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Expect epic visions and piano playing that’s out of this world when Kirill Gerstein and Sakari Oramo champion Ferruccio Busoni’s stupendous Piano Concerto, as well as music by Grazyna Bacewicz.
Grazyna BacewiczSymphony No 2
Ferrucio BusoniPiano Concerto
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramoconductor
Kirill Gersteinpiano
BBC Symphony Chorus (lower voices)
Event
Classical music
Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma reunites with long-time duo partner Kathryn Stott in two masterly sonatas and sublimely unruffled Arvo Pärt.
Gabriel FauréBerceuse
Antonín DvořákSongs My Mother Taught Me
Sérgio AssadMenino
Nadia BoulangerCantique
Gabriel FauréPapillon
Dmitri ShostakovichSonata for Cello and Piano in D minor
Arvo PärtSpiegel im Spiegel
César FranckSonata in A Major for Violin and Piano
Yo-Yo Macello
Kathryn Stottpiano
Event
Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Gospel
Experience the unrestrained power of American gospel music, with the symphonic sound of the LSO and a chorus of voices from across the London community, curated and conducted by André J Thomas.
Event
Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra/Daniele Rustioni
A spotlight on Romanticism with three beautifully contrasting pieces: Liszt in fine form, late Mendelssohn and ‘Great’ Schubert.
Franz Liszt Les préludes
Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, Op 64
Franz Schubert Symphony No 9, The Great
London Symphony Orchestra
Daniele Rustioni conductor
Francesca Dego violin
Event
Classical music
Glowing Colours and Grand Passions
Glowing colours and grand passions: Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra join violinist Ilya Gringolts in Szymanowski’s gorgeous concerto – plus music by Wagner, Strauss and Dora Pejačević.
Dora PejačevićOverture for Orchestra in D minor
Karol SzymanowskiViolin Concerto No 1
Richard WagnerSiegfried-Idyll
Richard StraussDeath and Transfiguration
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramoconductor
Ilya Gringoltsviolin
Event
Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra/Klaus Mäkelä
Igor Stravinsky: pushing musical boundaries, changing the classical world forever.
Igor StravinskyThe Rite of Spring
London Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkeläconductor
Event
Classical music
Academy of Ancient Music: Viennese Virtuosity
Musical metamorphoses: Mozart, Haydn and their colleagues come together as AAM celebrates a friendship that transformed music for ever.
Johann Baptist WanhalSymphony in D major, BryVa D17
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartSymphony No 36, Linz
Carl Ditters von DittersdorfSymphony No 4 from Symphonies after Ovid’s Metamorphosis
Joseph HaydnSymphony No 80
Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummingsdirector & harpsichord
Event
Classical music
Orchestre symphonique de Montreal/Rafael Payare
Conducted by Rafael Payare, the Montréal orchestra’s Barbican concert launches a European tour. Preceding symphonic Berlioz, Daniil Trifonov is the soloist in Beethoven’s playful Piano Concerto No 1.
Iman HabibiJeder Baum spricht
Ludwig van BeethovenPiano Concerto No 1
Hector BerliozSymphonie fantastique
Orchestre symphonique de Montreal
Rafael Payareconductor
Daniil Trifonovpiano
Event
Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra x seed. featuring Cassie Kinoshi
The LSO is joined by the Mercury Prize-nominated ensemble seed., led by saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi, for an evening of new music and collaboration.
Event
Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra/Half Six Fix – Lachenmann
Kick-start your evening with a Half Six Fix concert. A 60-minute concert, introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.
Helmut LachenmannMy Melodies (Music for Eight Horns and Orchestra)
Ludwig van BeethovenExcerpt from Symphony No 7
London Symphony Orchestra
François-Xavier Rothconductor & presenter
LSO Horns
Event
Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra/François-Xavier Roth
Two sound worlds, two centuries apart: Lachenmann’s Melodies meets Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony.
Helmut LachenmannMy Melodies (Music for Eight Horns and Orchestra)
Ludwig van BeethovenSymphony No 7
London Symphony Orchestra
François-Xavier Rothconductor
LSO Horns
Event
Classical music
Haydn and Strauss: Nelson Mass and A Hero’s Life
Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Haydn’s Nelson Mass and pure sonic wonder from Samy Moussa. Hannu Lintu conducts a concert of outsize emotions and truly spectacular sounds.
Samy MoussaElysium
Joseph HaydnNelson Mass (Hob XXII/11)
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintuconductor
BBC Symphony Chorus
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanashasoprano
Jennifer Johnstonmezzo-soprano
Derek Weltonbass-baritone
Event
Classical music
Her Stories with Samantha Ege
‘Bold, brilliant, and daring women’ nourish Samantha Ege’s recital of 20th and 21st century piano music, including a work by Havanan ‘fusionista’ Camila Cortina Bello.
Florence PricePiano Sonata
Camila Cortina BelloBravura
Odaline de la MartinezStudies in Rhythm
Chen YiVariations on Awariguli
Gabriela OrtizPreludio e Estudio No 3
Samantha Egepiano
Event
Classical musicContemporary music
Sō Percussion with Caroline Shaw
Powerhouse percussion ensemble Sō Percussion and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and singer Caroline Shaw return to perform music from their upcoming album, Rectangles and Circumstance.
Sō Percussion
Caroline Shawvocals
Event
Classical music
Stephen Hough: Sonatina Nostalgica
Appearing as both pianist and composer, Stephen Hough wraps fiery Schumann and Chopin around his own sonatina trip down memory lane.