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Classical music

Berliner Barock Solisten: Bach's Complete Keyboard Concertos

The Berliner Barock Solisten and pianist Alexandros Kapelis come together for Bach’s six concertos for solo keyboard and orchestra: a tour-de-force not seen on the concert stage in recent memory.

Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in D major, BWV 1054
Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in A major, BWV 1055
Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in D minor, BWV 1052
Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in E major, BWV 1053
Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in F minor, BWV 1056
Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in G minor, BWV 1058
BERLINER BAROCK SOLISTEN Baroque Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic
Alexandros Kapelis piano
Artist performing to audience at front of stage
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Classical music Contemporary music

Music Education Islington: New Sounds Festival Concert

Led by a group of young event producers, this evening concert will round off Music Education Islington's second annual New Sounds Festival.

Members of the Fourth Choir singing on stage
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Classical music

Classical Pride: My Beloved Man

My Beloved Man – a celebration by the Fourth Choir, London’s LGBTQ+ classical choir, of the love affair between Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.

Henry Purcell Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts
Samuel Barber The Coolin
Pérotin Beata Viscera III
Imogen Holst The Cobbler
Sweet Country
Benjamin Britten The Ballad of Green Broom
Aaron Copland Help Us O Lord
Michael Tippett 'Deep River' from A Child of Our Time
Benjamin Britten 'Time' (Choral Dance 1) from Gloriana
'Concord (Choral Dance 2) from Gloriana
Thomas Morley Hard by a Crystal Fountain
Claudio Monteverdi 'Che dar più vi poss’io' from Madrigals, Book 5
'Io mi son giovinetta' from Madrigals, Book 4
Imogen Holst A Hymne to Christ
Leonard Bernstein 'Somewhere' from West Side Story
Benjamin Britten Hymn to the Virgin
Henry Purcell (arr Nicholas Chalmers) Dido’s Lament
Isobel Waller-Bridge New work (world premiere)
The Fourth Choir
Petroc Trelawny presenter
Nicholas Chalmers conductor
Séamus Rea concept and script
A cellist, bass clarinettist, flautist and pianist sitting playing their instruments
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Classical music

Classical Pride: A Proud Future

A Proud Future features the star performers and composers from the LGBTQ+ student bodies of London’s conservatoires.

An illustration by Quentin Blake, depicting characters Jack and Nancy floating through a forest scene, using a red umbrella as a parachute.
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Cinema Classical music

Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures with the BBC SO

Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures bursts open, as the BBC Symphony Orchestra plays a live accompaniment to two wonderful animated adventures. 

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ben Palmer conductor
Stefano Cabrera composer
Woodwind section with focus on flautist
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Classical music

Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra

Julian Clayton conducts the outstanding young musicians of Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra.

Photo of Stephen Upshaw playing his viola in a darkly lit room
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Classical music

Classical Pride: Julius Eastman’s Gay Guerilla

Classical Pride presents Julius Eastman’s Gay Guerilla, a free performance in the Level G foyer with an ensemble put together by violist Stephen Upshaw.

Julius Eastman (arr Jessie Montgomery) Gay Guerilla
Michael Jones violin
Blaize Henry violin
William Newell violin
Miles Brett viola
Stephen Upshaw viola
Stephanie Tress cello
Thea Sayer bass
Oliver Zeffman conducting
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Classical music

Classical Pride: LSO with Oliver Zeffman & Nick Grimshaw

The culmination of 2024’s Classical Pride, the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Oliver Zeffman celebrate LGBTQ+ classical music in this diverse programme presented by Nick Grimshaw.

Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Jake Heggie Good Morning, Beauty (world premiere)
Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No 2
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Valse Sentimentale
Cassandra Miller Round
Karol Szymanowski Symphony No 3, Song of the Night
London Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Zeffman conductor
Nick Grimshaw presenter
Pavel Kolesnikov piano
Pumeza Matshikiza soprano
Russell Thomas tenor
LGBTQ+ Community Choir
A pale purple, oval shape, reflective of a mirror or window, sits in the centre of the image, surrounded by a dark orange colour with candle smoke and lens flares creating textural elements.
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Classical music

Rolf Hind: Sky in a Small Cage

Direct from the Copenhagen Opera Festival, Mahogany Opera opens our season with the UK premiere of Rolf Hind’s much-anticipated new work inspired by the influential Sufi mystic and poet, Rumi. 

