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BBC Symphony Orchestra/Rustioni: Fantastic Symphony
Severed heads, demonic orgies and obsessive love. Daniele Rustioni pairs Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique with the equally colourful imaginations of Poulenc and Camile Pépin.
Camille Pepin Les Eaux Célestes (UK premiere)
Francis Poulenc Gloria
Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Daniele Rustioniconductor
Sally Matthewssoprano
BBC Symphony Chorus
Event
Classical music
Anthony McGill and Kaleidoscope Collective
Delve into the depths of the human experience with deeply personal chamber music by Brahms and Messiaen, performed by clarinettist Anthony McGill and the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
Johannes BrahmsClarinet Quintet
Olivier MessiaenQuatuor pour la fin du temps
Kaleidoscope Collective
Anthony McGillclarinet
Event
Classical music
Kate Atkinson and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
The author of Life After Life, Case Histories and Behind the Scenes at the Museum, joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra to read from her own work, and share the music that has moved and inspired her.
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Kate Atkinsonauthor & speaker
Event
Classical music
Anthony McGill: Gran Partita
Clarinettist Anthony McGill collaborates with the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective and stars of the next generation from Guildhall School, as he closes his Milton Court residency.
Samuel Coleridge-TaylorClarinet Quintet (with Kaleidoscope Collective)
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartGran Partita (with Guildhall musicians)
Kaleidoscope Collective
Anthony McGillclarinet
Guildhall School musicians
Event
Classical music
Masterclass with Leonidas Kavakos
'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 and Maderna, introduced and performed live by virtuoso instrumentalists and singers from the Guildhall School of Music & 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
Aristocrat, murderer and composer of extraordinary music hundreds of years ahead of its time – join for an exploration of the 16th-century Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, Carlo Gesualdo.
Gilles BinchoisTwo Chansons (arr for strings by Lisa Illean)
Vicente LusitanoSelected Motets
Carlo GesualdoSelected Motets and Madrigals
Brett DeanCarlo
Lisa Illeanarcing, stilling, bending, gathering (UK premiere, Britten Sinfonia co-commission)