Beyond Accompaniment: The Harmonium Re-imagined. Experience one of India’s most ubiquitous instruments in a new light. Witness the harmonium, traditionally an accompanist, take centre stage.
A once-in-a-lifetime double bill featuring musical royalty from India's most illustrious gharanas
Rakesh Chaurasia bansuri
Pandit Yogesh Samsitabla
Duet by Ustad Shahid Parvez & Shakir Khansitar
Satyajit Talwalkartabla
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Classical musicTheatre & dance
Julius Eastman: A Power Greater Than
Barbican artist-in-residence Davóne Tines performs a multidisciplinary all-Julius Eastman program curated by Seth Parker Woods, alongside AMOC* & Kyle Marshall Choreography.
Julius EastmanTouch Him When
Holy Presence of Joan D'Arc
Piano 2
Gay Guerilla
Davóne Tinesbaritone
JIJIguitar
Seth Parker Woodscello
Adam Tendlerpiano
Richard Valituttopiano
Conor Hanickpiano
Kyle Marshall Choreography
AMOC* American Modern Opera Company
Coleman Itzkoff cello
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Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Stravinsky
Conductor Ryan Bancroft makes his debut with the LSO, introducing and conducting Stravinsky's The Firebird, music that paints a fantastical world of mythical lands and creatures.
Igor Stravinsky The Firebird – Ballet
London Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Bancroftconductor & presenter
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Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra/Ryan Bancroft & Clara-Jumi Kang
Stravinsky and Gubaidulina breathe vivid, visceral life into Russian fairy tales, plus Shostakovich’s most beautiful and riveting concerto.
Sofia GubaidulinaMärchen – Poem
Dmitri ShostakovichViolin Concerto No 1
Igor StravinskyThe Firebird – Ballet
London Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Bancroft conductor
Clara-Jumi Kangviolin
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Classical music
Mozart's Requiem
Dark fire and glittering ice: Mozart’s Requiem crowns an evening of deep emotions and natural wonders from Sakari Oramo and pianist Martin Helmchen.
Camille Pépin Inlandsis
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem (compl. Süssmayr-Dutron)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramoconductor
Martin Helmchenpiano
Francesca Chiejinasoprano
Claire Barnett-Jonesmezzo-soprano
Caspar Singhtenor
Frazer Scottbass
BBC Symphony Chorus
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Contemporary music
Public Service Broadcasting
Experience Public Service Broadcasting live in a unique collaboration with the London Contemporary Orchestra, blending archive, electronics and orchestral power in a boundary-pushing performance.
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Classical music
Explore Ensemble & EXAUDI: Eight Lines
Bringing an alternative slant to American minimalism, London's Explore Ensemble and the EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble present a major new work by Catherine Lamb, alongside music by James Tenney & Steve Reich.
James TenneyIn a large, open space
Steve ReichEight Lines
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Catherine Lambdying your dying to come closer
Explore Ensemble
EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble
James Weeksconductor
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Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra: Family Concert
A fun opportunity for families to learn more about music and the instruments of the orchestra, with music based on a theme and free workshops before the concert.
Hector BerliozExcerpts from Symphonie fantastique
Rachel Leach presenter
London Symphony Orchestra
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Classical musicTheatre & dance
Opera Double Bill: Smyth's Der Wald & Respighi's Lucrezia
Two powerful stories. Two rarely heard operas. One unforgettable evening.
Stephen Barlowdirector
Dominic Wheelerconductor
Jon Morrelldesigner
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Classical musicTheatre & dance
Opera Double Bill: Smyth's Der Wald & Respighi's Lucrezia
Two powerful stories. Two rarely heard operas. One unforgettable evening.
Stephen Barlowdirector
Dominic Wheelerconductor
Jon Morrelldesigner
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Classical music
Guildhall Symphony Orchestra: Ravel & Tchaikovsky
Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G and Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony feature in a vibrant programme of colour and contrast performed by the next generation of professional musicians.
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Contemporary music
Destroyer + The Fiery Furnaces
Dan Bejar returns with Dan’s Boogie – a bold, cinematic new chapter for Destroyer, performing live with art-rock duo The Fiery Furnaces.
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Classical musicTheatre & dance
Opera Double Bill: Smyth's Der Wald & Respighi's Lucrezia
Two powerful stories. Two rarely heard operas. One unforgettable evening.
