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Join us for an LSO Create Open session at LSO St Luke’s!

Friendly, one-off workshops for learning disabled and/or neurodiverse adults, alongside supporters and carers. Explore new ways of making music with LSO musicians in a relaxed, accessible space.

Info and booking: https://bit.ly/3MFnqw8

YouTube video by London Symphony Orchestra Strauss' Also sprach Zarathustra and Ligeti's Lontano | Barbara Hannigan on her LSO programming

Tomorrow Barbara Hannigan, LSO Associate Artist, explores two extraordinary sound worlds: Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra and György Ligeti’s Lontano.

From the blazing sunrise of Strauss to the mysterious textures of Ligeti🎵

Watch the video below and grab the final tickets on our website

Principal Flute Gareth Davies curates a musical portrait of America in this month’s LSO MIxtape playlist, inspired by his upcoming performance of Liebermann's Flute Concerto No 2 with the LSO.

Explore Gareth Davies’ LSO Mixtape today:
lnk.to/LSOMixtape27

Our new release of ‘Jupiter’ from Holst’s The Planets is featured on Apple Music Classical’s The Works playlist! Head to Apple Music to listen to the new single with Chief Conductor Sir Antonio Pappano.

Enjoy The Works playlist here:
https://apple.co/4kJkpHy

Get to Know: Laura Bowler's The White Book | London Symphony Orchestra Edward Bhesania explores the inspiration behind Laura Bowler's The White Book, ahead of its UK Premiere at the Barbican with Barbara Hannigan.

Discover Laura Bowler’s powerful new work inspired by Han Kang’s The White Book at our Half Six Fix on 5 March.
A large orchestra, from deep contrabassoon to bass trombone, yet light, delicate and atmospheric in sound.
Curious? Read Edward Bhesania’s article and join us live. 🎶

First Encounters: Liebermann's Flute Concerto No 2 | London Symphony Orchestra Music presenter and writer Daria Challah guides us through the soaring new Flute Concerto from Lowell Liebermann, ahead of its UK premiere with the LSO on 26 March.

Happy birthday to composer Lowell Liebermann 🎉

We can’t wait to perform his vibrant Second Flute Concerto this March, with our very own Principal Flute Gareth Davies as soloist.

Curious to discover more about the music and the composer behind it? Dive into Daria Challah’s article.

YouTube video by London Symphony Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda on Rachmaninoff's Symphony No 1

Full of surging melodies, orchestral colour, Russian dance rhythms and the haunting shadow of the Dies irae … Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No 1 remains one of classical music’s most fascinating redemption stories. In this video, Gianandrea Noseda explores his take on this extraordinary work 🔥

Album cover for "HOLST: The Planets" and "BAX: Tintagel" by the London Symphony Orchestra, featuring imagery of a planet with a dark background. The text includes "Sir Antonio Pappano" and "LSO Live."

Blast off with our new recording of Gustav Holst’s The Planets, due to land on 20 March! Sir Antonio Pappano leads the LSO on an exciting voyage through the solar system in this live recording from his first season as Chief Conductor. 🪐

Listen to the single here:
https://lnk.to/HolstBax27

YouTube video by London Symphony Orchestra Patricia Kopatchinskaja | 2025/26 LSO Artist Portrait

From today, we’re on tour with Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda and our Artist Portrait artist Patricia Kopatchinskaja.

Stay tuned for behind-the-scenes moments from the road ✨ In the meantime, hear PatKop share her thoughts on her special relationship with the LSO. 🎻

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We’re on the lookout for a Head of Technology

This senior role will lead IT governance, cyber security, GDPR and infrastructure across the LSO, LSO St Luke’s and the Warehouse, strengthening and future-proofing our technology to support the whole LSO.

Apply by 13 March on https://bit.ly/3Oc1UiY

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Happy birthday to Colin Matthews 🎂

We loved performing his newest Oboe Concerto last week, such a brilliant addition to the repertoire. Here’s to many more! 🎶
Photo: Mark Allan

YouTube video by London Symphony Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda on Borodin's Symphony No 2

A scientist, a researcher – and one of Russia’s 'Mighty Five' composers. Meet Alexander Borodin.

🎶 Our Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda on Borodin’s folk-inspired Second Symphony, ahead of tonight’s and Sunday’s performances.

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Introducing our newest album with Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda: Tchaikovsky’s deeply emotional Symphony No 6 and Mussorgsky's atmospheric Prelude to 'Khovanshchina'.

Listen to the album here:
https://lnk.to/Tchaikovsky627

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Dance your way through February with this month’s LSO Mixtape!

Curated by conductor Elim Chan, this month’s playlist dives into an eclectic mix of classical favourites inspired her February concert programme. 💃

Click here to listen:
https://lnk.to/LSOMixtape27

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We’re hiring!🎻

The LSO is looking for a talented musician to join as Principal Second Violin (50%).

