Sir Antonio Pappano
Concerts with the LSO's Chief Conductor
Sir Antonio Pappano begins his second season as Chief Conductor of the LSO this September.
During the 2025/26 season, he’ll be continuing his exploration of British music, whilst also shining a light on some key American works, operatic masterpieces, and great Russian symphonies.
Events

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano
Sir Antonio Pappano conducts two dramatic, emotionally intense American symphonies, both born of 20th-century tumult.

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Copland
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.

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano
Beethoven’s defiant Symphony No 5 meets the sneering mockery of Shostakovich and Prokofiev in exhilarating mood.

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano
Violinist Janine Jansen showcases Britten’s soulful concerto before the LSO launches into Shostakovich’s scathing criticism of Stalin.

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano
Tchaikovsky faces his demons in the fate-filled Fourth Symphony, before the ravishing pastoral music of English composer Vaughan Williams with soloist Antoine Tamestit.

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Vaughan Williams
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.

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano
Thea Musgrave paints with radiant colours, Walton gives flight to the viola, and Vaughan Williams dreams of London.

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano
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Relive the golden age of Hollywood with music by some of cinema’s most brilliant and influential composers.