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Cairokee standing facing each other, with spotlights on their faces
Event
Contemporary music

Cairokee

The trailblazing Egyptian rock band debut new music and perform their classic anthems as part of their sold out European tour. 

An image of the Roman colosseum, with yellow and red colours overlaid and circular swirls framing the image
Event
Cinema Classical music

BBC SO Total Immersion: Voyage to Cythera (15)

Directed by Frank Scheffer, Voyage to Cythera explores Italian composer Luciano Berio's tribute to Gustav Mahler.

An image of the Roman colosseum, with pink and purple colours overlaid and circular swirls framing the image
Event
Classical music

BBC SO Total Immersion: Italian Radicals Talk

Professor Jonathan Cross (University of Oxford) and Associate Professor Harriet Boyd-Bennett (University of Nottingham) introduce Bruno Maderna, Luciano Berio, Luigi Nono and Luigi Dallapiccola.

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

BBC SO Total Immersion: Italian Radicals

Miniatures by Berio, Maderna, Nono and Dallapiccola, introduced and performed live by virtuoso instrumentalists and singers from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Luciano Berio O King
Bruno Maderna Honeyrêves
Luigi Nono sofferte onde serene
Luigi Dallapiccola Ciaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio
Bruno Maderna Serenata per in satellite
Viola
Guildhall School musicians
An image of the Roman colosseum, with pink and purple colours overlaid and circular swirls framing the image
Event
Classical music

BBC SO Total Immersion: Italian Radicals Talk

An introduction to the music in tonight’s concert with Professor Jonathan Cross (University of Oxford) and Associate Professor Harriet Boyd-Bennett (University of Nottingham).

An image of the Roman colosseum, with blue and green colours overlaid and circular swirls framing the image
Event
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
Herman Czech
Event
Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: Hermann Czech

The hugely influential Austrian architect looks back on a career that is now in its seventh decade.

April Koyejo-Audiger looking at the camera, with circular purple and red swirls around her head
Event
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
Actress Isabelle Huppert poses as Mary Stuart in an old-fashioned gown against a purple background.
Event
Theatre & dance

Théâtre de la Ville–Paris: Mary Said What She Said

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Academy Award nominee Isabelle Huppert and director Robert Wilson reunite on this breathtaking show charting the life and torments of Mary Stuart, the sovereign whose passions cost her a crown.

Sona Jobarteh holding a kora
Event
Contemporary music

Sona Jobarteh

Multi-instrumentalist and esteemed kora player, Sona Jobarteh performs her expansive and ambitious sophomore album Badinyaa Kumoo as part of her tour.

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.
Event
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
Event
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
Event
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
Event
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