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Gustavo Dudamel conducting the LA Phil
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Classical music

Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel: Fidelio

Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil give a landmark performance of Beethoven’s Fidelio with Deaf West Theatre, in which the drama is played out between Deaf actors, with signed recitatives and arias.

Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Deaf West Theatre
White Hands Choir
Tyler Glover lighting designer
Tyler Lambert-Perkins lighting designer
Gabriela Camejo artistic producer
Members from Collegium Vocale Gent dressed in black, standing in front of a concrete wall
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Classical music

Collegium Vocale Gent/Philippe Herreweghe: Bach B Minor Mass

Philippe Herreweghe directs Collegium Vocale Gent in Bach’s glorious Mass in B minor, joined by outstanding soloists Dorothee Mields, Hana Blažíková, Alex Potter, Guy Cutting and Johannes Kammler.

Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in B minor
Collegium Vocale Gent
Philippe Herreweghe conductor
Dorothee Mields soprano
Hana Blažíková soprano
Alex Potter countertenor
Guy Cutting tenor
Johannes Kammler baritone
dirk brosse
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: LSO on Film

Since 1935, the LSO has contributed soundtracks to over two hundred movies, including some of the greatest ever made.

London Symphony Orchestra
Dirk Brossé conductor & curator
Side profile photo of Katia and Marielle Labèque standing close together. Behind them is an illustration of the side profile of two women, mirroring the position of Katia and Marielle. The hair of the illustrated women flows backwards, turning into the keys of a piano.
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Classical music

Philip Glass: Cocteau Trilogy

Legendary sibling pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque present their recent collaboration with American minimalist composer Philip Glass: arrangements for two pianos of his Cocteau Trilogy.

Philip Glass Orphée
La Belle et La Bête
Les Enfants Terribles
Katia and Marielle Labèque piano
Cyril Teste artistic director
Nina Chalot stage designer
Noseda/prokofiev
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Prokofiev 7

As part of his exploration of Prokofiev's symphonies, Gianandrea Noseda introduces the composer’s mysterious Seventh.

Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No 7
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conductor and presenter
Noseda and Jansen
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda

What is lost returns once more in emotive music conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, LSO Principal Guest Conductor.

Ludwig van Beethoven Overture: Leonore No 3
Sally Beamish Distans: Concerto for Violin and Clarinet
Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No 7
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
Janine Jansen violin
Martin Fröst clarinet
Three opera singers sat on a bed with red rope-like hanging down from ceiling. Small ensemble performing in background
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Classical music

Guildhall School of Music & Drama: Opera Makers

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Opera Makers features scenes from three Puccini operas, and new works written by composers and librettists on Guildhall’s MA in Opera Making & Writing.

Evan Snyder (composer), Hannah Hayden (librettist) The Casserole
Will Gardner (composer), Sara Clifford (librettist) Time and Tide
Zygmund De Somogyi (composer), Alexia Peniguel (librettist) Ursa Minor
Puccini Scene from La rondine
Puccini Scene from Turandot
Puccini Scene from Edgar
Ashley Dean director
Dominic Wheeler conductor
Laurie Slavin assistant director
Alistair Burton assistant conductor
Ben Kubiak répétiteur
Samuele Piccinini répétiteur
Henry Reavey répétiteur
Meghan Rhoades répétiteur
Christina Poulitsi
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda

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You may recognise Carl Orff’s endlessly hummable cantata, but you’ve never heard it quite like this.

Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No 3
Carl Orff Carmina Burana
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
Christina Poulitsi soprano
Sunnyboy Dladla tenor
Elliot Madore baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Tiffin Boys’ Choir
An armoured knight standing in a grassy field holding a sword
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: Handel's Orlando

Passion, magic and spectacular singing: Iestyn Davies stars alongside Handel expert Laurence Cummings and Academy of Ancient Music in a concert performance of Handel’s epic fantasy opera Orlando.

