London Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky’s last symphony, Debussy’s iridescent visions, and a brand new violin concerto, performed by the one and only Nicola Benedetti.

In the week that he turns 50, Thomas Adès conducts his dazzling piano concerto In Seven Days alongside Sibelius' Sixth Symphony.

Dancing on the edge of a volcano: Sibelius, Zemlinsky and Shostakovich stared the 20th century in the eye. Violinist Christian Tetzlaff and conductor Susanna Mälkki show us what they saw.

Want to know more about classical music but not sure where to start? Make the most of your lunchbreak and enjoy a free, 45-minute informal concert at LSO St Luke’s.

Not so private passions. Sir Simon Rattle conducts personal favourites from three centuries, by Strauss, Brahms and Haydn.

Rhythm, glamour and the sad, sweet songs of exile. Sir Simon Rattle introduces Rachmaninov’s neglected Third Symphony.

If music could sound like a Scandinavian sunrise, it would sound like Sibelius's Fifth Symphony. So skip the rush hour: Michael Tilson-Thomas is serving up refreshment for the spirit.

Join the LSO Choral Director Simon Halsey to spend a day singing movements from Orff's Carmina Burana.

Severed heads, demonic orgies and obsessive love. Francois Xavier-Roth pairs Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique with another untamed imagination: the astonishing, experimental music of Edgard Varèse.

Join the LSO Choral Director Simon Halsey to spend a day singing music by Elgar. 

Beat the rush-hour crowds, and discover one of the landmarks of 20th-century music: Shostakovich’s devastating Thirteenth Symphony, ‘Babi Yar’.

The London Symphony Orchestra presents a Family Concert in the Barbican Hall featuring the full orchestra.

Join the LSO Choral Director Simon Halsey to spend a day singing movements from by Stravinsky. 

Yuja Wang and Michael Tilson Thomas: two names that speak for themselves, in Rachmaninov’s hugely popular Second Piano Concerto. 

Three exceptional young conductors compete for a £15,000 prize and the chance to be LSO Assistant Conductor.

Escape the rush hour with the LSO and one of the greatest violinists of our time. Isabelle Faust performs Bartók’s sultry Second Violin Concerto.

Sir Simon Rattle conducts an outstanding cast in a concert performance of Wozzeck: Berg’s shattering tragedy of one man’s struggle with a brutal world.

Gustav Mahler takes on the universe and goes down fighting: Sir Simon Rattle conducts the tragic Sixth Symphony.

Duncan Ward conducts two works full of complex musical textures that belie the reduced forces employed, alongside Strauss's 'Classical' Oboe Concerto featuring LSO Principal Juliana Koch as soloist.

Two masters bare their souls when Robin Ticciati conducts Brahms’ last symphony, and joins soloist Christian Tetzlaff in Elgar’s sweeping, unashamedly romantic Violin Concerto.