London Symphony Orchestra/ Half Six Fix – Beethoven
Kick-start your evening with a Half Six Fix concert. One piece in a 60-minute concert, introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 1
London Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Adèsconductor & presenter
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Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Adès
Composers being playful: early Beethoven's wit and jokes pair with a cat-and-mouse chase around the orchestra from Ondřej Adámek.
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 1
Ondřej AdámekFollow Me (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra)
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 4
London Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Adèsconductor
Isabelle Faustviolin
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Classical music
Gerstein plays Busoni’s Piano Concerto
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)
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Classical music
Britten Sinfonia: Magnum Opus Composer Showcase
Discover three new chamber concertos by composers whose careers are just taking off.
Anibal VidalTrumpet Concerto (world premiere)
Eden LonsdaleConcerto for Voice (world premiere)
Alex GrovesViolin Concerto (world premiere)
Britten Sinfonia
Tom Fetherstonhaughconductor
Imogen Whiteheadtrumpet/flugelhorn
Alexandra Achilleavoice
Rakhi Singhviolin
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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
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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.
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Classical musicTheatre & dance
Guildhall School: Die Fledermaus
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150 years after its first performance in Vienna, Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus arrives at Silk Street Theatre this Autumn.
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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
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Classical music
Oramo conducts Strauss and Wagner
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
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Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra/Klaus Mäkelä
Tales of ancient spirits and savage dreams from Sibelius and Stravinsky, alongside the fluid, lyrical melodies of Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto.
Jean SibeliusTapiola
Sergei ProkofievViolin Concerto No 2
Igor StravinskyThe Rite of Spring
London Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkeläconductor
Andrej Powerviolin
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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
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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, Javier Perianes 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
Javier Perianes*piano
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Classical music
Guildhall Symphony Orchestra: The Planets
Principal Guest Conductor of the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker and Music Director of Birmingham Opera Company Alpesh Chauhan leads Guildhall Symphony Orchestra in an out-of-this-world programme.
Thomas AdèsPolaris: Voyage for Orchestra
Kaija SaariahoOrion
Gustav HolstThe Planets
Colin MatthewsPluto, the Renewer
Guildhall Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhanconductor
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Classical musicContemporary 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.
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Classical musicTheatre & dance
Guildhall School: The Nutcracker & I
A pianist, a ballerina, state-of-the-art animations and digital effects. The Nutcracker for the 21st century.