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.
Ryoji IkedaBODY MUSIC [for duo], Op 4 (2016)
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Ryoji IkedaMETAL MUSIC, Op 5 (2016)
I. triangles [for duo]
II. crotales [for duo]
III. cymbals [for quartet]
Ryoji IkedaBOOK MUSIC, Op 9, [for trio](2020)
Ryoji IkedaBALL MUSIC [for trio] Op 10
I. marble
II. ping-pong
III. baskstball
Ryoji IkedaRULER MUSIC [for trio] Op 11
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Alexandre Babelpercussion
Stéphane Garinpercussion
Julien Garinpercussion
Amélie Grouldpercussion
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Classical musicContemporary music
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.
Ryoji IkedaOp 2 [for string quartet] (2001-02)
Ryoji IkedaOp 3 [for string quartet] (2002)
Amy Tressviolin
William Newellviolin
Stephen Upshawviolin
Stephanie Tresscello
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Classical musicContemporary music
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.
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Classical music
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.
Robert SchumannFive Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102 arr. for Violoncello and Accordion
Olivier MessiaenLouange à l'éternité de Jésus arr. for Violoncello and Accordion
Jennifer WalsheNew work (ECHO commission)
Sofia GubaidulinaIn croce for Violoncello and Akkordeon
Mijolaj MajkusiakRhythms of doubt, part III
Valerie Fritzcello
Goran Stevanovichaccordion
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Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Rachmaninoff
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.
Serge RachmaninoffSymphony No 1
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Nosedaconductor & presenter
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Classical music
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.
Claude DebussyNuages & Fêtes from ‘Three Nocturnes’
Alban BergViolin Concerto
Serge RachmaninoffSymphony No 1
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Nosedaconductor
Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin
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Classical music
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.
Julia Adolphe Underneath the Sheen
Sergei RachmaninoffPiano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Kristiina Poska conductor
Gabriela Montero piano
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Classical music
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.
Einojuhani RautavaaraPiano Concerto No 1
Richard Wagner arr Henk de VliegerThe Ring: An Orchestral Adventure
London Symphony Orchestra
Tarmo Peltokoski conductor
Yuja Wang piano
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Classical music
Fretwork with Ian Bostridge & Elizabeth Kenny
Tenor Ian Bostridge is joined by Elizabeth Kenny on the lute, and viol consort Fretwork for an exploration of music by John Dowland.
Works to include lute solos and songs by John Dowland (1563 - 1626), such as Flow my tears, In darkness let me dwell and Lachrimæs, and Adrian Williams' Teares to Dreams (2004) inspired by Dowland's pavans.
Ian Bostridgetenor
Elizabeth Kennylute
Fretwork viol consort- Emilia Benjamin, Jonathan Rees, Joanna Levine, Sam Stadlen, Richard Boothby
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Classical music
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.
Laura BowlerThe White Book (UK premiere)
London Symphony Orchestra
Barbara Hannigansoprano and presenter
Bar Avniconductor and presenter
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Classical music
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.
Laura BowlerThe White Book*
György LigetiLontano
Richard StraussAlso sprach Zarathustra
London Symphony Orchestra
Barbara Hanniganconductor & soprano
Bar Avniconductor*
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Classical music
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.
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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.
Programme to include music written for and by Elisabetta da Gambarini
Academy of Ancient Music
Bojan Čičićdirector & violin
Mhairi Lawsonsoprano
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Classical music
Britten Sinfonia: Recycling Concerto
Nature and conservation are at the heart of this uplifting programme of orchestral works.
Einojuhani RautavaaraCantus Arcticus
Ludwig van BeethovenSymphony No 6 Pastoral
Gregor L MayrhoferRecycling Concerto
Vivi Vassilevapercussion
Gregor L Mayrhofer conductor
Britten Sinfonia
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Classical music
Yeol Eum Son plays Bartók's Third Piano Concerto
A magical bird, a dream of England, and the sheer magic of pianist Yeol Eum Son, as Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra bring a blaze of colour to the Barbican.
