What’s on

Reflecting on the powerful words of the late Kiribati poetess and activist Teresia Teaiwa, Lemi Ponifasio's Sea Beneath the Skin creates a poignant performance featuring the Theatre of Kiribati.

Love, death and pomegranates: Sakari Oramo rediscovers Stravinsky’s epic retelling of the myth of Persephone.

A world premiere concerto from one of Britain’s finest composers, folk-inspired celebration of dance by Bartók plus Rachmaninoff’s late and great orchestral showstopper. 

Bask in the Romantic flavours of Borodin’s folk-inspired Second Symphony, Stravinsky’s sublime neo-Classical homage to Tchaikovsky, and dazzling, deeply felt Chopin. 

Academy of Ancient Music performs Monteverdi’s genre-defying Madrigals of Love and War. Unrequited passion has never sounded sweeter. 

Rachmaninoff, Bernstein and Davóne Tines – a fresh perspective on America’s past, present and future from Daniele Rustioni and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Bask in the Romantic flavours of Borodin’s folk-inspired Second Symphony, Stravinsky’s sublime neo-Classical homage to Tchaikovsky, and dazzling, deeply felt Chopin. 

This special performance of Jóhann Jóhannsson's Cinematic Suites, brings to life the evocative musical landscapes of three acclaimed films: Prisoners, Sicario and Arrival.

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

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

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.

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

One-of-a-kind performances curated and developed by early-career composers as part of LSO Jerwood Composer+.

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. 

A screening of the BBC’s classic 2015 nature documentary Iceland: Land of Ice and Fire.

Hear from some of the composers whose music will be performed in the afternoon concert in Milton Court Concert Hall. 

The BBC Singers and Guildhall Musicians explore Icelandic chamber and vocal music – sounds of wild beauty and quiet, luminous power.

Hear from some of the composers whose music will be performed in the evening concert in the Barbican Hall.

Europe’s most northerly capital city pulses with creativity. Tonight, the BBC Symphony Orchestra embraces the Reykjavík new music scene in all its diversity and flair.

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

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.

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

The BBC Singers join the strings from the BBC Concert Orchestra, organist Iain Farrington and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin for an emotive programme of music to touch the very heavens.

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.

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