Rolf Hind Sky in a Small Cage
Mahogany Opera
Riot Ensemble
Elaine Mitchener Narrator
James Hall I and You (becoming Rumi)
Yannis François Bird of the Sun – Shams e Parande
Loré Lixenberg Shaman of the Birds and Kerra, Rumi's wife
Siddhi Lagrutta ensemble singer
Karima El Demerdasch ensemble singer
Anika Venkatesh ensemble singer
Rylan Gleave ensemble singer
Ty Bouque ensemble singer
Harald Hieronymus Hein ensemble singer
Rolf Hind composer
Dante Micheaux and Jalal al-Din Rumi words
Frederic Wake-Walker director
Aaron Holloway-Nahum music director
Sasha Balmazi-Owen designer
Rosabel Huguet movement director
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Sir Antonio Pappano opens a new chapter as Chief Conductor of the LSO, conjuring stunning landscapes from Nielsen and Sibelius - and a world premiere from James MacMillan. 

Carl Nielsen Helios Overture
Sir James MacMillan Concerto for Orchestra (world premiere, LSO commission) *
Jean Sibelius Symphony No 1
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the LSO on the Barbican stage, with LSO cellos and violas in the background.
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Two giants of British music, two blistering orchestral works from the early 20th century, as Sir Antonio Pappano begins his first season as Chief Conductor of the LSO.

Edward Elgar Violin Concerto
Gustav Holst The Planets – Suite
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Vilde Frang violin
Tenebrae
Organist Anna Lapwood
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Hector Berlioz goes to a Roman Carnival, Saint-Saëns gives a Symphony from the organ loft, and Serge Rachmaninov sings the blues in his Fourth Piano Concerto.

Hector Berlioz Roman Carnival
Serge Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 4
Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No 3, Organ Symphony
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Yuja Wang piano
Anna Lapwood organ
The three members of Voice Trio singing on stage, with purple lights and a purple projection behind them
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Classical music

Hildegard Transfigured: Medieval Trance for the 21st Century

The soaring, timeless 12th century arabesques of Hildegard of Bingen meet 21st century transfiguration in Voice Trio’s intimate and illuminating portrait. 

Hildegard von Bingen 'Antiphona: O successores', Psalm antiphon for Confessors
'Responsorium: Favus distillans', Responsory for St Ursula and Companions, likely for Matins
Marcus Davidson Musical Harmony
Laura Moody 'Humility and Universe as Body' from Hildegard Portraits
Tim Lea Young Three Wings, Part 1
Hildegard von Bingen 'Antiphona: O virtus sapientie', Votive antiphon for Divine Wisdom
Stevie Wishart Azeruz
Laura Moody 'Sermon and Sing' from Hildegard Portraits
Hildegard von Bingen 'Antiphona: O mirum admirandum', Psalm antiphon for St Disibod
Stevie Wishart 'O Choruscans Lux Stellarum', On a cantus firmus by St Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard von Bingen 'Antiphona: O orzchis Ecclesia', Antiphon for Dedication of a Church
Marcus Davidson O Boundless Ecclesia
Laura Moody 'O Woman' and 'Love' from Hildegard Portraits
Emily Levy How Sweetly You Burn
Hildegard von Bingen 'Antiphona: Unde quocumque venientes', Antiphon for St Ursula
Laura Moody 'The Living Light' from Hildegard Portraits
Voice Trio
Roopa Panesar on stage playing an instrument smiling
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Classical music

Roopa Panesar

One of the UK’s finest sitar players, Roopa Panesar returns for a concert of Indian classical music, collaborating with trailblazing Indian classical and contemporary musicians.

Roopa Panesar sitar
Sudarshan Singh tabla
R N Parkash carnatic percussion
Camilo Tirado electroacoustics
Yuja Wang at the piano
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

A celebration of rhythm in Béla Bartók’s vibrant Second Piano Concerto, while Gustav Mahler embraces the earth in his brilliant, bold First Symphony.

Béla Bartók Piano Concerto No 2
Gustav Mahler Symphony No 1
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Yuja Wang piano