2025/26 Season
Discover our 2025/26 Season at the Barbican and LSO St Luke’s.
Welcome to the LSO’s new season as Resident Orchestra at the Barbican, and the latest events at the Orchestra’s own venue on Old Street.
Booking and Discounts
Browse listings below and book online, by phone or at the Barbican Centre
Multibuy Discounts: save up to 40%
Wildcards: mystery seats from £12
Groups of 10+ save at least 20%
Young People: Discounts for under-25s and full-time students
Full details on discounts and booking options
Booking fees apply, no fee when booking in person
Top Sellers
Elgar and Mahler
Sir Antonio Pappano
Thursday 11 June 2026 • 7pm
Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO journey from darkness to light in Mahler's rapturous Fifth Symphony, alongside Elgar's Enigma Variations.
Half Six Fix: Mahler 4
Sir Simon Rattle and Lucy Crowe
Wednesday 20 May 2026 • 6.30pm
Mahler's transcendent Fourth Symphony is brought to life by Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO, alongside soprano Lucy Crowe.
Limited Tickets
More to Explore
Season Design & Visuals:
Design Concept & Visual Identity: Design Bridge and Partners | Feature Artwork: Ari Weinkle | Music: Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4 | Artwork created in collaboration with UCL Ear Institute.
2025/26 Season Concerts
Spotlight on Antoine Tamestit: Antoine Tamestit & Bertrand Chamayou
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Thursday 30 April 2026 • 1pm
Violist Antoine Tamestit, LSO Spotlight Artist, closes his series of BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts, joined by regular chamber partner Bertrand Chamayou for music by Brahms and Shostakovich.
Limited Tickets
Simon Crawford-Phillips and Friends: Bach/Kurtág and Schubert
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Friday 1 May 2026 • 1pm
Philip Moore joins Simon Crawford-Phillips for his final BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, celebrating the 100th birthday of Hungarian pianist, György Kurtág.
Free Friday Lunchtime Concert
LSO Discovery
Friday 8 May 2026 • 12.30pm
Make lunchtime musical with a free, bite-size concert with a small group of orchestral musicians from the Guildhall School Orchestral Artistry programme.
Britten, Bernstein and Tchaikovsky
Sir Antonio Pappano and Beatrice Rana
Sunday 10 May 2026 • 7pm
Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO and Italian pianist Beatrice Rana navigate beauty, grief, and turmoil with Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem, Bernstein’s The Age of Anxiety, and Tchaikovsky’s haunting Pathétique.
Beethoven, Wagner and Strauss
Nathalie Stutzmann and Leif Ove Andsnes
Thursday 14 May 2026 • 7pm
Join Nathalie Stutzmann and Leif Ove Andsnes as we bring Beethoven’s pathos, Wagner’s power, and Strauss’ dazzling Vienna to life in a thrilling orchestral journey.
Musical Storytelling
For Under-5s
Saturday 16 May 2026 • 10.30am
LSO musicians retell a children’s story through music, offering younger children a chance to experience a live performance in the beautiful Jerwood Hall. Dance and sing your way through the concert as the instruments bring the tale to life.
Musical Storytelling
For Under-5s
Saturday 16 May 2026 • 12pm
LSO musicians retell a children’s story through music, offering younger children a chance to experience a live performance in the beautiful Jerwood Hall. Dance and sing your way through the concert as the instruments bring the tale to life.
Half Six Fix: Mahler 4
Sir Simon Rattle and Lucy Crowe
Wednesday 20 May 2026 • 6.30pm
Mahler's transcendent Fourth Symphony is brought to life by Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO, alongside soprano Lucy Crowe.
Limited Tickets
Gerhard, Strauss and Mahler
Sir Simon Rattle and Lucy Crowe
Thursday 21 May 2026 • 7pm
Lucy Crowe joins the LSO and Sir Simon Rattle for Mahler's Symphony No 4, alongside beautiful late works by Richard Strauss.
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll & Excerpts from Götterdämmerung
Sir Simon Rattle
Sunday 24 May 2026 • 7pm
Sir Simon Rattle conducts four powerful moments from the final chapter of Wagner's epic Ring cycle, alongside his Siegfried Idyll.
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll & Excerpts from Götterdämmerung
Sir Simon Rattle
Thursday 28 May 2026 • 7pm
Sir Simon Rattle conducts four powerful moments from the final chapter of Wagner's epic Ring cycle, alongside his Siegfried Idyll.
LSO on Film: Blockbusters
Dirk Brossé
Sunday 7 June 2026 • 7pm
Experience the magic of cinema as the LSO brings iconic film scores to life, from Superman to Star Wars, led by conductor Dirk Brossé.
Half Six Fix: Enigma Variations
Sir Antonio Pappano
Wednesday 10 June 2026 • 6.30pm
Sir Antonio Pappano guides the audience through Elgar's 'Enigma' Variations, exploring its tender portraits of family members and the unsolved mystery at its core.
Elgar and Mahler
Sir Antonio Pappano
Thursday 11 June 2026 • 7pm
Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO journey from darkness to light in Mahler's rapturous Fifth Symphony, alongside Elgar's Enigma Variations.
Free Friday Lunchtime Concert
LSO Discovery
Friday 26 June 2026 • 12.30pm
Make lunchtime musical with a free, bite-size concert with a small group of orchestral musicians.
Family Concert
Recommended for children aged 7+ and their families
Sunday 28 June 2026 • 2.30pm
A fun opportunity for families to learn more about music and the instruments of the orchestra, with music based on a theme and free workshops before the concert.
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde
Sir Antonio Pappano
Wednesday 1 July 2026 • 5pm
Sir Antonio Pappano leads world-class soloists and the LSO in one of the greatest and most intense of operatic love stories – Wagner's Tristan and Isolde.
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde
Sir Antonio Pappano
Sunday 12 July 2026 • 5pm
Sir Antonio Pappano leads world-class soloists and the LSO in one of the greatest and most intense of operatic love stories – Wagner's Tristan and Isolde.
