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Tamara Stefanovich
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Tamara Stefanovich in Recital: Labyrinth

Tamara Stefanovich presets Labyrinth - a curated sequence including works by JS Bach (Art of Fugue), Claude Debussy (Preludes), Franz Liszt and Gyorgy Kurtag (Jatekok).

two violinist playing the violin diagonally from each other
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Ryoji Ikeda: music for strings

Ensemble Modern is a curious loudspeaker for music of our times: courageous, uncompromising, energetic. An essential, aesthetically polyglot amplifier for trend-setting sound concepts.

 4 percussionists standing around an installation of 12 suspended cymbals
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Ryoji Ikeda: music for percussion 1 & 2

Alongside his monumental installations combining video and electronic sounds, Japan’s leading electronic composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda has also been working on pure acoustic sounds projects.

Solem Quartet group photo (from left to right) with William Newell holding a violin Stephanie Tress holding a cello, Amy Tress holding a violin and Stephen Upshaw holding a violin
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Ryoji Ikeda: op. 2+3

An exciting premiere of the joint musical composition by acclaimed Japanese visual artist and composer Ryoji Ikeda and the Solem Quartet. 

Choir dressed in dark blue singing
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Ryoji Ikeda: music for choir

In 2024 Ryoji Ikeda created music for choir for the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste, as part of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024. 

Valerie Fritz holding a cello in front of a stage light
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ECHO Rising Stars: Valerie Fritz

Austrian cellist and ECHO Rising Star Valerie Fritz performs with acclaimed Bosnion accordionist Goran Stevanovich in the atmospheric setting of LSO St Luke’s. 

Conductor Gianandrea Noseda holds a microphone and presents his pre-concert Half Six Fix talk
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London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Rachmaninoff

Rachmaninoff's First Symphony, once a failure, now shines with ominous drama and triumphant brass. Under Noseda's baton, the LSO ignites its fiery brilliance.

Patricia Kopatchinskaja on stage at the Barbican Hall playing her violin
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London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda

Two of Debussy’s restless, impressionistic Nocturnes, Berg’s anguished Violin Concerto; plus Rachmaninoff’s sweeping early symphony, full of youthful energy. 

An image of Kristiina Poska surrounded bya green circle against a green background
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Montero plays Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto

Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, and a UK premiere from Julia Adolphe. Big emotions and natural wonders from Kristiina Poska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Yuja Wang
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London Symphony Orchestra/Tarmo Peltokoski

Feel the energy of Rautavaara’s joyously rhythmic concerto, and journey to Wagner’s fantastical world of gods, giants and river-maidens.

Ian Bostridge
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Classical music

Fretwork with Ian Bostridge & Elizabeth Kenny

Tenor Ian Bostridge, lutenist Elizabeth Kenny, and viol consort Fretwork delve into the timeless melancholy and beauty of John Dowland’s music, paired with a modern reflection by Adrian Williams.

A portrait photo of Barbara Hannigan, wearing a grey jumper and facing the camera
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London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Laura Bowler

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Barbara Hannigan conducting the LSO, arms outstretched to either side.
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London Symphony Orchestra/Barbara Hannigan

New music by Laura Bowler preludes Ligeti’s ethereal, dreamlike soundworld and Richard Strauss’s colossal, awe-inspiring homage to Nietzsche.

Image of Sakari Oramo surrounded by a blue circle against a blue background
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Oramo conducts Brahms' Second Symphony

Sakari Oramo pairs flair and exoticism with idyllic cheer in this dual outing of Romantic masterpieces: Saint-Saëns’ fifth piano concerto and Brahms’ Second Symphony.

Painting fragment of a woman's hand
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: Gambarini: English Impresaria

Elegance, exuberance, and one remarkable woman: Academy of Ancient Music travels to Georgian London and the lost world of musical innovator Elisabetta da Gambarini.