📅 Application deadline: Sunday 1 March 2026
🔗 Find out more and apply here: https://www.musicalchairs.info/jobs/53093

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Last call for the LSO Live January sale!

Grab your discounted favourites before 31 January. Which new music are you adding to your collection? Tell us in the comments below ⏬

Explore the sale here: https://bit.ly/2026januarysale

The LSO is at the top of its game Featuring soloist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and returning conductor Sir Simon Rattle, last night at the Barbican the orchestra was electrifying

'Patricia Kopatchinskaja fused extreme technical virtuosity with an interpretation so electrifying it was as if she had written the concerto herself.'

Relive Sunday's concert in Jessica Duchen's review for The i Paper and catch Patricia's next concert with us on the 29 Jan

https://bit.ly/49stMre

Coming 6 February...🥁Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 6 with Gianandrea Noseda!

Recorded live in 2023, our Principal Guest Conductor leads the LSO in a heartfelt performance of this achingly beautiful work.

Click here to listen to the new single:
https://lnk.to/Tchaikovsky627

YouTube video by London Symphony Orchestra Janáček's The Makropulos Affair Explained

January at the LSO means one thing: Janáček opera with Sir Simon Rattle 🎭✨

This time it’s The Makropulos Case: mysterious, dramatic and a little mind-bending. The plot’s a twisty one, so we’ve made a short animation to help you crack the story before you hear it live. See you at the Barbican.

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Happy Janáček January!

This month’s LSO Mixtape is jointly curated by Marlis Petersen and Aleš Briscein, two of the soloists from our upcoming performances of The Makropulos Affair.

Have a listen to the opera inspired playlist today:
https://lnk.to/LSOMixtape27

Five Reasons to Love Janáček's The Makropulos Affair | London Symphony Orchestra Timmy Fisher looks back at Janáček's wonderfully dramatic opera that cemented him as one of the operatic greats.

A 300-year-old woman, a tangled inheritance case, love affairs, and a potion for eternal life 👀

Sounds like a Netflix pitch, right? It’s actually Janáček opera.

We’ve rounded up five reasons why this gripping, mysterious masterpiece is the perfect way to start the new year - discover them below 🎭

New year, new music! 🎵💿

It's January, which means it’s time for an LSO Live CD sale!

Head to the LSO Live website to explore select titles with up to 20% off, available until Saturday 31 January: https://bit.ly/4p9djg9

You've only got one week left to apply for our Helen Hamlyn Panufnik Composer Scheme which gives you the chance to write for the LSO!🎶✍️

Head to the link below or share with someone who needs to apply!

🔗: https://bit.ly/4p8KFMf

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We’re hiring!🎻
The LSO is looking for a talented tutti cellist to join our cello section.

📅 Application deadline: Sunday 11 January 2026
🔗 Find out more and apply here: https://www.musicalchairs.info/jobs/52461

Wishing you a joyful, restful festive season – whatever and wherever you’re celebrating. 🌟

Thank you for being with us this year; and here’s to more wonderful music in the New Year, from all of us at the LSO. 🎶

Christmas is almost here so it’s about time to listen to some holiday tunes.
Have a listen to our Classical Christmas playlist to enjoy some of our festive favourites, and tell us your go-to Christmas music in the comments below⏬

Listen to the playlist here:
https://lnk.to/LSOClassicalChristmas27

YouTube video by London Symphony Orchestra 🎻✨ New album incoming!

Want a sneak peek of the music from tonight’s concert programme? Here’s LSO Leader Roman Simovic performing Rózsa’s Violin Concerto, from our recent recording of Miklós Rózsa and Béla Bartók’s Violin Concertos 🎻

Watch the clip here:
https://youtube.com/shorts/CVo1kFo9wZU

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LSO Discovery is looking for an Emerging Artists Project Coordinator, a proactive, highly organised person to help support and deliver projects that inspire the next generation of performers and composers.

🗓 Deadline: Monday 19 January, 12pm
🔗 Find out more and apply: https://bit.ly/4q9E5po

Golden Age Hollywood and Beyond: The Composers | London Symphony Orchestra Composer, dramatist and film music aficionado Neil Brand explores the composers behind Golden Age Hollywood and Beyond on 17 and 18 December.

🎬 From sweeping epics to intimate heartbreak.

Neil Brand explores the composers behind Golden Age Hollywood and Beyond — Rózsa, Herrmann, Steiner, Walton, Morricone and more.

Read the editorial on our website, then hear it live tonight & tomorrow with Sir Antonio Pappano at the Barbican Centre. 🎶✨

YouTube video by London Symphony Orchestra Antoine Tamestit on Vaughan Williams' Flos Campi

On Sunday our Spotlight Artist Antoine Tamestit returns to perform in Vaughan Williams' Flos Campi. 🎻

Listen to Antoine discuss this stunning musical reflection on spirituality for solo viola, orchestra and chorus.
Final tickets for Sunday and Wednesday on our website.

https://youtu.be/8TbNZ3pXyvA