Music

LSO Associate Artist André J Thomas delivers an all-American programme including Wynton Marsalis’ dramatic new Tuba Concerto.

John Wilson's hand-picked “super orchestra” unites with virtuosic piano duo Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy for this rare opportunity to hear Britten's Scottish Ballad.

A joint celebration of Mozart as never before seen and heard, including Mozart’s beautiful Horn Concerto No. 3 and lots of Cuban rhythms!

Helen Charlston and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment present ‘When I am Laid’ from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in a film inspired by Coldplay.

Edward Gardner joins Serge Rachmaninoff, grappling with the ghosts of an old world amid the energy of the new in his Symphonic Dances.

LPO Conductor Emeritus Vladimir Jurowski presents Richard Strauss’s spectacular, symphonic retelling of Don Quixote: complete with sorcerers, knights, and windmills.

Principal Conductor Edward Gardner conducts Bartók’s shimmering Concerto for Orchestra – a song of exile that ends with a mighty shout of joy.

Ádám Fischer conducts Mozart’s Requiem for the LPO, live from London’s Southbank Centre.

Benjamin Britten poured all his pain into his Sinfonia da Requiem. Vaughan Williams' Fifth Symphony is like a vision of peace

Conductor Edward Gardner launches the LPO’s season with Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7.

The opening chords of Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony are like a jolt of electricity.

Chinese-American composer Chen Yi fuses postmodernist techniques and philosophies with traditional Chinese idioms in her orchestral work Momentum.

Conductor Edward Gardner and a super-sized London Philharmonic Orchestra tackle a work that refuses to be tamed: Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.

Taking his cue from those thunderous words, the young Rachmaninoff hurled himself into the mother of all First Symphonies.

Watch Edward Gardner conduct Elgar’s symphony No.1 and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Solemn Prelude with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Add Beethoven’s dramatically-charged overture to Tchaikovsky at his most expansive, and this looks set to be another explosive night with Canellakis and the LPO.

Edward Gardner joins Serge Rachmaninoff, grappling with the ghosts of an old world amid the energy of the new in his Symphonic Dances.

LPO Conductor Emeritus Vladimir Jurowski presents Richard Strauss’s spectacular, symphonic retelling of Don Quixote: complete with sorcerers, knights, and windmills.

Edward Gardner conducts Mahler’s Symphony No.5 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Kevin John Edusei conducts high-octane musical dramas from Stravinsky, Bartók and Canadian composer Samy Moussa.

Sir Simon Rattle kicks off the new LSO season with the best of British – from Elgar and Frank Bridge to the sounds of Daniel Kidane.

LSO Conductor Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas brings a lifetime’s insight and experience to Gustav Mahler’s mighty Fifth Symphony.

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Dvořák, Schumann and George Walker, in a concert filled with feelings that run too deep for words.

Beethoven’s last concerto meets Shostakovich’s final symphony, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and featuring soloist Beatrice Rana.

Kirill Karabits conducts Mahler’s Fourth Symphony for the London Symphony Orchestra.

The future starts here, as Håkan Hardenberger and Patricia Kopatchinskaja join François-Xavier Roth.

Voices of nature and fabulous tales: Daniel Harding and viola player Antoine Tamestit explore the imaginary realms of Jörg Widmann and Antonin Dvořák

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Mahler, Dvořák, Webern and Hans Rott, as well as a new suite from Julian Anderson’s Exiles.

James Newby and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment present ‘Cara Pianta’ from Handel's Apollo e Dafne in a film inspired by Radiohead.

Helen Charlston and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment present ‘When I am Laid’ from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in a film inspired by Coldplay.

Julia Fischer joins the London Philharmonic Orchestra as Artist-in-Residence, and directs Mozart’s First, Second and Third Violin Concertos.

Julia Fischer returns with the LPO for a second installment in her Mozart journey, playing his colorful Fifth concerto and the Sinfonia Concertante.

It’s a fabulous way for the LPO’s new Principal Conductor Edward Gardner to raise the curtain on our new season.

Voices of nature and fabulous tales: Daniel Harding and viola player Antoine Tamestit explore the imaginary realms of Jörg Widmann and Antonin Dvořák

The future starts here, as Håkan Hardenberger and Patricia Kopatchinskaja join François-Xavier Roth.

Against the Grain Theatre’s interpretation of Handel’s Messiah is a cross-Canada masterpiece.

Grieg’s warm-hearted miniatures make the perfect opener, setting the mood for mystery, adventure – and romance.

Kirill Karabits conducts Mahler’s Fourth Symphony for the London Symphony Orchestra.

For Jurowski, Rachmaninoff’s music is all about ‘human life, human suffering, human joys’, and tonight he celebrates the beautiful Third Symphony.

Beethoven’s last concerto meets Shostakovich’s final symphony, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and featuring soloist Beatrice Rana.

Boris Giltburg plays Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.29 in B flat major, Op.106, Hammerklavier, as he completes his project to perform all 32 Sonatas

Boris Giltburg’s passion project of 2020 saw him performing all of Beethoven’s 32 sonatas. Here, Piano Sonata No.25 in G major, Op.79.

