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

BBC SO Total Immersion: Sinfonia... and more

Martyn Brabbins, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers launch an evening-long odyssey through the music of Dallapiccola, Maderna, Nono and Berio.

Luigi Dallapiccola Three Questions With Two Answers
Luigi Nono Canti de vita e amore
Bruno Maderna Oboe Concerto No 3
Luciano Berio Sequenza IXc for bass clarinet
Sinfonia
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins conductor
Nicholas Daniels oboe
Thomas Lessels bass clarinet
Anna Dennis soprano
John Findon tenor
BBC Singers
April Koyejo-Audiger looking at the camera, with circular purple and red swirls around her head
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Classical music

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Brabbins: Old Pictures, New Worlds

Martyn Brabbins takes the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus on an adventure that spans oceans – from a majestic choral masterwork from 19th century Brazil to Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

José Maurício Nunes Garcia Missa de Santa Cecília
Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins conductor
April Koyejo-Audiger soprano
Marta Fontanals-Simmons mezzo-soprano
Joshua Stewart tenor
Ross Ramgobin baritone
BBC Symphony Chorus
Images of the composers in the concert arranged in six rows on the right side of the frame, with a black and white paintbrush stroke design on the left side.
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Classical music

Britten Sinfonia and the Marian Consort

The radical spirit of 16th-century composer Carlo Gesualdo is the point of departure for this programme of ancient and modern music.

Gilles Binchois Two Chansons (arr for strings by Lisa Illean)
John Dunstable Regina Caeli
Thomas Adès Darknesse visible
Lisa Illean arcing, stilling, bending, gathering (UK premiere, Britten Sinfonia co-commission)
Vicente Lusitano Heu me Domine
Allor che ignuda
Carlo Gesualdo Moro lasso
Hei mihi Domine
Sparge la morte
Brett Dean Carlo
Britten Sinfonia
The Marian Consort
Michael Tilson Thomas conducting
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas

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Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler’s magnificent vision of a world teeming with joyful life.

Gustav Mahler Symphony No 3
London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas conductor
Alice Coote mezzo-soprano
Sopranos & Altos of the London Symphony Chorus
Tiffin Boys’ Choir
The Sixteen Choir, standing in a room
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Classical music

The Sixteen: Monteverdi Vespers

World renowned ensemble The Sixteen brings one of the cornerstones of the classical repertoire, Monteverdi’s monumental Vespers of 1610, back to London after a sell-out UK tour in 2019.

Claudio Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
The Sixteen choir & orchestra
Harry Christophers conductor
Members of the Ballet Black company pose in a line, smiling. They are standing against a grey background.
Event
Classical music Theatre & dance

Ballet Black: Heroes

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Now in their 22nd year, Cassa Pancho's Ballet Black return to our stage with a double bill featuring new and innovative work.

Sandi Toksvig with blue and pink colour blocks framing the photo
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Classical music

BBC Singers with Sandi Toksvig: Women Through Time and Music

Writer, comedian and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig guides the BBC Singers through an evening illuminating neglected corners of music and history. 

Sofi Jeannin conductor
Sandi Toksvig narrator
BBC Singers
Headshot of Yeonjoon Yoon
Event
Classical music Contemporary music

Um [Sprouting]

Um [Sprouting] is a project of original works by pianist, composer, improviser and winner of Guildhall School's prestigious Gold Medal in 2018, Yeonjoon Yoon.

Yeonjoon Yoon pianist, composer
Yeji Kim haegeum
Hannah Kim percussion
Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 848: Prelude No 3 in C sharp major
Brad Mehldau After Bach: Rondo
Schönberg Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op 19
Isang Yun Fünf Stücke für Klavier
Chopin Etude Op 10, No 1
Philip Glass Etude Book 1, No 2
Yeonjoon Yoon Etude No. 1, ’Recursion’
Yeonjoon Yoon Um [Sprouting]
Mu-ak [Shaman Dance]
Improvisation
Kiwa Underwater
Jak-dal [Downpour]
San-myeong [Trembling Peaks]
Ryuichi Sakamoto (arr Yeonjoon Yoon, Yeji Kim, Hannah Kim) Thousand Knives
Lise de la Salle looking at the camera, with purple and pink circular lines framing her face
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Classical music

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Rakitina: Rachmaninov's Rhapsody

Three composers, three dramatic meditations on Fate and the Day of Judgement.  Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony maps a journey from darkness to light, reflecting the crisis of his collapsed marriage.

Sofia Gubaidulina The Wrath of God (UK premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Anna Rakitina* conductor
Lise de la Salle piano
Photo of Fatma Said from the side, her head partially obscured by the red sleeve of her raised arm
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Classical music

Fatma Said and Joseph Middleton

Soprano Fatma Said and pianist Joseph Middleton give a recital that contrasts songs on nocturnal theme by Mozart, Schubert and Robert Schumann with sunnier Spanish repertoire.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Als Luise die Briefe ihres Liebhabers verbrannte
Abendempfindung
Der Zauberer
Franz Schubert Rastlose Liebe
Nachtviolen
Ganymed
'Ständchen' from Schwanengesang
Robert Schumann 'Meine Rose' from Sechs Gedichte von Nikolaus Lenau und Requiem
'Frühlingsnacht' from Liederkreis
'Mond meiner Seele Liebling' from 7 Lieder
'Liebeslied' from Lieder und Gesänge, Vol 2
'Singet nicht mit Trauertönen' from Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister
'Widmung' from Myrthen
Manuel De Falla Siete canciones populares
Tus Ojillos Negros
Fernando Obradors 'Del cabello más sutil' from Canciones Clásicas Españolas, Vol 1
Jose Serrano Marinela
Najib Hankash Aatini al Naya Wa ghanni
Fatma Said soprano
Joseph Middleton piano
Fatma Said leaning against a while pillar looking at the camera
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Classical music

Masterclass with Fatma Said

A soprano with a 'startlingly beautiful voice' (Limelight), Fatma Said shares the stage with talented young musicians from Guildhall School in an intimate evening masterclass.

Fatma Said soprano
Guildhall School musicians
Sakari Oramo conducting, with blue circular swirls framing him
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Classical music

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oramo: A Sea Symphony

Full sail for new shores: Sakari Oramo conducts Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony, Britten’s Double Concerto and an enchanting, newly uncovered late work by Oliver Knussen.

Oliver Knussen Cleveland Pictures
Benjamin Britten Double Concerto for Violin and Viola
Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No 1, A Sea Symphony
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Vilde Frang violin
Lawrence Power viola
Sija Aalto soprano
Morgan Pearse baritone
BBC Symphony Chorus
Batman with live orchestra
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Classical music

Batman Live in Concert (12)

Celebrate the 35th Anniversary of Warner Bros Pictures’ iconic 1989 DC Superhero film, Batman, live in concert.

Members of the Kingdom Choir - some seated and some standing - in a large room with arched windows
Event
Classical music Contemporary music

The Kingdom Choir

Following their sell-out London show, legendary choir The Kingdom Choir continue their 30th anniversary celebrations with a show-stopping performance in our Hall.   

The Kingdom Choir
Karen Gibson conductor
Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason smiling at each other. Sheku is holding his cello and bow and they are standing in front of a white background.
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Classical music

Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason

Isata and Sheku Kanneh-Mason team up for a recital of cello sonatas by Felix Mendelssohn, Fauré, Chopin and Beethoven, who pioneered the form.

Felix Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No 1 in B-flat major
Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata No 5 in D major
Gabriel Fauré Cello Sonata No 1 in D minor
Frédéric Chopin Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Isata Kanneh-Mason piano