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Directed by Frank Scheffer, Voyage to Cythera explores Italian composer Luciano Berio's tribute to Gustav Mahler.
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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.
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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
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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).
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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
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Art & designTalks & events
Architecture on Stage: Hermann Czech
The hugely influential Austrian architect looks back on a career that is now in its seventh decade.
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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
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Theatre & dance
Théâtre de la Ville–Paris: Mary Said What She Said
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Academy Award nominee Isabelle Huppert and director Robert Wilson reunite on this breathtaking show charting the life and torments of Mary Stuart, the sovereign whose passions cost her a crown.
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Contemporary music
Sona Jobarteh
Multi-instrumentalist and esteemed kora player, Sona Jobarteh performs her expansive and ambitious sophomore album Badinyaa Kumoo as part of her tour.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Contemporary music
Guildhall Big Band presents Wayne Shorter's 60s
Guildhall Big Band and tenor saxophone legend Jean Toussaint celebrate Wayne Shorter's 60s, including a newly arranged suite for Big Band from Shorter's 1966 album All Seeing Eye.
Guildhall Big Band
Matt Skeltondirector
Jean Toussainttenor saxophone
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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.