The London Symphony Orchestra has announced three upcoming performances taking place across LSO St Luke's and the Barbican, bringing together artists whose work spans orchestral music, jazz, theatre, spoken word, and visual storytelling. The autumn programme highlights the Orchestra's ongoing commitment to long-term creative partnerships and original contemporary work.
Opening the series is Tangram x SANSARA: Chronicle ?•? at LSO St Luke's on 30 and 31 August 2026. Following its premiere at Snape Maltings, the immersive work of choral theatre—created by artist collective Tangram in collaboration with vocal ensemble SANSARA—is inspired by the poetry of six women spanning more than a thousand years of Chinese history. Blending newly commissioned music, movement, visual design, and text, the production marks a major project within Tangram's tenure as LSO St Luke's Associate Artists.
On 16 September 2026, composer, singer, songwriter, and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson presents New Roots First Light at LSO St Luke's. Inspired by her forthcoming album New Roots, the performance combines live music, spoken word, dance, and conversation to explore themes of identity, ancestry, and renewal. Joined by poet Inua Ellams, dancers Anya and Remi Ferdinand, presenter Ashley Joseph, and band members Chris Morris and Joshua Domfeh, the event builds on Witter-Johnson’s 15-year creative relationship with the LSO.
The programme culminates at the Barbican on 19 November 2026 as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, where saxophonist, composer, and rapper Soweto Kinch reunites with the London Symphony Orchestra to perform Trilogy. Bringing together three large-scale works created with the LSO since 2019—The Black Peril, White Juju, and Soundtrack to the Apocalypse—the performance combines jazz, hip hop, spoken word, and orchestral arrangements.
"These three concerts capture the spirit of what we aim to achieve across our programme at LSO St Luke's and the Barbican by working with artists who are expanding the possibilities of live performance," said Sarah Quinn, Chair of the LSO.
Further details and ticket information for all three performances are available through official London Symphony Orchestra channels.
