What’s On
Fri 16 May – Thu 3 Jul 2025
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Glyndebourne
- Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia
- Rory Macdonald conductor
- Annabel Arden director
- Joanna Parker designer
- Toby Sedgwick movement director
- James Farncombe lighting designer
- Cecilia Molinari Rosina
- Germán Olvera Figaro
- Jonah Hoskins Count Almaviva
- Fabio Capitanucci Dr Bartolo
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- The Glyndebourne Chorus
Sat 17 May – Tue 24 Jun 2025
Parsifal
Glyndebourne
- Wagner Parsifal
- Robin Ticciati conductor
- Jetske Mijnssen director
- Ben Baur set designer
- Gideon Davey costume designer
- Dustin Klein choreographer
- Fabrice Kebour lighting designer
- Marius Bolten dramaturg
- Daniel Johansson Parsifal
- John Relyea Gurnemanz
- Kristina Stanek Kundry
- Audun Iversen Amfortas
- Ryan Speedo Green Klingsor
- John Tomlinson Titurel
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- The Glyndebourne Chorus
Sat 31 May 2025, 12.00pm
FUNharmonics: Petrushka
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Stravinsky Petrushka (1947) (excerpts)
- Rachel Leach Mr Cheadle’s Menagerie
- Amy Beach Bal Masqué
- Matthew Lynch conductor
- Rachel Leach presenter
Wed 2 Jul 2025, 7.30pm
Debut Sounds: Memory Palace
Queen Elizabeth Hall
- Five new orchestral works by LPO Young Composers:
- Zach Reading Waves
- Niamh O’Donnell LoveHate:Reminiscence
- Daniel Soley Rumination
- Joy Nkoyo Tamēssa
- Jorge Ramos SOHO
- Five new poems written and performed by:
- Johanna Gibson Kingfisher Cay (poem)
- Pẹ̀lúmi Obasaju The Soul of Memory (poem)
- Erica Hesketh Flood (poem)
- Gayathiri Kamalakanthan Dad Loved the Water (poem)
- William Wyld Something’s Burning (poem)
- Juya Shin conductor
- Poets from the Southbank Centre's New Poets Collective
- LPO Foyle Future Firsts
- Members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sun 13 Jul – Sun 24 Aug 2025
Falstaff
Glyndebourne
- Verdi Falstaff
- Sian Edwards conductor
- Richard Jones director
- Ultz designer
- Linda Dobell movement director
- Mimi Jordan Sherin lighting designer
- Renato Girolami Falstaff
- Anna Princeva Alice Ford
- Rodion Pogossov Ford
- Valentina Pernozzoli Mistress Quickly
- Mariam Battistelli Nanetta
- Filipe Manu Fenton
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- The Glyndebourne Chorus
Sun 3 – Sat 23 Aug 2025
Káťa Kabanová
Glyndebourne
- Janáček Káťa Kabanová
- Robin Ticciati conductor
- Damiano Michieletto director
- Paolo Fantin set designer
- Carla Teti costume designer
- Alessandro Carletti lighting designer
- Kateřina Kněžíková Káťa Kabanová
- Susan Bickley Kabanicha
- John Tomlinson Dikój
- Nicky Spence Boris
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- The Glyndebourne Chorus
Tue 5 Aug 2025, 7.30pm
Edinburgh International Festival
Tours
- Judith Weir Forest
- Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
- Holst The Planets
- Edward Gardner conductor
- Beatrice Rana piano
- Christopher Bell chorus director
- National Youth Choir of Scotland
Sun 10 Aug 2025, 7.30pm
BBC Proms: Edward Gardner conducts the LPO
The Royal Albert Hall
- Sibelius The Oceanides (11')
- Tippett The Rose Lake (29')
- Ravel Shéhérazade (17')
- Debussy La mer (23')
- Edward Gardner conductor
- Aigul Akhmetshina mezzo-soprano
Sat 27 Sep 2025, 7.30pm
Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto
London, Royal Festival Hall
- George Benjamin Ringed by the Flat Horizon (19’)
- Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor) (38’)
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 (47’)
- Edward Gardner conductor*
- Yefim Bronfman piano
Sun 28 Sep 2025, 7.00pm
Brahms’s Second at Saffron Hall
Saffron Walden
- Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3
- Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
- Brahms Symphony No. 2
- Edward Gardner conductor*
- Yeol Eum Son piano
Fri 3 Oct 2025, 7.30pm
Mahler’s Fourth
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Hans Abrahamsen Let me tell you (30’)
- Mahler Symphony No. 4 (55’)
- Edward Gardner conductor*
- Jennifer France soprano
