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Conductor Gianandrea Noseda holds a microphone and presents his pre-concert Half Six Fix talk
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Classical music

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
The Carducci Quartet in a forest, standing in a row holding their instruments
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Classical music

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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Classical music

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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Classical music

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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Classical music

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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Classical music

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
Lisa Batiashvili holding her violin and wearing a black dress standing in front of a black background.
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Dreams and fantasies from enigmatic Szymanowski to Berlioz’s most rock’n’roll work, the Symphonie fantastique. 

Hector Berlioz Overture: Le corsaire
Karol Szymanowski Violin Concerto No 1
Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Lisa Batiashvili violin
Sir Antonio Pappano landscape pose
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Two portraits from a magician of orchestral colour, Richard Strauss – plus a young Mozart dances on the violin 

Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No 5
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Lisa Batiashvili violin
The Carducci Quartet standing in a line in front of an old, dilapidated building, their instruments in cases on the floor beside them.
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Classical music

Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 5

Our Shostakovich cycle began with the Quartet No 1, and ends, inevitably, with No 15, staring death resolutely in the face, a work heart-stopping in its searing intensity.

Dmitri Shostakovich Quartet No 10
Quartet No 7
Quartet No 15
Carducci Quartet
Kyan Quartet
dirk brosse
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: LSO on Film

A selection of film music recorded by the LSO, including scores by Alexandre Desplat, Philippe Sarde, Philippe Chany and Guillaume Roussel for films such as Harry Potter, Black Beauty (2020) and Tess.

LSO Discovery participants playing brass instruments
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LSO Discovery Showcase

Curated by LSO animateur Rachel Leach, this showcase brings together the Orchestra with participants from all across LSO Discovery’s work.

Asmik Grigorian photographed facing the camera, with her head to one side.
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

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Sir Antonio Pappano conducts a concert performance of Strauss’ scandalous opera Salome, with the brilliant soprano Asmik Grigorian in the title role.

Richard Strauss Salome
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Asmik Grigorian Salome
Michael Volle Jochanaan