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Relaxed Thursday Lunchtime Concert

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St Giles Cripplegate

Relaxed Thursday Lunchtime Concert

LSO Musicians

Thursday 27 March 2025 • 12.30pm

A short concert tailored for people who have sensory and communications impairments, learning disabilities, or who are neurodiverse, held in St Giles Cripplegate.

MacMillan and Shostakovich 12

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Barbican

MacMillan and Shostakovich 12

Gianandrea Noseda and Nicola Benedetti

Thursday 3 April 2025 • 7pm

James MacMillan's dedicatee Nicola Benedetti performs his Violin Concerto No 2 and Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda conducts Shostakovich Symphony No 12.

Half Six Fix: Schubert and Prokofiev

Gianandrea Noseda gives his pre-concert talk to the Barbican Hall. He is wearing all black and holding a microphone

Barbican

Half Six Fix: Schubert and Prokofiev

Gianandrea Noseda

Wednesday 9 April 2025 • 6.30pm

Gianandrea Noseda introduces works by Franz Schubert and Sergei Prokofiev in this early-evening Half Six Fix concert, filled with edge-of-your-seat intensity.

Beethoven and Prokofiev 2

Pianist Alice Sara Ott performs on the Barbican Stage. She is wearing a black sleeveless top and has short black hair in a bob cut.

Barbican

Beethoven and Prokofiev 2

Gianandrea Noseda and Alice Sara Ott

Thursday 10 April 2025 • 7pm

Prokofiev’s mind-blowing Second Symphony, plus early Beethoven, in his First Piano Concerto, and a charming opener from Schubert.

Schnittke, Shostakovich and Brahms

Violinist Lisa Batiashvili and conductor Gianandrea Noseda performing in the Barbican Hall.

Barbican

Schnittke, Shostakovich and Brahms

LSO Artist Portrait: Lisa Batiashvili

Sunday 13 April 2025 • 7pm

Orchestral fireworks with Shostakovich's Second Symphony and early Schnittke, joined by the London Symphony Chorus for some stirring Brahms.

Janáček The Excursions of Mr Brouček

Sir Simon Rattle with the LSO on the Barbican stage

Barbican

Janáček The Excursions of Mr Brouček

Sir Simon Rattle

Sunday 4 May 2025 • 7pm

Sir Simon Rattle conducts a concert performance of Leoš Janáček’s colourful satirical opera.

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Violinist Lisa Batiashvili and conductor Gianandrea Noseda performing in the Barbican Hall.

Gianandrea Noseda – 3, 9, 10 & 13 April

Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda returns to complete his acclaimed Shostakovich and Prokofiev symphony cycles. We also welcome back star soloists Lisa Batiashvili, Alice Sara Ott, and Nicola Benedetti.

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Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition

The final of the Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition

Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition – Applications Close 3 April

Applications are open for the Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition, offering support to emerging conductors at the start of their careers.

Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition

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On LSO Live

LSO Live presents the newest release in Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda’s Shostakovich symphony cycle with the London Symphony Orchestra, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11, “The Year 1905”.

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