Sat 4 Oct 2025, 7.30pm
Tchaikovsky’s Sixth
Brighton
- Verdi Prelude from Aida (6’)
- Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 (23’)
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique) (45’)
- Pablo González conductor
- Alena Baeva violin
Sun 5 Oct 2025, 3.00pm
Tchaikovsky’s Sixth
Eastbourne
- Verdi Prelude from Aida (6’)
- Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 (23’)
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique) (45’)
- Pablo González conductor
- Alena Baeva violin
Wed 22 Oct 2025, 6.30pm
The Rite of Spring
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Stravinsky Funeral Song (12’)
- L Boulanger Faust et Hélène (32’)
- Stravinsky The Rite of Spring (32’)
- Karina Canellakis conductor*
- Véronique Gens soprano
- Andrew Staples tenor
- Jean-Sébastien Bou baritone
Fri 24 Oct 2025, 7.30pm
Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony at Saffron Hall
Saffron Walden
- Mozart Overture, Idomeneo, K366 (5')
- Mozart Masonic Funeral Music, K477 (6')
- Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K503 (32')
- Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 (60')
- Karina Canellakis conductor*
- Paul Lewis piano
Sat 25 Oct 2025, 7.30pm
Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Mozart Overture, Idomeneo, K366 (5’)
- Mozart Masonic Funeral Music, K477 (6’)
- Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K503 (32’)
- Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 (60’)
- Karina Canellakis conductor*
- Paul Lewis piano
Wed 29 Oct 2025, 7.30pm
New World Symphony
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Chinary Ung Water Rings (6’)
- Sibelius Violin Concerto (31’)
- Dvořák Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) (40’)
- Kahchun Wong conductor
- Himari violin
Fri 31 Oct 2025, 7.30pm
A Sea Symphony
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Sibelius Scènes historiques (Suite II) (20’)
- Sibelius The Oceanides (10’)
- Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony (64’)
- Mark Elder conductor
- Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha soprano
- David Stout baritone
- London Philharmonic Choir
Sat 1 Nov 2025, 7.30pm
Leia Zhu plays Prokofiev
Brighton
- Ravel Mother Goose Suite (16’)
- Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 (22’)
- Bizet Symphony in C (28’)
- Nodoka Okisawa conductor
- Leia Zhu violin
Sun 2 Nov 2025, 3.00pm
Leia Zhu plays Prokofiev
Eastbourne
- Ravel Mother Goose Suite (16’)
- Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 (22’)
- Bizet Symphony in C (28’)
- Nodoka Okisawa conductor
- Leia Zhu violin
Wed 5 Nov 2025, 7.30pm
Brahms’s Fourth
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Brahms Tragic Overture (13’)
- Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 (33’)
- Brahms Symphony No. 4 (40’)
- Edward Gardner conductor*
- Pavel Kolesnikov piano
Sat 8 Nov 2025, 7.30pm
Beethoven & John Adams
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Beethoven Violin Concerto (42’)
- John Adams Harmonium (35’)
- Edward Gardner conductor*
- James Ehnes violin
- London Philharmonic Choir
- BBC Symphony Chorus
Wed 12 Nov 2025, 7.30pm
Romeo and Juliet
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Gabriela Lena Frank Contested Eden (UK premiere) (13’)
- Walton Cello Concerto (30’)
- Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) (37’)
- Elim Chan conductor
- Nicolas Altstaedt cello
Wed 26 Nov 2025, 7.30pm
Edward Gardner conducts Elgar
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Elgar In the South (Alassio) (19’)
- Elgar Sea Pictures (23’)
- Elgar Sospiri (5’)
- Elgar Enigma Variations (29’)
- Edward Gardner conductor*
- Beth Taylor mezzo-soprano
Sat 29 Nov 2025, 7.30pm
Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Bloch
London
- Robert Laidlow Exoplanets (world premiere) (23’)**
- Bloch Schelomo (20’)
- Rachmaninov Symphony No. 3 (38’)
- Edward Gardner conductor*
- Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Sat 17 Jan 2026, 12.00pm
FUNharmonics: Peter and the Wolf
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
- And more fun music!