Boris Giltburg set out to perform all of Beethoven’s 32 Sonatas in 2020. Here, Piano Sonata No.21 in C major, Op.53, Waldstein.

Boris Giltburg’s 2020 project saw him performing all of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas. Here, he performs Piano Sonata No. 4 in E Flat major, Op. 7

Boris Giltburg’s passion project of 2020 saw him performing all of Beethoven’s 32 sonatas. Here, Piano Sonata No.30 in E major, Op.109.

Boris Giltburg plays Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.26 in E flat major, Op.81, ‘Les Adieux’ as he completes his project to perform all 32 Sonatas.

Boris Giltburg plays Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.28 in A major, Op.101, as he completes his project to perform all 32 Sonatas.

As part of his project recording all of Beethoven’s 32 sonatas, Boris Giltburg performs Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49, No. 1.

Boris Giltburg set out to perform all of Beethoven’s 32 Sonatas in 2020. Here, Piano Sonata No.22 in F major, Op.54.

Boris Giltburg’s passion project of 2020 saw him performing all of Beethoven’s 32 sonatas. Here, Piano Sonata No.24 in F sharp major, Op.78, À Thérèse.

Boris Giltburg’s passion project of 2020 saw him performing all of Beethoven’s 32 sonatas. Here, Piano Sonata No.27 in E minor, Op.90.

Boris Giltburg’s passion project of 2020 saw him performing all of Beethoven’s 32 sonatas. Here, Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111.

As part of his project recording all of Beethoven’s 32 sonatas, Boris Giltburg performs Piano Sonata No.20 in G major, Op.49, No.2.

As part of his project recording all of Beethoven’s 32 sonatas, Boris Giltburg performs Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2, No. 3

As part of his project recording all of Beethoven’s 32 sonatas, Boris Giltburg performs Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, Op.57, Appassionata.

Boris Giltburg made it his mission in 2020 to record all 32 of Beethoven’s Sonatas. Here, Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat major, Op.110.

Boris Giltburg performs Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1 as part of his project to play all 32 Sonatas.

Boris Giltburg’s 2020 project saw him performing all of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas. Watch him play Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10, No. 2.

Boris Giltburg plays Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight as he completes his project to perform all 32 Sonatas.

Boris Giltburg set out to perform all of Beethoven’s 32 Sonatas in 2020. Here, Piano Sonata No.12 in A flat major, Op. 26.

Boris Giltburg set out to perform all of Beethoven’s 32 Sonatas in 2020. Here, Piano Sonata No.16 in G major, Op. 31, No.1

Boris Giltburg performs Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10, No. 3 as part of his project to play all 32 Sonatas

Boris Giltburg performs Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14, No. 1 as part of his 32 Sonata project

Boris Giltburg plays Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22 as he completes his project to perform all 32 Sonatas.

Boris Giltburg made it his mission in 2020 to record all 32 of Beethoven’s Sonatas. Here, Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2, No. 2

Boris Giltburg set out to perform all of Beethoven’s 32 Sonatas in 2020. Here, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27, No. 1.

Boris Giltburg set out to perform all of Beethoven’s 32 Sonatas in 2020. Here, Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31, No.2, Tempest.

Boris Giltburg set out to perform all of Beethoven’s 32 Sonatas in 2020. Here, Piano Sonata No.15 in D major, Op.28, Pastoral.

Pianist Boris Giltburg performed all 32 of Beethoven’s Sonatas in 2020. Here, he performs Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14, No. 2

Boris Giltburg set out to perform all of Beethoven’s 32 Sonatas in 2020. Here, Piano Sonata No.18 in E flat major, Op.31, No. 3, The Hunt.

Boris Giltburg’s 2020 project saw him performing all of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas. Watch him play Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, Pathétique

Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg performs all 32 of Beethoven’s hallowed sonatas. Here, he plays Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1

From Georges Bizet’s Carmen to Giuseppe Verdi’s Falstaff, Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Orchestra, Chorus, Academy’s artists and guest performers.

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Dvořák, Schumann and George Walker, in a concert filled with feelings that run too deep for words.

The LPO presents Brahms’ German Requiem, one of the most moving choral works of the 19th century, live from London’s Southbank Centre.

Principal Conductor Edward Gardner conducts Bartók’s shimmering Concerto for Orchestra – a song of exile that ends with a mighty shout of joy.

Ádám Fischer conducts Mozart’s Requiem for the LPO, live from London’s Southbank Centre.

Benjamin Britten poured all his pain into his Sinfonia da Requiem. Vaughan Williams' Fifth Symphony is like a vision of peace

LSO Conductor Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas brings a lifetime’s insight and experience to Gustav Mahler’s mighty Fifth Symphony.

From Rhapsody in Blue to Porgy and Bess, everyone has heard of George Gershwin. This film is a musical exploration of the maestro.

Production inspired by the video created by Sam Bennett for ‘What they’ll say about us’ performed by Finneas.

Production inspired by the video created by Walter Stern for ‘Bittersweet Symphony’ performed by The Verve.

Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin offers an unprecedented performance recorded in the summer of 2020 on the Mount Royal in Montreal, Canada.