Stephen Barlowdirector
Dominic Wheelerconductor
Jon Morrelldesigner
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Classical music
Oramo conducts Adès, Coleridge-Taylor and Sibelius
Sakari Oramo conducts Sibelius’s Lemminkaïnen Legends – a stirring counterpart to the brilliance of Thomas Adès’s Violin Concerto, played by Christian Tetzlaff.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Symphonic Variations on an African Air
Thomas Adès Violin Concerto
Jean Sibelius Lemminkäinen Suite
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramoconductor
Christian Tetzlaffviolin
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Classical music
Workshop: Come & Sing Arvo Pärt/The Carice Singers
Aimed at choral singers looking for a challenge, this workshop offers a chance to rehearse and perform Pärt’s Morning Star and The Beatitudes with The Carice Singers and Christopher Bowers-Broadbent.
The Carice Singerschoir
George Parrisdirector
You and your friends!
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Classical music
The Carice Singers: Infinity Flow
The Carice Singers celebrate Arvo Pärt’s 90th birthday with a program of his most mesmerizing choral works, showcasing his signature blend of purity, stillness, and profound spirituality.
Arvo PärtAn den Wassern zu Babel
Morning Star
Evelin SepparNew work
New work
Arvo PärtMagnificat
The Beatitudes
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Evelin SepparNew work
Arvo PärtWoman with the alabaster box
Virgencita
Galina GrigorjevaSpring is coming, from Svyatki
There will come soft rains
Evelin SepparNew work
Arvo PärtWhich was the son of...
The Carice Singerschoir
George Parrisdirector
Christopher Bowers-Broadbentorgan
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Contemporary music
Daniel Avery
The revered electronic music producer and composer returns with his new album Tremor and a live show, his most ambitious works to date.
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Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Gospel – Celebration
André J Thomas celebrates the power of American gospel music, alongside the LSO and over 250 voices from communities across London.
To be announced.
London Symphony Orchestra
André J Thomasconductor
Brandon A Boydpiano
LSO Community Voices
Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir
London Symphony Chorus
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Classical musicTheatre & dance
Opera Double Bill: Smyth's Der Wald & Respighi's Lucrezia
Two powerful stories. Two rarely heard operas. One unforgettable evening.
Stephen Barlowdirector
Dominic Wheelerconductor
Jon Morrelldesigner
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Classical music
Gabriela Montero with the Calidore Quartet: Canaima
Celebrated Venezuelan pianist and composer Gabriela Montero is joined by the Calidore Quartet for a programme of chamber music including a new work, Canaima, by Montero herself.
Joseph HaydnString Quartet Op 76 No 5
Gabriela Montero Canaima
Antonin DvořákPiano Quintet No 2 Op 81
Gabriela Monteropiano
Calidore Quartet
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Classical music
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in an exhilarating programme of Janáček and Bruckner.
Leos JanáčekTaras Bulba
Anton BrucknerSymphony No 7 in E Major
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattleconductor
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Classical music
Soweto Kinch/LSO: Soundtrack to the Apocalypse
The saxophonist, rapper and composer Soweto Kinch presents the final instalment of a trilogy of works in collaboration with the LSO, which began with The Black Peril and White Juju.
To be announced
London Symphony Orchestra
Soweto Kinchsaxophone
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Contemporary music
aja monet
The GRAMMY-nominated surrealist blues poet and this year’s Artist in Residence will bring her debut album When The Poems Do What They Do to our Hall.
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Classical music
Academy of Ancient Music: Haydn in Paris
Paris in the 1780s was the musical centre of Europe. Academy of Ancient Music plays showpieces by Mozart, Haydn and the Chevalier de Saint-Georges: three geniuses on the edge of a volcano.
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Contemporary music
We Exist! The Dee Dee Bridgewater Quartet
Grammy and Tony-winning jazz icon Dee Dee Bridgewater showcases her fearless artistry and genre-defying vocal mastery with WE EXIST! The Dee Dee Bridgewater Quartet.
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Contemporary music
Dhamaal
A dynamic collaboration like no other, fusing classical brass bands, jazz improvisations and south Asian music in a thrilling performance designed to explore new possibilities in music.
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Contemporary music
Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo
A rare, unmissable opportunity to witness Brazilian legend Hermeto Pascoal with his incredible band.
TBC
Hermeto Pascoal
Itiberê Zwarg electric bass, percussion
André Marquespiano, flute, percussion
Jota P.saxes, flutes
Fábio Pascoalpercussion
Ajurinã Zwargdrums, percussion
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Contemporary music
Anthony Joseph: Rowing Up River to Get Our Names Back
Poet and musician Anthony Joseph joins visionary producer Dave Okumu for an electrifying Afrofuturist journey blending funk, jazz and soul to reclaim lost names and celebrate Black musical heritage.
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Contemporary music
Cate Le Bon
Welsh multi-disciplinary artist and producer Cate Le Bon’s work has long defied categorization—an architect of sound who builds emotional landscapes from abstraction, texture, and tone.