London Symphony Orchestra/Elim Chan & Olivier Stankiewicz
A world premiere concerto from one of Britain’s finest composers, folk-inspired celebration of dance by Bartók plus Rachmaninoff’s late and great orchestral showstopper.
Béla BartókDance Suite
Colin MatthewsOboe Concerto (world premiere)
Serge RachmaninoffSymphonic Dances
London Symphony Orchestra
Elim Chanconductor
Olivier Stankiewiczoboe
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London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda & Seong-Jin Cho
Bask in the Romantic flavours of Borodin’s folk-inspired Second Symphony, Stravinsky’s sublime neo-Classical homage to Tchaikovsky, and dazzling, deeply felt Chopin.
Igor StravinskyDivertimento from ‘The Fairy’s Kiss’ (rev 1949)
Frédéric ChopinPiano Concerto No 2
Alexander BorodinSymphony No 2
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Nosedaconductor
Seong-Jin Chopiano
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Academy of Ancient Music: Songs of Love & War
Academy of Ancient Music performs Monteverdi’s genre-defying Madrigals of Love and War. Unrequited passion has never sounded sweeter.
Claudio Monteverdi
Sinfonia, a doi violini e una viola da brazzo
Altri canti d'amor
Hor che'l ciel e la terra (prima parte)
Così sol d'una chiara fonte viva (seconda parte)
Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
Amor, amor from Lamento della Ninfa
Ballo: Move al mio bel suon
Anna Dennissoprano
Ed Lyontenor
Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummingsdirector & harpsichord
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Rustioni conducts Bernstein and Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff, Bernstein and Davóne Tines – a fresh perspective on America’s past, present and future from Daniele Rustioni and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Leonard Bernstein Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story'
Davóne Tines ANTHEM
Sergei RachmaninoffSymphony No. 3
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Daniele Rustioni conductor
Davóne Tines bass-baritone
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London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda & Seong-Jin Cho
Bask in the Romantic flavours of Borodin’s folk-inspired Second Symphony, Stravinsky’s sublime neo-Classical homage to Tchaikovsky, and dazzling, deeply felt Chopin.
Igor StravinskyDivertimento from ‘The Fairy’s Kiss’ (rev 1949)
Frédéric ChopinPiano Concerto No 2
Alexander BorodinSymphony No 2
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Nosedaconductor
Seong-Jin Chopiano
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Tamara Stefanovich in Recital: Labyrinth
Tamara Stefanovich presets Labyrinth - a curated sequence including works by JS Bach (Art of Fugue), Claude Debussy (Preludes), Franz Liszt and Gyorgy Kurtag (Jatekok).
Johann Sebastian BachCapriccio for the departure of a beloved brother
György KurtágEight Piano Pieces, Op 3
'La fille aux cheveux de lin' from Játékok
Claude DebussyPrelude La fille aux cheveux de lin
György KurtágBirthday Elegy for Judit - for the second finger of her left hand
'Apple Blossom' from Játékok
Franz LisztNuages gris
Unstern
György KurtágAdoration, Adoration, Accursed Desolation
Doina
Claude Debussy'Des pas sur la neige' from Preludes Book I
Étude 6 pour les huit doigts
Étude 11 pour les arpèges composés
György KurtágObjet trouvé
12 Microludes
Antiphony in f-sharp
Les adieux
Johann Sebastian BachContrapunctus No 1 from Art of the Fugue
György KurtágLigatura y
Johann Sebastian BachContrapunctus No 14 from Art of the Fugue
Tamara Stefanovichpiano
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ECHO Rising Stars: Valerie Fritz
Austrian cellist and ECHO Rising Star Valerie Fritz performs with acclaimed Bosnion accordionist Goran Stevanovich in the atmospheric setting of LSO St Luke’s.
Robert SchumannFive Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102 arr. for Violoncello and Accordion
Olivier MessiaenLouange à l'éternité de Jésus arr. for Violoncello and Accordion
Jennifer WalsheNew work (ECHO commission)
Sofia GubaidulinaIn croce for Violoncello and Akkordeon
Mijolaj MajkusiakRhythms of doubt, part III
Valerie Fritzcello
Goran Stevanovichaccordion
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London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Rachmaninoff
Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.