George Frideric Handel Orlando
Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummings director and harpsichord
Iestyn Davies Orlando
Rachel Redmond Dorinda
Anna Dennis Angelica
Matthew Brook Zoroastro
Sophie Rennert Medoro
Members of the Fourth Choir singing on stage
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Classical music

Classical Pride: My Beloved Man

My Beloved Man – a celebration by the Fourth Choir, London’s LGBTQ+ classical choir, of the love affair between Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.

Henry Purcell Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts
Samuel Barber The Coolin
Pérotin Beata Viscera III
Imogen Holst The Cobbler
Sweet Country
Benjamin Britten The Ballad of Green Broom
Aaron Copland Help Us O Lord
Michael Tippett 'Deep River' from A Child of Our Time
Benjamin Britten 'Time' (Choral Dance 1) from Gloriana
'Concord (Choral Dance 2) from Gloriana
Thomas Morley Hard by a Crystal Fountain
Claudio Monteverdi 'Che dar più vi poss’io' from Madrigals, Book 5
'Io mi son giovinetta' from Madrigals, Book 4
Imogen Holst A Hymne to Christ
Leonard Bernstein 'Somewhere' from West Side Story
Benjamin Britten Hymn to the Virgin
Henry Purcell (arr Nicholas Chalmers) Dido’s Lament
Isobel Waller-Bridge New work (world premiere)
The Fourth Choir
Petroc Trelawny presenter
Nicholas Chalmers conductor
Séamus Rea concept and script
An illustration by Quentin Blake, depicting characters Jack and Nancy floating through a forest scene, using a red umbrella as a parachute.
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Cinema Classical music

Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures with the BBC SO

Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures bursts open, as the BBC Symphony Orchestra plays a live accompaniment to two wonderful animated adventures. 

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ben Palmer conductor
Stefano Cabrera composer
Woodwind section with focus on flautist
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Classical music

Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra

Julian Clayton conducts the outstanding young musicians of Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra.

Oliver Zeffman conducting
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Classical music

Classical Pride: LSO with Oliver Zeffman & Nick Grimshaw

The culmination of 2024’s Classical Pride, the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Oliver Zeffman celebrate LGBTQ+ classical music in this diverse programme presented by Nick Grimshaw.

Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Jake Heggie Good Morning, Beauty (world premiere)
Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No 2
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Valse Sentimentale
Cassandra Miller Round
Karol Szymanowski Symphony No 3, Song of the Night
London Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Zeffman conductor
Nick Grimshaw presenter
Pavel Kolesnikov piano
Pumeza Matshikiza soprano
Russell Thomas tenor
LGBTQ+ Community Choir
A pale purple, oval shape, reflective of a mirror or window, sits in the centre of the image, surrounded by a dark orange colour with candle smoke and lens flares creating textural elements.
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Classical music

Rolf Hind: Sky in a Small Cage

Direct from the Copenhagen Opera Festival, Mahogany Opera opens our season with the UK premiere of Rolf Hind’s much-anticipated new work inspired by the influential Sufi mystic and poet, Rumi. 

Rolf Hind Sky in a Small Cage
Mahogany Opera
Riot Ensemble
Elaine Mitchener Narrator
James Hall I and You (becoming Rumi)
Yannis François Bird of the Sun – Shams e Parande
Loré Lixenberg Shaman of the Birds and Kerra, Rumi's wife
Siddhi Lagrutta ensemble singer
Karima El Demerdasch ensemble singer
Anika Venkatesh ensemble singer
Rylan Gleave ensemble singer
Ty Bouque ensemble singer
Harald Hieronymus Hein ensemble singer
Rolf Hind composer
Dante Micheaux and Jalal al-Din Rumi words
Frederic Wake-Walker director
Aaron Holloway-Nahum music director
Sasha Balmazi-Owen designer
Rosabel Huguet movement director
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Sir Antonio Pappano opens a new chapter as Chief Conductor of the LSO, conjuring stunning landscapes from Nielsen and Sibelius - and a world premiere from James MacMillan. 

Carl Nielsen Helios Overture
Sir James MacMillan Concerto for Orchestra (world premiere, LSO commission) *
Jean Sibelius Symphony No 1
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor