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Bharathi Prathap singing, sitting cross-legged and wearing colourful clothes
Darbar
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A photo of Stephen Hough with pink circular swirls around him
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Classical music

Hough plays Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto

Stephen Hough plays Beethoven and Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s First Symphony. Genius, pure and simple, from the BBC Symphony Orchestra. 

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3
Gustav Mahler Symphony No 1
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Stephen Hough piano
Seven members of the National Open Youth Orchestra holding instruments against a blue background surrounded by neon vectors
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Classical music

National Open Youth Orchestra: Ring Out! No more barriers

Experience the emotionally charged performances of one of the most exciting youth orchestras in the world.

Liam Taylor-West Ring Out! (world premiere)
Yfat Soul Zisso Fragile (world premiere)
Lucky Chops Behroozi
Meredith Monk Parlour Games
Kate Whitley Falling
Oliver Cross Barriers
National Open Youth Orchestra
Two members of band Kaavish on stage
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Classical music Contemporary music

Kaavish Live in Concert

Experience the soulful melodies of acclaimed Pakistani contemporary classical band, Kaavish, as they bring their signature sound to the stage.

The Carducci Quartet in a forest, standing in a row holding their instruments
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Classical music

Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 4

Four quartets unite to perform the Chamber Symphony enlargement of Shostakovich’s 8th quartet, crowning a programme including Firsova’s ardent, deftly-plotted Quartet No 4.

Dmitri Shostakovich Quartet No 4
Quartet No 13
Elena Firsova Quartet No 4
Dmitri Shostakovich Quartet No 8
Carducci Quartet
Elmore Quartet
Kyan Quartet
Oculus Quartet
Chris West double bass
Seong-Jin Cho standing next to a piano
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Classical music

Seong-Jin Cho: A Ravel-athon

A sold-out hall greeted Seong-Jin Cho’s Barbican debut in 2023. His much-anticipated return navigates a scintillating all-Ravel programme, saluting the composer in his 150th anniversary year.

Maurice Ravel Sérénade grotesque
Menuet antique
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Jeux d'eau
Sonatine
Miroirs
Gaspard de la nuit
Menuet sur le nom de Haydn
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Prélude
À la manière de Borodine
À la manière de Chabrier
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Seong-Jin Cho
Mahan Esfahani at the harpsichord
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Classical music

Mahan Esfahani: Harpsichord recital

Splicing classic Baroque works with a reminder that the harpsichord is no mere museum piece, Mahan Esfahani has opened up inspiring new territories.

Hans Werner Henze Six Absences
Jean-Philippe Rameau Suite en mi-mineur
Luciano Berio Rounds
Johann Pachelbel Chaconne f-moll
Haïm Alexander Improvisation on a Persian Folksong
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre Pièces de Clavecin:
Prélude
Allemande
Courante I
Courante II
Sarabande
Gigue
Canaries
Chaconne
Menuet
Mark Applebaum October 1582 for harpsichord and live electronics
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord
Sir Simon Rattle conducting the LSO
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

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Janáček’s hilarious satire about art, lunar travel, nationalism – and sausages. 

Leoš Janáček The Excursions of Mr Brouček
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Peter Hoare Brouček
Aleš Briscein Mazal/Blankytný/Petřík
Lucy Crowe Málinka/Etherea/Kunka
Gyula Orendt Sakristán/Svatopluk/Lunobor/Domšík
Lukáš Zeman Würfl/Čaroskvoucí/Ratsherr
Doubravka Novotná Číšníček/Wunderkind/Student
Hanna Hipp Kedruta
Arttu Kataja Básník/Oblačný/Vacek
Stephan Rügamer Artist/Dohuslav/Vojta
Linard Vrielink Skladatel/Harfoboj/Miroslav
Tenebrae
The woodwind section of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on stage
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Classical music

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Robert Ziegler leads you on a journey through space and time with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. 

Manu Martin Lim Cosmic Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra
George Gershwin (arr Schoenfeld/Rothman) I Got Rhythm Variations
Gustav Holst The Planets
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Ziegler conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano
City of London Choir
London Voices
Joyce DiDonato in a black dress, leaning with her back against a wall
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Classical music

Handel: Jephtha with Il Pomo D’oro and Joyce DiDonato

Joyce DiDonato and Michael Spyres star in Handel’s Jephtha – the composer's valedictory oratorio. 

George Frideric Handel Jephtha
Il Pomo d'Oro
Francesco Corti conductor
Michael Spyres Jephtha
Joyce DiDonato Storge
Mélissa Petit Ipihis
Anna Piroli Angel
Cody Quattlebaum Zebul
Jasmin White Hamor
Il Pomo d'Oro Choir
Jess Gillam playing the saxophone in front of a pile of giant oranges
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Classical music

Her Ensemble: The Three Dancers

Three beautifully-conceived 21st century works inspired by the visual arts, culminating in a celebration of Balkan folk tunes herald the return of Ellie Consta’s pioneering Her Ensemble.

Caroline Shaw Thousandth Orange
Dobrinka Tabakova Insight
Elena Kats-Chernin The Three Dancers
Ezo Dem Sarici Balkan folk tunes
Her Ensemble
Laura Van Der Heijden cello
Jess Gillam saxophone
Junyan Chen piano
Double Bassist Strahinja Mitrović pictured in Barbican Hall, holding up the Gold Medal in box
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Classical music

The Gold Medal 2025

The final of Guildhall School's most prestigious music prize, offering the chance to enjoy songs and arias performed by three outstanding Guildhall vocalists in front of an esteemed panel of judges.

BBC Singers and Sofi Jeannin
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Classical music

BBC Singers: Songs from the Shows

Following the success of the BBC Singers previous visit to the West End and Broadway, Owain Park conducts BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra in more music from some of our best-loved musicals.

to be announced
BBC Concert Orchestra
BBC Singers
Owain Park conductor
Louise Alder standing by a large concrete pillar, smiling and looking upwards
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Classical music

The English Concert/Bicket: Giulio Cesare

A runaway hit at its 1724 premiere, Louise Alder stars in Giulio Cesare - arguably Handel’s most popular operatic creation – a drama teeming with passion and political skulduggery.

George Frideric Handel Giulio Cesare
The English Concert
Harry Bicket conductor
Louise Alder Cleopatra
Christophe Dumaux Cesare
Paula Murrihy Sesto
Beth Taylor Cornelia
John Holiday Tolomeo
Gustavo Dudamel smiling while holding his baton above his head
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Gustavo Dudamel

Four stories of faraway lands, opulence, and scandal.

Richard Strauss Don Juan
Maurice Ravel Shéhérazade
Rapsodie espagnole
Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier – Suite
London Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Marina Rebeka soprano
A view from the ground up of tall buildings
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: Bach's The Art of the Fugue

Four actors, four musicians, one unparalleled musical genius. From the theatrical imagination of Bill Barclay, a completely new journey into Bach’s astonishing The Art of Fugue.