Serge RachmaninoffSymphony No 1
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Nosedaconductor & presenter
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London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda
Two of Debussy’s restless, impressionistic Nocturnes, Berg’s anguished Violin Concerto; plus Rachmaninoff’s sweeping early symphony, full of youthful energy.
Claude DebussyNuages & Fêtes from ‘Three Nocturnes’
Alban BergViolin Concerto
Serge RachmaninoffSymphony No 1
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Nosedaconductor
Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin
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Montero plays Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto
Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, and a UK premiere from Julia Adolphe. Big emotions and natural wonders from Kristiina Poska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Julia Adolphe Underneath the Sheen
Sergei RachmaninoffPiano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Kristiina Poska conductor
Gabriela Montero piano
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London Symphony Orchestra/Tarmo Peltokoski
Feel the energy of Rautavaara’s joyously rhythmic concerto, and journey to Wagner’s fantastical world of gods, giants and river-maidens.
Einojuhani RautavaaraPiano Concerto No 1
Richard Wagner arr Henk de VliegerThe Ring: An Orchestral Adventure
London Symphony Orchestra
Tarmo Peltokoski conductor
Yuja Wang piano
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Fretwork with Ian Bostridge & Elizabeth Kenny
Tenor Ian Bostridge is joined by Elizabeth Kenny on the lute, and viol consort Fretwork for an exploration of music by John Dowland.
Works to include lute solos and songs by John Dowland (1563 - 1626), such as Flow my tears, In darkness let me dwell and Lachrimæs, and Adrian Williams' Teares to Dreams (2004) inspired by Dowland's pavans.
Ian Bostridgetenor
Elizabeth Kennylute
Fretwork viol consort- Emilia Benjamin, Jonathan Rees, Joanna Levine, Sam Stadlen, Richard Boothby
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London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Laura Bowler
Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.
Laura BowlerThe White Book (UK premiere)
London Symphony Orchestra
Barbara Hannigansoprano and presenter
Bar Avniconductor and presenter
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London Symphony Orchestra/Barbara Hannigan
New music by Laura Bowler preludes Ligeti’s ethereal, dreamlike soundworld and Richard Strauss’s colossal, awe-inspiring homage to Nietzsche.
Laura BowlerThe White Book*
György LigetiLontano
Richard StraussAlso sprach Zarathustra
London Symphony Orchestra
Barbara Hanniganconductor & soprano
Bar Avniconductor*
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Oramo conducts Brahms' Second Symphony
Sakari Oramo pairs flair and exoticism with idyllic cheer in this dual outing of Romantic masterpieces: Saint-Saëns’ fifth piano concerto and Brahms’ Second Symphony.
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Academy of Ancient Music: Gambarini: English Impresaria
Elegance, exuberance, and one remarkable woman: Academy of Ancient Music travels to Georgian London and the lost world of musical innovator Elisabetta da Gambarini.
Programme to include music written for and by Elisabetta da Gambarini
Academy of Ancient Music
Mhairi Lawsonsoprano
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Britten Sinfonia: Recycling Concerto
Nature and conservation are at the heart of this uplifting programme of orchestral works.
Einojuhani RautavaaraCantus Arcticus
Ludwig van BeethovenSymphony No 6 Pastoral
Gregor L MayrhoferRecycling Concerto
Vivi Vassilevapercussion
Gregor L Mayrhofer conductor
Britten Sinfonia
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Yeol Eum Son plays Bartók's Third Piano Concerto
A magical bird, a dream of England, and the sheer magic of pianist Yeol Eum Son, as Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra bring a blaze of colour to the Barbican.
Judith Weir The Welcome Arrival of Rain
Béla Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3
Gerald Finzi Eclogue
Igor Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1945)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramoconductor
Yeol Eum Son piano
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Hildur Guðnadóttir & Friends: Where to From
Academy award-winning composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, known for her film scores to Chernobyl, Tar and The Joker, makes a rare appearance on stage to perform her new project,Where to From.
Hildur GuðnadóttirWhere to from
Hildur Guðnadóttircello/vocals
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Tansy Davies: Passion of Mary Magdalene
The third and final work in a cycle of commissions with the Dunedin Consort, British composer Tansy Davies’ Passion of Mary Magdalene receives its premiere at the Barbican.
