Leading contemporary pianist, Eliza McCarthy, plunges into the natural world in this beguiling sequence of works for piano, analogue, amplified and prepared.
Tom Kerstens’ G Plus Ensemble plays premieres of new IGF commissions: work by Léo Brouwer, Joe Cutler, Howard Skempton, Laura Snowden and Errollyn Wallen. Programme also includes work by Toru Takemitsu. Tom Kerstens is a major figure in
Described by Classical Guitar Magazine as a ‘spectacular’ musician with ‘truly breathtaking’ interpretations, Mateusz Kowalski is emerging as a star on the worldwide guitar stage. In July 2019 Mateusz won the prestigious EuroStrings Guitar Competition, the
The neuroscience of music is starting to elucidate how music contributes to the experience of eudaimonia, a life well-lived.
The Berlin-based Jacques Thibaud Trio mixes Beethoven’s radical Op. 9 with Schubert’s heavenly trio in B flat, and Jean Françaix’s witty String Trio.
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.
Using 19th century instruments that reflect Beethoven’s ideal, Rachel Podger and Christopher Glynn join forces to explore a sonata cycle that, more than any other, opens up new worlds of expression for violin and piano.
Salt water stained nostalgia calls Grace Williams back to her coastal childhood home in a piece which traces the many moods of the ocean from its calm, flat surface of endless horizons to the unforgiving,
Commissioned as part of a unique project in London Sinfonietta’s 50th Anniversary Season, Matthew Herbert’s more, more, more is his response to photographer Andreas Gursky’s photograph of a landfill site in Chimalhuacán, Mexico City. Herbert’s music comments
Aurora Orchestra dances through the colourful changing seasons of a year with an electric convergence of fresh modern sounds and revered classics. They are joined by leading pianist Louis Schwizgebel.
An ethereal night of Nordic folk tunes and folklore with Aurora Orchestra’s Norwegian Principal Cellist Torun Sæter Stavseng.
This concert illuminates Beethoven’s philosophy of nature through a reading of Jean Giono’s fable The Man who Planted Trees (1953). Plus, music by Bach, Brahms, Satie, Schoenberg and Fazil Say.
Dutch maestro Pieter Wispelwey and the questing young pianist Alasdair Beatson take us on an epic journey through Beethoven's cello sonatas.
Experience Mahler’s celebrated Ninth Symphony in a new way, played beneath breathtaking images of Alpine glaciers.
The Brodsky Quartet are joined by tenor Daniel Norman and pianist Sholto Kynoch for a special performance of On Wenlock Edge, presented with Jeremy Hamway-Bidgood’s shadow-play film.
The young Sheku Kanneh-Mason is a cellist of enormous charisma and heart-stopping musicality. He is joined by his siblings and friends for an unmissable evening of chamber music.
The final concert in Aurora's ambitious Mozart's Piano series – a celebratory programme of music written in the final year of Mozart’s life, including his monumental Requiem and the sparkling overture to The Magic Flute.
Channel your special superpower and soar to dizzying heights in this playful reimagining of a children’s concert for grown-ups turns fancy-dress party.
Through-out history, humans have turned to technology to overcome our own human, physical limitations.
Dr Edward Breen demonstrates how singers have adapted their voices and techniques throughout history.
The critically-acclaimed 12 ensemble return to Kings Place with a specially curated programme of works by Max Richter.
Alexandre Tharaud has become a revered figure in the classical music world and a uniquely dazzling exponent of French pianism. He plays Ravel’s delirious La Valse, works by Scarlatti and Rachmaninov and more.
Tim Harford talks about how random obstacles and frustrations can inspire us to be more creative.
After six years and over sixty commissions, The Hermes Experiment celebrates its unique contribution to the new music scenes with their debut album Here We Are. With their unique line-up of harp,