- Michael Seal conductor
- Rachel Leach presenter
Sat 17 Jan 2026, 6.30pm
The Firebird
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Festival Overture (14’)
- Gustavo Díaz-Jerez Tajogaite (Concerto for Piano and Orchestra) (UK premiere) (17’)
- Stravinsky The Firebird Suite (1945 version) (30’)
- Maxim Emelyanychev conductor
- Gustavo Díaz-Jerez piano
Sun 18 Jan 2026, 3.00pm
Beethoven’s Second
Eastbourne
- Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin (16’)
- Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5, K219 (Turkish) (31’)
- Beethoven Symphony No. 2 (34’)
- Erina Yashima conductor
- Maria Włoszczowska violin
Wed 21 Jan 2026, 7.30pm
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Anna Korsun Terricone (15’)
- Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (23’)
- Mosolov The Iron Foundry (3')
- Prokofiev Symphony No. 2 (36’)
- Vladimir Jurowski conductor
- Anna Vinnitskaya piano
Sat 24 Jan 2026, 7.30pm
Mahler’s Tenth
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Mahler Symphony No. 10 (ed. Barshai) (75’)
- Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Wed 4 Feb 2026, 7.30pm
Bohemian Rhapsodies
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Bacewicz Overture* (6')
- Martinů Violin Concerto No. 2 (28')
- Lutosławski Symphony No. 4 (22')*
- Janáček Taras Bulba (23’)
- Edward Gardner conductor **
- Josef Špaček violin
Sat 7 Feb 2026, 6.00pm
LPO Showcase: Foyle Future Firsts and the Royal Academy of Music
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Ligeti Melodien
- Bartók (orch. Freisitzer) Dance Suite
- Foyle Future First musicians
- Students from the Royal Academy of Music
- Members of the LPO
Sat 7 Feb 2026, 7.30pm
The Wooden Prince
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Kaprálová Rustic Suite (16')
- Szymanowski Stabat Mater (23’) *
- Kaprálová Waving Farewell (6’)
- Bartók The Wooden Prince (48’)
- Edward Gardner conductor **
- Lucy Crowe soprano
- Agnieszka Rehlis mezzo-soprano
- Kostas Smoriginas bass
- London Philharmonic Choir
Sun 8 Feb 2026, 3.00pm
Edward Gardner conducts Elgar
Eastbourne
- Elgar Sospiri (5’)
- Elgar Cello Concerto (30’)
- Elgar Enigma Variations (32’)
- Edward Gardner* conductor
- Jan Vogler cello
Wed 11 Feb 2026, 7.30pm
Mother Goose
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy (22')
- George Benjamin Palimpsests (21')
- Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments (9')
- Ravel Mother Goose (complete ballet) (28')
- George Benjamin conductor
Fri 13 Feb 2026, 7.30pm
A Little Bit in Love at Saffron Hall
Saffron Walden
- Selection of songs by Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter and more.
- Wilson Ng conductor
- Danielle de Niese soprano
Sat 14 Feb 2026, 7.30pm
A Little Bit in Love
Brighton
- Selection of songs by Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter and more.
