Classical Premieres and Commissions 2018–19

28 Sep 2018, 13:00

The Amatis Trio launch the 2018–19 ECHO Rising Star series with a programme that includes a new commission by the Swedish composer Andrea Tarrodi – who draws her inspiration from art and landscape.

31 Oct 2018, 20:00

Experience the self-destruction of an ancient civilisation and our planet engulfed by the vastness of the ocean in two massive audio-visual portrayals of a dark past and still-avoidable future.

2 Nov 2018, 19:30

The BBC Symphony Orchestra marks the centenary of Polish independence with a concert celebrating the nation’s rich musical legacy.

9 Nov 2018, 19:30

To commemorate the end of the Great War, Britten Sinfonia premiere a new arrangement of Nico Muhly’s poignant The Last Letter as part of a compelling and dramatic evening of music and words.

11 Nov 2018, 15:00

On this centenary Remembrance Sunday, British composers Roderick Williams and Bob Chilcott have created new, and very personal, responses to the tragedy of the First World War.

15 Nov 2018

This startlingly prescient silent film from inter-war Vienna, now with score from Olga Neuwirth, chillingly imagines – and astonishingly predicts – the consequences as a city succumbs to intolerance.

24 Nov 2018, 20:30

A genre-smashing collaboration between artists from the London jazz scene and London Symphony Orchestra musicians

29 Nov 2018, 19:30

An illuminating combination of the Baroque and the minimal, with UK premieres of works by Steve Reich and Philip Glass.

30 Nov 2018, 19:30

Martyn Brabbins conducts an all-British concert including a classic 20th century symphony and a newly commissioned song-cycle, both inspired by the Great War.

17 Jan 2019, 19:30

Put aside any casual assumptions about what a harpsichord can do – or can be – in the 21st century: Mahan Esfahani plans to light up Milton Court with an ear-opening contemporary recital.