Tansy DaviesPassion of Mary Magdalene
Dunedin Consort
John Buttdirector
Anna DennisMary Magdalene
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London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Dvořák
Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.
Antonín DvořákSymphony No 9 From the New World
London Symphony Orchestra
Anja Bihlmaierconductor and presenter
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London Symphony Orchestra/Anja Bihlmaier
An American dream: Dvořák’s ode to the US and Bernstein’s gritty portrait of New York frame a new concerto.
Leonard BernsteinSymphonic Dances from ‘West Side Story’
Lowell LiebermannFlute Concerto No 2 (UK premiere)
Antonín DvořákSymphony No 9, ‘From the New World’
London Symphony Orchestra
Anja Bihlmaier conductor
Gareth Davies flute
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The Tallis Scholars: Mysteries & Miracles
Performed by the world-renowned Tallis Scholars, this programme explores music inspired by miraculous events in the life of Jesus, as told through the works of a diverse range of composers.
Giovanni Gabrieli O magnum mysterium
Tomás Luis de VictoriaMissa O magnum mysterium - Kyrie & Gloria
Giaches de Wert Egressus Jesus
Tomás Luis de VictoriaMissa O magnum mysterium - Credo
Judith Weir Ave Regina Caelorum
Tomás Luis de Victoria Missa O magnum mysterium - Sanctus & Agnus
Thomas Tallis Videte miraculum
Jacobus Gallus Mirabile mysterium
Francisco Guerrero Maria Magdalena
Arvo Pärt Tribute to Caesar
Virgencita
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips director
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Evgeny Kissin in Recital
Celebrated pianist Evgeny Kissin sweeps us across musical landscapes, revealing the vast breadth of the piano’s expressive range including works by Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann and Liszt.
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No 7 in D major
Frederic ChopinMazurkas No 27, 29, 35, 39 and 51
Robert SchumannKreisleriana
Franz LisztHungarian Rhapsody No 12
Evgeny Kissinpiano
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Arcangelo: St Matthew Passion
The internationally acclaimed period performance ensemble Arcangelo performs J S Bach’s mighty oratorio St Matthew Passion.
Johann Sebastian Bach St Matthew Passion
Arcangelo
Nick Pritchard Evangelist
Alex Rosen Christus
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London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Shostakovich
Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert, showcasing two works by Vaughan Williams. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.
Dmitri ShostakovichSymphony No 5
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappanoconductor
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London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano
Korngold tugs at the heart in his Hollywood-flavoured concerto, while Shostakovich’s Fifth unleashes big tunes and white-hot intensity.
Imogen Holst Persephone
Erich Wolfgang KorngoldViolin Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No 5
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Vilde Frang violin
London Symphony Orchestra
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Academy of Ancient Music: The Chosen One
Leipzig’s got talent: in 1723 Bach competed for one of Germany’s top musical jobs. Today, Laurence Cummings and Academy of Ancient Music reveal exactly what he was up against.
Christoph Graupner‘Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden’ GWV 1113/23b
Georg Philipp Telemann‘Ich muß auf den Bergen weinen und heulen’ TVWV 1/591
Johann Sebastian Bach‘Du wahrer Gott und Davis Sohn’ BWV 23
Academy of Ancient Musicorchestra & choir
Laurence Cummingsdirector & harpsichord
Hilary Croninsoprano
Helen Charlstonalto
Nick Pritchardtenor
Ben Kazezbass
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Britten Sinfonia: Re-folking Viennese classics
Chamber music by composers who adored the traditional music of central and eastern Europe re-imagined for orchestra and folk band.
Programme to feature arrangements for orchestra and folk quintet including:
Johannes Brahms Adagio from Clarinet Quintet Op 115
Franz Schubert Scherzo and Trio from String Quintet in C
Britten Sinfonia
ZRI Quintet
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Maria Joāo Pires and Marc-André Hamelin in Recital
Legendary pianists Maria João Pires and Marc-André Hamelin join forces for the first time to perform seminal works for piano duo.
Felix Mendelssohn (arr Czerny)Songs Without Words Op 67 No 4 in C major