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'A great violinist at the top of his game' (Gramophone), Leonidas Kavakos shares his expertise with burgeoning young musicians from Guildhall School.
Leonidas Kavakosviolin
Guildhall School musicians
Event
Classical music
The Gold Medal 2024
The final of Guildhall School's most prestigious music prize returns with a concert at Barbican Hall, offering the chance to enjoy three concertos by outstanding Guildhall instrumentalists.
Event
Classical music
Kavakos Plays Bach: Part 1
In the first of two concerts, Leonidas Kavakos performs three works from J S Bach’s Six Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas, each one an intimate, intricate masterpiece.
Johann Sebastian BachViolin Partita No 3 in E major
Sonata No 2 in A minor
Sonata No 3 in C major
Leonidas Kavakosviolin
Event
Classical music
Kavakos Plays Bach: Part 2
Leonidas Kavakos gives the second of his two recitals devoted to the Six Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas by J S Bach, including the extraordinary Chaconne.
Johann Sebastian BachSonata No 1 in G minor
Partita No 1 in B minor
Partita No 2 in D minor
Leonidas Kavakosviolin
Event
CinemaClassical 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.
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.
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 BerioO King
Bruno MadernaHoneyrêves
Luigi Nonosofferte onde serene
Luigi DallapiccolaCiaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio
Bruno MadernaSerenata per in satellite
Viola
Guildhall School musicians
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).
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 DallapiccolaThree Questions With Two Answers
Luigi NonoCanti de vita e amore
Bruno MadernaOboe Concerto No 3
Luciano BerioSequenza IXc for bass clarinet
Sinfonia
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbinsconductor
Nicholas Danielsoboe
Thomas Lesselsbass clarinet
Anna Dennissoprano
John Findontenor
BBC Singers
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 GarciaMissa de Santa Cecília
Modest MussorgskyPictures at an Exhibition
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbinsconductor
April Koyejo-Audigersoprano
Marta Fontanals-Simmonsmezzo-soprano
Joshua Stewarttenor
Ross Ramgobinbaritone
BBC Symphony Chorus
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 BinchoisTwo Chansons (arr for strings by Lisa Illean)
John DunstableRegina Caeli
Thomas AdèsDarknesse visible
Lisa Illeanarcing, stilling, bending, gathering (UK premiere, Britten Sinfonia co-commission)
Vicente LusitanoHeu me Domine
Allor che ignuda
Carlo GesualdoMoro lasso
Hei mihi Domine
Sparge la morte
Brett DeanCarlo
Britten Sinfonia
The Marian Consort
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
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 MonteverdiVespers of 1610
The Sixteen choir & orchestra
Harry Christophers conductor
Event
Classical musicTheatre & 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.
Event
Classical music
BBC Singers with Rev Richard Coles: Murder at the Monastery
Ahead of the June publication of his new novel, Rev Richard Coles reads extracts of his new book, joining the BBC Singers who perform iconic choral classics to set the scene.
