chorus
Lang Lang
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Lang Lang

One of the most influential pianists of the 21st century plays music by Fauré, Schumann and Chopin.

Gabriel Fauré Pavane in F-sharp minor
Robert Schumann Kreisleriana
Frederic Chopin Mazurkas:
Op 7, No 3
Op 17, Nos 1, 2 & 4
Op 24, Nos 2 & 4
Op 30, No 3 & 4
Op 33, No 3, 4 & 2
Op 59, No 3
Polonaise in F# minor, Op 44
Lang Lang piano
The Carducci Quartet in a forest, standing in a row holding their instruments
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Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 4

Three quartets unite to perform the Chamber Symphony enlargement of Shostakovich’s 8th quartet, crowning a programme including Firsova’s ardent, deftly-plotted Quartet No 4.

Dmitri Shostakovich Quartet No 4
Quartet No 13
Elena Firsova Quartet No 4
Dmitri Shostakovich Quartet No 8
Carducci Quartet
Elmore Quartet
Kyan Quartet
Sir Simon Rattle conducting the LSO
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London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

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Janáček’s hilarious satire about art, lunar travel, nationalism – and sausages. 

Leoš Janáček The Excursions of Mr Brouček
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Peter Hoare Brouček
Aleš Briscein Mazal/Blankytný/Petřík
Lucy Crowe Málinka/Etherea/Kunka
Gyula Orendt Sakristán/Lunobor/Domšík
Lukáš Zeman Svatopluk/Würfl/Čaroskvoucí/Ratsherr
Clara Nadeshdin Číšníček/Wunderkind/Student
Hanna Hipp Kedruta
Linard Vrielink Skladatel/Harfoboj/Miroslav
Tenebrae
Gustavo Dudamel smiling while holding his baton above his head
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London Symphony Orchestra/Gustavo Dudamel

Four stories of faraway lands, opulence, and scandal.

Richard Strauss Don Juan
Maurice Ravel Shéhérazade
Rapsodie espagnole
Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier – Suite
London Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Marina Rebeka soprano
Leila Josefowicz
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London Symphony Orchestra/Susanna Mälkki

Showpieces for the orchestra meet a dazzling concerto, brimming with characteristic Stravinsky flair and melody.

Julia Perry A Short Piece for Large Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky Violin Concerto
Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki conductor
Leila Josefowicz violin
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting
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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.

Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor & presenter