This scintillating programme includes a symphony performed entirely from memory; a work of orchestral theatre from Harrison Birtwistle; and a collaboration with rising star pianist Yeol Eum Son.
This special late-night event offers you the rare opportunity to experience Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony from inside the very heart of the orchestra.
In this special anniversary series, the acclaimed Brodsky Quartet perform Beethoven’s late string quartets. The cycle closes with his Op. 130, the penultimate and most radical of the last quartets.
In this night of two concertos from the Orchestra of the Swan, Thomas Gould is soloist in Beethoven’s Apollonian essay, and in a concerto by jazz composer Django Bates.
The science: Professor Susan Stepney introduces us to different types of non-conventional computing. The music: This cantata marks Pentecost, and the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles.
Famous French violinist Philippe Graffin is joined by pianist Marisa Gupta and friends in a fascinating programme which features the UK premiere of a sonata by Ysaÿe and more.
In this programme, the peerless Trio Wanderer take us from Beethoven’s opening salvo, the darkly turbulent Op. 1 No. 3 to the spacious vistas of his Archduke Trio, one of the greatest works in the canon.
Bach’s Cantate Burlesque (known as the Peasant Cantata) and his Coffee Cantata – two short comic operas, written in collaboration with Bach’s favourite librettist Picander.
The Mass in B minor has an almost operatic intensity. The London Bach Singers join forces again with the Feinstein Ensemble to give their acclaimed reading of this wonderful work.
Renowned harpsichordist Steven Devine performs Bach’s universally popular Goldberg Variations.
A complete performance of Bach’s late masterpiece, as it has never been seen it before.
Birdsong was a key musical resource for Olivier Messiaen. His Catalogue d’oiseaux, 13 portraits of different birds divided into seven books, is one of the greatest, most original works of the 20th century.
As the focus on climate change grows, I Fagiolini sing of nature and the passing of the year in a programme inspired by Pieter Breughel the Younger’s The Four Seasons.
The Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu in focus, with musical performances, film and discussion.
Celebrated Chiaroscuro Quartet are joined by leading fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout to explore the influence of Mozart on Beethoven’s early work.
The Chilingirian Quartet offers a celebration of the Nature theme through the string quartet medium.
The renowned Carducci Quartet perform one of the best-loved quartets from Haydn’s Op. 20 set, Britten’s First Quartet, and Mendelssohn’s passionate final quartet. Plus, a new quintet by Kate Whitley.
Celebrated violinist Jack Liebeck is joined by a host of leading musicians for a night of nature-inspired Romantic works.
Performed from memory in over 75 minutes of complete darkness, Georg Friedrich Haas’ Solstices is a mammoth experience of tuning, listening and beauty.
A riot of vibrant colours splashes through this lively Mozart’s Piano programme with Aurora Orchestra and acclaimed pianist Imogen Cooper, including Copland’s Appalachian Spring.
Aurora’s Principal Trombone, Matthew Gee, travels through the bittersweet landscapes of Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel, the fierce chill of Schubert’s Winterreise and the dizzying terrains of Jan Sandström’s A Short Ride on a Motorbike.
Our classical programme includes highlights from Noh playwright Zeami’s masterpiece Saigyo-Zakura (Saigyo’s Cherry Tree) as performed by Minoru IV Gensho Umewaka.
Sumida River in Sign Language brings the natural and human worlds together in a drama of physical gesture and facial expression.
The charismatic young South African cellist, Abel Selaocoe joins the BBC Singers for Gubaidulina’s spiritual tour de force, the Canticle of the Sun. Written for Rostropovich, her radiantly mystical setting of the St Francis’s prayer