Sir Simon Rattle kicks off the new LSO season with the best of British – from Elgar and Frank Bridge to the sounds of Daniel Kidane.

Conductor Edward Gardner launches the LPO’s season with Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7.

The Brook Street Band explore music taking us from deepest night to the dawn of a new day, including Nitin Sawhney’s Early Transitions world premiere.

Charlotte Schneider and friends explore three periods of early music on five recorders and flutes, along with lute, guitar, harpsichord and organ.

Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin interprets an assemblage of pieces including La Moldau interspersed with life all along the St. Lawrence River.

Alongside JS Bach’s masterpieces, Solomon’s Knot perform a number of works by JC Bach, as JS Bach himself did in the final years of his life.

The UK debut of Madrid-based ensemble Taracea, who combine traditional and contemporary sounds in this musical pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

Presented in PIVA’s trademark earthy and robust style, with music from renaissance Italy and England woven together with an entertaining narrative.

The opening chords of Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony are like a jolt of electricity.

Kevin John Edusei conducts high-octane musical dramas from Stravinsky, Bartók and Canadian composer Samy Moussa.

LSO Associate Artist André J Thomas delivers an all-American programme including Wynton Marsalis’ dramatic new Tuba Concerto.

A joint celebration of Mozart as never before seen and heard, including Mozart’s beautiful Horn Concerto No. 3 and lots of Cuban rhythms!

Chinese-American composer Chen Yi fuses postmodernist techniques and philosophies with traditional Chinese idioms in her orchestral work Momentum.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Watch the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra’s historic concert for peace in Ramallah, Palestine, conducted by Daniel Barenboim.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.

Conductor Edward Gardner and a super-sized London Philharmonic Orchestra tackle a work that refuses to be tamed: Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.

Watch the London Symphony Orchestra’s critically acclaimed performance of Janáček’s opera Katya Kabanova, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.

Taking his cue from those thunderous words, the young Rachmaninoff hurled himself into the mother of all First Symphonies.

From Richard Strauss to the musical poetry of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Sir Antonio Pappano conducts an evening of music that’s larger than life.

Fate knocks at the door, and LSO Principal Guest Conductor François-Xavier Roth and violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja seize the moment.

Watch Edward Gardner conduct Elgar’s symphony No.1 and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Solemn Prelude with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

A thrilling Chineke! concert conducted by Andrew Grams, that opens with a swinging Tchaikovsky tribute and ends with the fateful Symphony 4.

A dynamic Chineke! Orchestra concert including a performance by Yomi Sode of his devastating poem Remnants set to music.

Chineke! Orchestra journeys through the works of Coleridge-Taylor, Ravel, George Walker, and Beethoven.

Berg, Bach, Haydn and Claude Vivier – Barbara Hannigan brings four maverick masterworks into a very personal kind of conversation.

The remarkable Chineke! Orchestra in a concert that features a call to action to fight climate change.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge's wild epic poem is (re)mixed with music by Henry Purcell to create an immersive journey.

Marin Alsop and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra combine with the Chicago Children's Choir to perform Osvaldo Golijov’s “Rose of the Winds“ and Leonard Bernstein’s “Kaddish” Symphony.

Ádám Fischer conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, Des Knaben Wunderhorn and the Allegretto from Symphony No. 5.

Add Beethoven’s dramatically-charged overture to Tchaikovsky at his most expansive, and this looks set to be another explosive night with Canellakis and the LPO.

Edward Gardner joins Serge Rachmaninoff, grappling with the ghosts of an old world amid the energy of the new in his Symphonic Dances.

LPO Conductor Emeritus Vladimir Jurowski presents Richard Strauss’s spectacular, symphonic retelling of Don Quixote: complete with sorcerers, knights, and windmills.

Edward Gardner conducts Mahler’s Symphony No.5 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Sir Simon Rattle ends his final concert as LSO Music Director with Messiaen’s mind-blowing Turangalîla-Symphonie – an explosion of passionate emotion and ear-tingling sound.

John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London are joined by Festival featured artist Roderick Williams for a highly atmospheric program of orchestral showpieces including Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.

John Wilson's hand-picked “super orchestra” unites with virtuosic piano duo Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy for this rare opportunity to hear Britten's Scottish Ballad.

Gábor talks about his move from playing the violin to conducting, a pivotal moment in his career following 17 years of leading the Takács Quartet.

The Danish National Symphony Orchestra performs from films like Star Wars, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek, Blade Runner, and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Esa-Pekka Salonen and Joyce DiDonato open the Verbier Festival 2015 with the Verbier Festival Orchestra at the famous Salle des Combins

Turn back in time to the era of black-and-white movies where stars like Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland and Audrey Hepburn let us dream.

“Gaming in Symphony” is an epic concert performed by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra,drawing you into the fascinating world of video games.

This concert presents a unique selection of movie classics, from iconic Spaghetti Westerns to modern mafia masterpieces

Witness a concert experience of magical dimensions, when the Danish National Symphony Orchestra opens the door to a wealth of fantasy universes.

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s collaboration with Sir András Schiff performing and directing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15.