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A deer in a forest
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: Actéon and Pygmalion

Charpentier’s Actéon and Rameau’s Pygmalion: two mythological mini-masterpieces of baroque opera, in an exuberant concert performance.

Marc-Antoine Charpentier Actéon
Jean-Philippe Rameau Pygmalion
Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummings director & harpsichord
Anna Dennis soprano
Rachel Redmond soprano
Katie Bray mezzo-soprano
Thomas Walker tenor
Abstract image of violin
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Classical music Contemporary music

The Expanded Violin/Anselm McDonnell

A deep dive into the potential of the violin, expanding and enhancing the instrument through microtonality, electronics, and the sound of multiple violins.

Bertrand Chamayou
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Classical music

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sousa

Channel waves, folk rhythms and the heartbeat of the cosmos, as conductor Dinis Souza, pianist Bertrand Chamayou and the BBC Symphony Orchestra play Debussy, Bartók and Unsuk Chin. 

Unsuk Chin Alaraph: Ritual of the Heartbeat
Béla Bartók Piano Concerto No 3
Claude Debussy La mer
Maurice Ravel Boléro
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dinis Sousa conductor
Bertrand Chamayou piano
The cast of The Golden Stool performing on stage, wearing long golden dresses
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Classical music

The Golden Stool, or the story of Nana Yaa Asantewaa

Interweaving singing, dance, and cutting-edge theatre, Gorges Ocloo’s ground-breaking AfrOpera re-examines Nana Yaa Asantewaa’s defiant stance against colonialism and cultural appropriation.

Gorges Ocloo The Golden Stool
LOD muziektheater
Nobulumko Mngxekeza-Nziramasanga soprano
Nonkululeko Nkwinti mezzo-soprano
Sheku Kanneh-Mason sitting on a wooden stool with his cello, in front of a pale blueish gray background
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Classical music

Sinfonia of London/John Wilson with Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Embedding the intricacies of the patter song, Kenneth Hesketh’s orchestral show-stopper prefaces two compelling master works as John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London return. 

Kenneth Hesketh PatterSongs
Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 2
Sergei Rachmaninov Symphony No 1
Sinfonia of London
John Wilson conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
On the bottom right of the image, an orchestra is performing on stage. Behind them is a projection of a still from Life on Our Planet, showing a huge shark appearing to swim towards the audience.
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Classical music

Life on Our Planet in Concert (PG)

From esk film, in association with Netflix and Silverback Films, comes a natural history concert experience: Netflix’s Life on Our Planet, with highlights from the series and an incredible live score.

Lorne Balfe Life on Our Planet
London Symphony Orchestra
Anthony Gabriele conductor
The Dudok Quartet playing their instruments. They are positioned in a close huddle, each person facing a different direction. They are against a cream coloured background.
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Classical music

Dudok Quartet: Abandoned Voices

Alongside something hot off the press, death, despair, and eternity stalk the Dudoks’ typically ear-opening programme in which Messiaen tempers the anguished ardour of Gesualdo and Schubert.

Olivier Messiaen (arr Dudok Quartet) Oraison
Bushra El Turk Three Tributes
Carlo Gesualdo (arr Dudok Quartet) 'Deh come invan sospiro' from Libro Sesto Madrigali
Franz Schubert String Quartet No 14, Death and the Maiden
Dudok Quartet
Harmeet Virdee demonstrating the sitar
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Classical music Contemporary music Talks & events

Indian Music Appreciation Course

The essential all-singing, all-dancing guide to everything you wanted to know about raga and tala music, but were afraid to ask. 

Michael Tilson Thomas conducting
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas

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Big questions asked in a big piece – Gustav Mahler’s glorious Resurrection Symphony – as the LSO celebrates Michael Tilson Thomas’ 80th birthday.

Gustav Mahler Symphony No 2, Resurrection
London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas conductor
London Symphony Chorus
Free Lunchtime Concert 230317
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Classical music

Beethoven Dedications: LSO Wind Ensemble

Ludwig van Beethoven’s chamber music is celebrated with unbridled charm from the virtuoso players of the LSO Wind Ensemble.  

Dilshad and Jayanthi
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Classical music Contemporary music

Dilshad Khan + Jayanthi Kumaresh

Experience the mastery of India's premier sarangi virtuoso as he mesmerises with soulful ragas, followed by the hypnotic sounds of the veena by Jayanthi Kumaresh.

String players in LSO St Luke's
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Classical music

LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert

Make lunchtime musical with a free, bite-size concert, suitable for everyone over the age of 5. Hear live music up close, with a small group of Guildhall School musicians.

Anindo and Anubratta Chatterjee playing the tabla, smiling at each other
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Classical music Contemporary music

Pandit Anindo and Anubrata Chatterjee

Witness a much-awaited, turbo charged tabla duet by India’s finest tabla legend with his son Anubrata.

Pandit Anindo Chatterjee tabla
Anubrata Chatterjee tabla
Dilshad Khan sarangi
Jasdeep and Shalmalee
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Classical music Contemporary music

Jasdeep Singh Degun + Shalmalee Joshi

Experience a double bill of sitar brilliance by Jasdeep Singh Degun followed by Joshi's impeccable execution of the Jaipur-Atruli style of khayal.

Kangmin Justin Kim and Mark Stone
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Classical music

Huang Ruo’s M. Butterfly

A smash-hit Broadway play turned movie, David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly metamorphoses into music theatre as the UK premiere of Huang Ruo’s operatic reworking takes wing.

Huang Ruo M. Butterfly
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Carolyn Kuan conductor
Kangmin Justin Kim Song Liling
Mark Stone René Gallimard
Fleur Barron Comrade Chin/Shu Fung
Kevin Burdette Manuel Toulon/Judge
James Robinson director
BBC Singers