Digital Programmes

Oumar Saleh sits down with award-winning British-Bahraini trumpeter Yazz Ahmed and legendary Lebanese Oudist, Rabih Abou-Khalil, ahead of their collaborative evening of contemporary Arabic music alongside Tunisian avant-garde singer songwriter Emel.

As a production of Schubert’s Winterreise travels halfway across the globe, we explore the universality of its themes.

A collective of outstanding contemporary music talents comes together for a live performance spanning classical, jazz and cutting-edge improvisation.

So Percussion and Caroline Shaw come together to push music beyond its boundaries.

John Wilson’s revivified Sinfonia of London make their Barbican debut with a typically unorthodox programme.

The Black Renaissance was a vital movement in the early 20th century. Tonight we celebrate that legacy through music and words.

Head over to the BBC's website to read the full programme for all of their Total Immersion Day: Discovering George Walker concerts.

Martin Aston talks to Julia Holter about her highly anticipated dual orchestral and cinematic project with the Chorus of Opera North, The Passion Of Joan Of Arc.

A tale of two siblings, equally gifted, one allowed to flourish, the other restricted by the expectations of her time and class…

The music in today’s concert takes us on a journey from turmoil to reflection, clarity and hope for what comes next.

HighRise Entertainment: The UK Drill Project
The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award
Thu 3 – Sat 12 Nov 2022, The Pit

Daniel Harding leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra in a pairing of Mahler’s Ninth with a contemporary work that addresses similar subjects of life and death.

Brahms and Beethoven are on the menu this evening, with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra joined by world renowned violinist Leonidas Kavakos.

Are you sitting uneasily? Then we’ll begin…

Robin Denselow sits down with Algerian singer-songwriter Souad Massi to talk origins, influences and new beginnings through the art of her music.

The ACO, Richard Tognetti and students from Guildhall School take us on a journey from 20th-century Poland to two giants of the contemporary scene.

In their latest collaboration with film-maker Jennifer Peedom, the ACO and Richard Tognetti offer a haunting exploration of the power of rivers.

In the first concert in its residency, the ACO is joined by didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton for a programme bridging centuries and continents.

Jennifer Lucy Allen speaks to Caterina Barbieri about the genesis and evolution of her latest album Spirit Exit, written in the confounds of lockdown, that ultimately gave way to an altered state of existing.

Head over to the BBC's website to read the full programme for this evening's concert.

In tonight’s recital Isata Kanneh-Mason explores the potent themes of childhood and memory.

Head over to the BBC's website to read the full programme for all of their Total Immersion Day: Sibelius the Storyteller concerts.

The Centre for the Less Good Idea: To What End
Thu 6 – Sun 9 Oct 2022, The Pit

Jessica Duchen explores how the themes of restlessness, longing and isolation translate into great art.

Mark Berry takes a look at the inspiration behind an oratorio that perfectly blends the sacred and the secular.