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Bertrand Chamayou
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

A playful concerto offers a boost to your mood, and a symphony reaches for hope in the midst of war.

David Raksin The Bad and the Beautiful – Suite
Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G major
Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No 5
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Bertrand Chamayou piano
15th century costume design illustration by Daniel Rabel, created for the court ballets of Louis XIII. This illustration depicts the Fairy of Music and her entourage of musicians.
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: Le Roi Soleil

The Sun King dances: Academy of Ancient Music and baroque dance experts Mary Collins and Steve Player recreate the sounds and sights of the court of Louis XIV of France.

Jean-Baptiste Lully Marche pour la Cérémonie des Turcs
Jean-Féry Rebel Les Caractères de la Danse
Marin Marais Les Folies d’Espagne
Michel-Richard Delalande Excerpts from Symphonies pour les soupers du Roy
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre Suite from Céphale et Procris
André Campra Suite from L’Europe Galante
Jean-Baptiste Lully 'Chaconne for Harlequin' from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummings director and harpsichord
Mary Collins dancer
Steven Player dancer
Photo of a man playing the piano on stage in front of an audience
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Classical music

LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert

Curious about instrumental music? Looking to make lunchtime musical? Try a bite-size, informal concert, performed by musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra.

Jader Bignamini turning his head to look at the camera, with orange swirls surrounding him
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Classical music

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Bignamini: Fantastic Symphony

Severed heads, demonic orgies and obsessive love. Jader Bignamini pairs Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique with the equally colourful imaginations of Poulenc and Camile Pépin. 

Camille Pepin Les Eaux Célestes (UK premiere)
Francis Poulenc Gloria
Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jader Bignamini* conductor
Elizabeth Watts* soprano
BBC Symphony Chorus
Musicians from the National Open Youth Orchestra with their instruments, in front of a dark grey background.
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Classical music

National Open Youth Orchestra

Join 24 brilliant young disabled and non-disabled musicians for an uplifting afternoon of music mixing acoustic, electronic and accessible instruments – including the Seaboard RISE and the Clarion.

Antonio Vivaldi (Arr Liam Taylor-West, Charlie Groves, Julia Koelmans and Ellen O’Brien) 'Autumn' from The Four Seasons
Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres (arr Doug Bott, Charlie Groves and Rhian Davies) Elements
Anna Meredith (arr Julia Koelmans and Charlie Groves) Nautilus
Ben Lunn (arr Charlie Groves, Doug Bott and Ellen O’Brien) Wittgenstein’s Chorale
Michael Betteridge (arr Doug Bott and Julia Koelmans) Soaring through Sparks
Ennio Morricone (arr Julia Koelmans) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Michael Nyman (arr Charlie Groves and Ellen O’Brien) Timelapse
National Open Youth Orchestra
Anthony McGill standing in front of a wooden barn holding his clarinet
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Classical music

Anthony McGill and Kaleidoscope Collective

Delve into the depths of the human experience with deeply personal chamber music by Brahms and Messiaen, performed by clarinettist Anthony McGill and the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.

Johannes Brahms Clarinet Quintet
Olivier Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Kaleidoscope Collective
Anthony McGill clarinet
Anthony McGill smiling at the camera while holding his clarinet
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Classical music

Anthony McGill: Gran Partita

Clarinettist Anthony McGill collaborates with the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective and stars of the next generation from Guildhall School, as he closes his Milton Court residency.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet (with Kaleidoscope Collective)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Gran Partita (with Guildhall musicians)
Kaleidoscope Collective
Anthony McGill clarinet
Guildhall School musicians
Kate Atkinson looking at the camera, with circular purple and red swirls around her
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Classical music

Kate Atkinson and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

The author of Life After Life, Case Histories and Behind the Scenes at the Museum, joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra to read from her own work, and share the music that has moved and inspired her.

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Kate Atkinson author & speaker
Leonidas Kavakos looking at the camera while holding his violin
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Classical music

Masterclass with Leonidas Kavakos

'A great violinist at the top of his game' (Gramophone), Leonidas Kavakos shares his expertise with burgeoning young musicians from Guildhall School.

Leonidas Kavakos violin
Guildhall School musicians
Gold Medal winner Alexandra Achillea Pouta receiving prize from Roberta Alexander
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Classical music

The Gold Medal 2024

The final of Guildhall School's most prestigious music prize returns with a concert at Barbican Hall, offering the chance to enjoy three concertos by outstanding Guildhall instrumentalists.

Leonidas Kavakos looking to his right and smiling
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Classical music

Kavakos Plays Bach: Part 1

In the first of two concerts, Leonidas Kavakos performs three works from J S Bach’s Six Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas, each one an intimate, intricate masterpiece.

Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Partita No 3 in E major
Sonata No 2 in A minor
Sonata No 3 in C major
Leonidas Kavakos violin
Birdseye view of concert at LSO St Luke's
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Classical music

LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert

Curious about instrumental music? Looking to make lunchtime musical? Try a bite-size, informal concert, performed by singers and pianists from Guildhall School.

Leonidas Kavakos with his hands clasped sitting on a bench, his violin standing upright next to him
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Classical music

Kavakos Plays Bach: Part 2

Leonidas Kavakos gives the second of his two recitals devoted to the Six Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas by J S Bach, including the extraordinary Chaconne.

Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata No 1 in G minor
Partita No 1 in B minor
Partita No 2 in D minor
Leonidas Kavakos violin
An image of the Roman colosseum, with yellow and red colours overlaid and circular swirls framing the image
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Cinema Classical music

BBC SO Total Immersion: Voyage to Cythera (15)

Directed by Frank Scheffer, Voyage to Cythera explores Italian composer Luciano Berio's tribute to Gustav Mahler.

An image of the Roman colosseum, with pink and purple colours overlaid and circular swirls framing the image
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Classical music

BBC SO Total Immersion: Italian Radicals Talk

Professor Jonathan Cross (University of Oxford) and Associate Professor Harriet Boyd-Bennett (University of Nottingham) introduce Bruno Maderna, Luciano Berio, Luigi Nono and Luigi Dallapiccola.