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2025/26

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.

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Read about the Featured Artists and Series

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

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Booking fees apply, no fee when booking in person

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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.
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2025/26 Season Concerts

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll & Excerpts from Götterdämmerung
Sir Simon Rattle conducting the LSO at the Barbican
Barbican

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 conducting the LSO at the Barbican
Barbican

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 Brosse on a podium in the Barbican Hall facing the audience with the LSO
Barbican

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 speaking to the audience at the Barbican
Barbican

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.

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Elgar and Mahler
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the LSO at the Barbican
Barbican

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.

Limited Tickets

Free Friday Lunchtime Concert
Audience members watching a string ensemble perform in the Jerwood Hall
LSO St Luke's

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.

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Family Concert
The audience at an LSO Discovery Family Concert
Barbican

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.

Limited Tickets

Wagner: Tristan and Isolde
Sir Antonio Pappano energetically leading an orchestra performance, with musicians playing violins and other string instruments. The scene is set in a concert hall.
Barbican

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.

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Wagner: Tristan and Isolde
Sir Antonio Pappano energetically leading an orchestra performance, with musicians playing violins and other string instruments. The scene is set in a concert hall.
Barbican

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.

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