October sees Semyon Bychkov return to London for performances with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Academy of Music. In both cases, Bychkov’s focus is Mahler, conducting Symphony No. 5 on 5 October at the Barbican and Symphony No. 9 on 13 October at Duke’s Hall. At the end of the month, he returns to focus on Tchaikovsky, conducting the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic in the composer’s Second Symphony from 25-26 October.