What’s on

Wed 18 Dec 2019, 19:30

A heartwarming musical trip to cold Russia ending with Rachmaninoff’s most infamous and intoxicating dance with love and death, the unstoppable Paganini Rhapsody.

Wed 8 Jan 2020, 19:30

Prepare yourself for a roller-coaster journey to the dark side of human psychology with London Schools Symphony Orchestra.

Sat 11 Jan 2020, 20:00

Follow one woman’s personal struggle against political oppression in this dark, seething and engrossing new minimalist opera from the co-founder of pioneering new music collective Bang on a Can.

Mon 13 Jan 2020, 19:30

Chamber music is one of the most intimate experiences that art has to offer – and here two of its finest exponents perform some of the most passionate music ever written for cello and piano.

Sat 18 Jan 2020, 13:30

May 1747: Frederick the Great, philosopher-king of Prussia, meets composer Johann Sebastian Bach – and challenges him to an unwinnable musical duel. Bach’s Musical Offering is the astonishing result.

Sun 19 Jan 2020, 14:00

Bach meant The Art of Fugue to be the pinnacle of his life’s work, and even incomplete, it’s still an unparalleled feat of imagination, intelligence and sheer joy in the act of creation.

Sun 19 Jan 2020, 19:30

Benjamin Appl and the Academy of Ancient Music create an evening that’s both a musical self-portrait of and a deeply moving homage to this most timeless of all composers.

Fri 24 Jan 2020, 19:30

Experience Shostakovich’s masterpiece of despair, grotesquery and anger from height of World War II and a brand new work from a compelling new voice from Finland.

Sun 26 Jan 2020, 19:30

A master-pianist meets a 20th-century musical landmark that is simultaneously epic and intimate, fiercely intelligent and profoundly emotional.

Thu 30 Jan 2020, 19:00

Guildhall School alumna Candida Thompson, Artistic Director of Amsterdam Sinfonietta, directs the impressive Guildhall String Ensemble.