London Symphony Orchestra
Resident Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra was established in 1904 and has a unique ethos and an inimitable signature sound. It has been the Resident Orchestra at the Barbican since the Centre opened in 1982.
As a musical collective, it is built on artistic ownership and a mission to bring the greatest music to the greatest number of people, presenting over 70 concerts at the Barbican each year under the batons of some of the finest conductors in the world, including Music Director Sir Simon Rattle, Principal Guest Conductors Gianandrea Noseda and François-Xavier Roth, and Conductor Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas.
Events
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle: Jenůfa
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Janáček’s searing, magnificent opera explores a woman’s limited options in a suffocating small town.
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano: Elijah
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Fiery chariots, towering voices; Sir Antonio Pappano, the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Symphony Chorus join forces for Mendelssohn’s monumental oratorio.
London Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Søndergård
Bold and unconventional choices are there to be relished in music by Beethoven and Sibelius.
London Symphony Orchestra/Nathalie Stutzmann
Quicksilver inspiration and spectacular melodies flow in music written at the height of success.
London Symphony Orchestra/Nathalie Stutzmann
In this mighty symphony, the culmination of his life’s work, Bruckner strove for total perfection.
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle
Shocking, dissonant, savagely ironic: Shostakovich’s Fourth was a statement of rebellion against Joseph Stalin’s dictatorship.
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle
A new work by John Adams is flanked by Gershwin’s most seductive tunes.
London Symphony Orchestra/François-Xavier Roth
Prepare for the unexpected in Beethoven’s most surprising symphony, and Unsuk Chin’s brilliantly disorientating Piano Concerto.
London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda
Deeply private, deeply felt: Tchaikovsky and Brahms pour out their emotions in an ardent torrent of music.
London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Tchaikovsky 6
Gianandrea Noseda conducts and introduces Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony, deeply private and deeply felt.
London Symphony Orchestra/Susanna Mälkki: Poem of Ecstasy
Drift amid music of seductive illusion and brilliant colour from Debussy, Ravel and Scriabin.
London Symphony Orchestra/Susanna Mälkki: Rachmaninov
Pianist Kirill Gerstein continues his spotlight series with one of the pinnacles of the repertoire.
London Symphony Orchestra/Duncan Ward: La mer
Duncan Ward and the LSO set out to sweep you off your feet with symphonic poems from Janáček and Debussy, while Isabelle Faust offers sensitive insights into the music of Bartók.
London Symphony Orchestra/Duncan Ward with Abel Selaocoe
South African and European traditions meet in the transformative music of Abel Selaocoe alongside folk and jazz-flecked music from Gary Carpenter and Bartók.
London Symphony Orchestra/André J Thomas: Gospel Explosion
Experience the power of American gospel music, combined with the symphonic sound of the LSO and a chorus of over 250 voices from across the London community, curated and conducted by André J Thomas.
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano: Beethoven 7
Beethoven’s triumphantly brilliant symphony and an instantly popular 21st-century concerto with soloist Kirill Gerstein in the spotlight.
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Listen to our selection of LSO recordings from across the years in our Spotify playlist.
Barbican Sessions: Peter Moore
London Symphony Orchestra’s young trombonist, Peter Moore, performs 'Doolallynastics – a brief torture for solo trombone’ by Brian Lynn in our latest Barbican Session, filmed in one of our Frobisher Auditoriums.
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