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A person holding a baby in a dark room staring at lightbulbs hanging from the ceiling

Digital Programme: First Light

Thu 5 —Thu 19 Dec 2024

Handel's Messiah

Mon 16 Dec 2024, 19:00

Sansara Choir standing on the steps of an old, abandoned church

SANSARA Choir with United Strings of Europe

Sat 14 Dec 2024, 19:30

Lisa O'Neill looks to camera with hand on her hip, with the cold moon looming above here

Contemporary music

Behind Lisa O’Neill's 'Symphony for the Cold Moon'

Wed 11 Dec 2024, 20:00

Symphony for the Cold Moon

Khatia Buniatishvili

Mon 9 Dec 2024, 19:30

The members of Connaught Brass sitting in a row in front of a white wall, their instruments placed on the floor in front of them.

Christmas with Connaught Brass

Sun 8 Dec 2024, 16:00

Stephen Hough sitting on a concrete bench

Stephen Hough in Recital

Wed 4 Dec 2024, 19:30

So Percussion and Caroline Shaw sitting in a row.

Classical music

Sō Percussion with Caroline Shaw: Rectangles and Circumstance

Sun 1 Dec 2024, 20:30

Sō Percussion joins forces with Caroline Shaw, Continuing their mission to redefine chamber music, to perform music from their upcoming album, Rectangles and Circumstance.

Samantha Ege sat in front of a grand piano

Her Stories with Samantha Ege

Sun 1 Dec 2024, 16:00

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Haydn and Strauss: Nelson Mass and A Hero’s Life

Fri 29 Nov 2024, 19:30

Read the BBC SO's free programme to find out more about the music and artists in tonight's concert.

Siya and Thandi leaning against a brick wall

Contemporary music

Behind Sikelela, thirty years on

Fri 15 —Sun 24 Nov 2024

No space on this globe encapsulates a hope for what was promised more than South Africa. We should never downplay that hope as naïve as its insistence is for the South Africa that was promised.

Rafael Payare striking a pose with his baton held above his head

Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique

Tue 19 Nov 2024, 19:30

Viennese Virtuosity: Symphonies by Mozart, Haydn and friends

Thu 14 Nov 2024, 19:30

Rachel, a white woman with short cropped hair, wearing black, and Freddie, a white male, with a full beard, wearing a black long sleeved top with a black skirt, in rehearsals for PostHuman. Freddie is out of focus in the foreground playing a silver trumpet, and Rachel is in focus leaning back on a large canva with arms out and eyes closed.

Digital Programme: The Acts

Fri 8 —Sat 9 Nov 2024

Oramo conducts Strauss and Wagner

Fri 8 Nov 2024, 19:30

Digital programme: Quiet Songs

Tue 22 Oct —Sat 2 Nov 2024

Classical music

Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott

Sat 2 Nov 2024, 19:30

Yo-Yo Ma reflects on performing his final recital with long-time musical partner Kathryn Stott. Plus, find out more about the music and artists in the concert.