Press Gallery Press Gallery Season 2017/18 Launch with Sir Simon Rattle Sir Simon Rattle at the LSO's 2017/18 Season Launch© Getty / Jeff Spicer Sir Simon Rattle at the LSO's 2017/18 Season Launch© Getty / Jeff Spicer Sir Simon Rattle at the LSO's 2017/18 Season Launch© Getty / Jeff Spicer Sir Simon Rattle at the LSO's 2017/18 Season Launch© Getty / Jeff Spicer Sir Simon Rattle at the LSO's 2017/18 Season Launch© Getty / Jeff Spicer Kathryn McDowell speaking at the LSO's 2017/18 Season Launch© Getty / Jeff Spicer Sir Simon Rattle & Kathryn McDowell outside LSO St Luke's© Getty / Jeff Spicer Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Nick Kenyon, Gareth Davies and Kathryn McDowell at the LSO's 2017/18 Season Launch© Getty / Jeff Spicer Sir Simon Rattle speaking at the LSO's 2017/18 Season Launch© Getty / Jeff Spicer The London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra at LSO St Luke's© LSO / Ranald Mackechnie Sir Simon Rattle with the Members of the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican© LSO / Ranald Mackechnie Sir Simon Rattle conducting the LSO Sir Simon Rattle conducting the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican© LSO / Hugh Glendinning Sir Simon Rattle conducting the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican© LSO / Hugh Glendinning Sir Simon Rattle conducting the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican© LSO / Hugh Glendinning Sir Simon Rattle in portrait© Oliver Helbig Sir Simon Rattle conducting the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican© LSO / Tristram Kenton Sir Simon Rattle conducting the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican© LSO / Tristram Kenton LSO Season 2017/18 Highlights Gianandrea Noseda, LSO Principal Guest Conductor, conducting LSO in rehearsal© LSO / Kevin Leighton François-Xavier Roth conducting the LSO in rehearsal at LSO St Luke's© LSO / Kevin Leighton LSO Conductor Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas conducting rehearsals at the Barbican© LSO / Kevin Leighton Helen Grime, whose new work commissioned for the LSO and Sir Simon Rattle by the Barbican will be premiered in the 2017/18 season.© Amy Barton Marin Alsop conducting the LSO in rehearsal at the Barbican© LSO / Kevin Leighton Leonard Bernstein with the LSO in 1966 in concert at the Royal Albert Hall© LSO Archives LSO opera projects with Sir Simon Rattle and Peter Sellars Sir Simon Rattle conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in Pelléas et Mélisande© LSO / Tristram Kenton Sir Simon Rattle conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in Pelléas et Mélisande© LSO / Tristram Kenton Sir Simon Rattle conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in Pelléas et Mélisande© LSO / Tristram Kenton Sir Simon Rattle conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in Le grand macabre© Getty / John Phillips Simon Halsey conducting the chorus in Le grand macabre© Getty / John Phillips Sir Simon Rattle conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in Le grand macabre, with soprano Audrey Luna© Getty / John Phillips Peter Hoare, Frode Olsen and Pavlo Hunka in Le grand macabre© Getty / John Phillips Frode Olsen, Peter Hoare and Heidi Melton in Le grand macabre© Getty / John Phillips Peter Tantsits, Joshua Bloom and Anthony Roth Costanzo in Le grand macabre© Getty / John Phillips LSO Children's Operas with Sir Simon Rattle The world premiere of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' children's opera The Hogboon conducted by Sir Simon Rattle© LSO / Hugh Glendinning The world premiere of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' children's opera The Hogboon conducted by Sir Simon Rattle© LSO / Hugh Glendinning The world premiere of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' children's opera The Hogboon conducted by Sir Simon Rattle© LSO / Hugh Glendinning The UK premiere of Jonathan Dove's children's opera The Monster in the Maze conducted by Sir Simon Rattle© LSO / Alastair Muir The UK premiere of Jonathan Dove's children's opera The Monster in the Maze conducted by Sir Simon Rattle© LSO / Alastair Muir The UK premiere of Jonathan Dove's children's opera The Monster in the Maze conducted by Sir Simon Rattle© LSO / Alastair Muir Sir Simon Rattle with LSO and Guildhall School musicians Sir Simon Rattle conducts Guildhall School musicians playing side-by-side with LSO Members© LSO / Hugh Glendinning Sir Simon Rattle conducts Guildhall School musicians playing side-by-side with LSO Members© LSO / Alastair Muir Sir Simon Rattle conducts Guildhall School musicians playing side-by-side with LSO Members© LSO / Alastair Muir LSO Composer Projects LSO Panufnik Composers Workshop at LSO St Luke's, conducted by James MacMillan© LSO / Igor Emmerich Colin Matthews works with composers at an LSO Panufnik Composers Workshop© LSO / Igor Emmerich Graduate LSO Soundhub Composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson premieres one of her works in a Soundhub Showcase© LSO / Kevin Leighton LSO On Track LSO On Track Young Musicians perform in the annual BMW LSO Open Air Classics concert in Trafalgar Square© LSO / Igor Emmerich LSO On Track Young Musicians perform in the annual BMW LSO Open Air Classics concert in Trafalgar Square© LSO LSO On Track Young Musicians perform in the annual BMW LSO Open Air Classics concert in Trafalgar Square© LSO / Igor Emmerich LSO On Track Young Musicians rehearsing with LSO Members© LSO / Kevin Leighton LSO On Track Young Musicians rehearsing with LSO Members© LSO / Kevin Leighton Innovations in Digital Melody VR recording of an LSO String Ensemble concert© LSO / Melody VR Melody VR recording of BMW LSO Open Air Classics© LSO / Melody VR Trying out VR technology at an LSO Family Concert© LSO / Alexander Newton LSO Discovery Projects: Highlights Young music-makers try out playing instruments with LSO musicians atLSO St Luke's© LSO / Kevin Leighton LSO Discovery Choir rehearsal, part of LSO Sing© LSO / Kevin Leighton LSO Community Choir rehearsal, part of LSO Sing, with David Lawrence© LSO / Kevin Leighton LSO Choral Singing Day, led bySimon Halsey© LSO / Hannah J Taylor LSO Choral Singing Day, led bySimon Halsey© LSO / Hannah J Taylor LSO Concert for Under-5s atLSO St Luke's© LSO / Kevin Leighton Members of the LSO Digital Technology Group perform an annual concert at LSO St Luke's© LSO / Kevin Leighton An LSO scratch choir forms for an on-the-day learn and performance in Trafalgar Square, led by Lucy Griffiths© LSO