- Wilson Ng* conductor
- Danielle de Niese soprano
Wed 18 Feb 2026, 6.00pm
LPO Showcase: Junior Artists
London, Royal Festival Hall
- LPO Junior Artists
- Foyle Future First musicians
- Members of the LPO
Wed 18 Feb 2026, 7.30pm
Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Tchaikovsky
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Sibelius Pohjola's Daughter (12')
- Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (34')
- Beethoven Symphony No. 7 (36')
- Karina Canellakis conductor*
- Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Wed 4 Mar 2026, 7.30pm
Tchaikovsky & Sibelius
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 (49’)
- Sibelius Symphony No. 2 (45’)
- Paavo Järvi conductor
- Alexandre Kantorow piano
Sat 14 Mar 2026, 7.30pm
The Firebird
Brighton
- Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture (11’)
- Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488 (26’)
- Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (10’)
- Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1919 version) (19’)
- Dionysis Grammenos conductor
- Lukas Sternath piano
Sun 15 Mar 2026, 3.00pm
The Firebird
Eastbourne
- Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture (11’)
- Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488 (26’)
- Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (10’)
- Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1919 version) (19’)
- Dionysis Grammenos conductor
- Lukas Sternath piano
Sat 21 Mar 2026, 6.30pm
Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
London, Queen Elizabeth Hall
- John Luther Adams Become River (16’)
- Clarice Assad Terra: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra (European premiere) (22’)
- Piazzolla The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (arr. Desyatnikov) (with live dance) (26’)
- Pablo Rus Broseta conductor
- Jonathan Davies bassoon*
- Alice Ivy-Pemberton violin
Wed 25 Mar 2026, 7.30pm
Voices from Finland
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Lotta Wennäkoski Zelo (world premiere)* (20')
- Sibelius Kullervo (70’)
- Robin Ticciati conductor
- Miina-Liisa Värelä soprano
- Shenyang bass-baritone
- YL Male Voice Choir
Sat 28 Mar 2026, 7.30pm
Beethoven’s Ninth
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Tan Dun Choral Concerto: Nine (UK premiere) (25')
- Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (67')
- Tan Dun conductor
- Elizabeth Watts soprano
- Hongni Wu mezzo-soprano
- John Findon tenor
- Dingle Yandell bass-baritone
- London Philharmonic Choir
- London Chinese Philharmonic Choir
Wed 1 Apr 2026, 7.30pm
Pictures at an Exhibition
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Mark-Anthony Turnage Three Screaming Popes (15’)
- Bartók Violin Concerto No. 1 (21')
- Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (30')
- Edward Gardner conductor*
- Alina Ibragimova violin
Wed 8 Apr 2026, 7.30pm
Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Anna Thorvaldsdottir CATAMORPHOSIS (20’)
- Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 (23')
- Beethoven Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral) (40')
- Kirill Karabits conductor
- Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider violin
Fri 10 Apr 2026, 7.30pm
Brahms’s Double
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Dvořák In Nature’s Realm (11’)
- Brahms Double Concerto for violin and cello (31’)
- R Schumann Symphony No. 4 (29’)
- Jonathon Heyward conductor
- Pieter Schoeman violin*
- Kristina Blaumane cello**
Wed 15 Apr 2026, 7.30pm
Carnival of the Animals
London, Queen Elizabeth Hall
- Dvořák Symphony No. 7 (37')
- Ryan Carter Piano Concerto (world premiere) (18’)
- Saint-Saëns The Carnival of the Animals (with film animation) (22’)
- Lidiya Yankovskaya conductor
- Tomoko Mukaiyama piano
Fri 17 Apr 2026, 7.30pm
Terence Blanchard: A Requiem for Katrina
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Duke Ellington The River Suite (30’)
- Terence Blanchard A Tale of God’s Will: A Requiem for Katrina (70’)
- Daniela Candillari conductor
- Terence Blanchard trumpet
- The Terence Blanchard Quintet
Sun 19 Apr 2026, 3.00pm
Sibelius’s First
Eastbourne
- Price Andante moderato for string orchestra (7’)
- Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (16’)
- Gershwin Selections from Porgy and Bess (10’)
- Sibelius Symphony No. 1 (38’)
- Nefeli Chadouli* conductor
- Nadine Benjamin soprano
Sat 25 Apr 2026, 7.30pm
Wozzeck
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Berg Wozzeck (semi-staged) (90’)
- Edward Gardner conductor*
- Stéphane Degout Wozzeck
- Annette Dasch Marie
- Peter Hoare Captain
- Brindley Sherratt Doctor
- Christopher Ventris Drum Major
- Eirik Grøtvedt Andres
- Adrian Thompson The Fool
- Kitty Whately Margret
- London Voices
Thu 30 Apr – Sat 9 May 2026
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in Concert
The Royal Albert Hall
- Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Ludwig Wicki conductor
- London Philharmonic Choir
- Trinity Boys Choir
Fri 1 – Sun 10 May 2026
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in Concert
The Royal Albert Hall
- Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Ludwig Wicki conductor
- London Philharmonic Choir
- Trinity Boys Choir
Sun 3 – Sun 10 May 2026
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in Concert
The Royal Albert Hall
- Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Ludwig Wicki conductor
- London Philharmonic Choir
- Trinity Boys Choir
Sun 17 May 2026, 12.00pm
FUNharmonics: Stan and Mabel and the Race for Space
London, Royal Festival Hall
- Paul Rissmann Stan and Mabel and the Race for Space
- And more fun music!