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Classical music

Classical Pride: Classical Drag!

Framed as a competition, join stars of the London drag scene Snow White Trash, Barbs, Beau Jangles, Freddie Love and Vinegar Strokes as they go head-to-head in this outlandish contest.

Artist performing to audience at front of stage
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Classical music Contemporary music

Music Education Islington: New Sounds Festival Concert

Led by a group of young event producers, this evening concert will round off Music Education Islington's second annual New Sounds Festival.

Members of the Fourth Choir singing on stage
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Classical music

Classical Pride: My Beloved Man

My Beloved Man – a celebration by the Fourth Choir, London’s LGBTQ+ classical choir, of the love affair between Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.

Henry Purcell Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts
Samuel Barber The Coolin
Pérotin Beata Viscera III
Imogen Holst The Cobbler
Sweet Country
Benjamin Britten The Ballad of Green Broom
Aaron Copland Help Us O Lord
Michael Tippett 'Deep River' from A Child of Our Time
Benjamin Britten 'Time' (Choral Dance 1) from Gloriana
'Concord (Choral Dance 2) from Gloriana
Thomas Morley Hard by a Crystal Fountain
Claudio Monteverdi 'Che dar più vi poss’io' from Madrigals, Book 5
'Io mi son giovinetta' from Madrigals, Book 4
Imogen Holst A Hymne to Christ
Leonard Bernstein 'Somewhere' from West Side Story
Benjamin Britten Hymn to the Virgin
Henry Purcell (arr Nicholas Chalmers) Dido’s Lament
Isobel Waller-Bridge New work (world premiere)
The Fourth Choir
Petroc Trelawny presenter
Samuel Barnett presenter
Nicholas Chalmers conductor
Séamus Rea concept and script
A cellist, bass clarinettist, flautist and pianist sitting playing their instruments
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Classical music

Classical Pride: A Proud Future

A Proud Future features the star performers and composers from the LGBTQ+ student bodies of London’s conservatoires.

Komuna Collective:
Adam Possener composer/viola
Violetta Suvini violin
Amalia Young violin
Gabriel Francis-Dehqani cello
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Abigail Sinclair soprano
André Bertoncini piano
Lizzie Knatt recorder
Declan Hickey guitar
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standard issue:
Tilly Coulton flute
Michelle Hromin clarinet
Matilda Sacco violin
Lucy Havelock saxophone
Kieran Crowley piano
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Sehyogue Aulakh marimba/vibraphone
Kinna Whitehead composer/cello
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Astral Quartet:
Leopoldo Mugnai soprano saxophone
Oliver Lee alto saxophone
Annabella Chenevix Trench tenor saxophone
Ethan Townsend baritone saxophone
An illustration by Quentin Blake, depicting characters Jack and Nancy floating through a forest scene, using a red umbrella as a parachute.
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Cinema Classical music

Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures with the BBC SO

Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures bursts open, as the BBC Symphony Orchestra plays a live accompaniment to two wonderful animated adventures. 

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ben Palmer conductor
Stefano Cabrera composer
Woodwind section with focus on flautist
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Classical music

Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra

Julian Clayton conducts the outstanding young musicians of Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra.

Photo of Stephen Upshaw playing his viola in a darkly lit room
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Classical music

Classical Pride: Julius Eastman’s Gay Guerilla

Classical Pride presents Julius Eastman’s Gay Guerilla, a free performance in the Level G foyer with an ensemble put together by violist Stephen Upshaw.

Julius Eastman (arr Jessie Montgomery) Gay Guerilla
Michael Jones violin
Blaize Henry violin
William Newell violin
Miles Brett viola
Stephen Upshaw viola
Stephanie Tress cello
Thea Sayer bass
Oliver Zeffman conducting
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Classical music

Classical Pride: LSO with Oliver Zeffman & Nick Grimshaw

The culmination of 2024’s Classical Pride, the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Oliver Zeffman celebrate LGBTQ+ classical music in this diverse programme presented by Nick Grimshaw.

Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Jake Heggie Good Morning, Beauty (world premiere)
Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No 2
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Valse Sentimentale
Cassandra Miller Round
Karol Szymanowski Symphony No 3, Song of the Night
London Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Zeffman conductor
Nick Grimshaw presenter
Pavel Kolesnikov piano
Pumeza Matshikiza soprano
Russell Thomas tenor
LGBTQ+ Community Choir
Keri-Lynn Wilson
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Classical music

Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra: Beethoven’s Ninth

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra and its founder Keri-Lynn Wilson will join the Royal Opera House’s Songs for Ukraine Chorus in a historic one-night performance at St Paul’s Cathedral.  

Victoria Vita Polevá Bucha. Lacrimosa*
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 9
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra
Royal Opera House Songs for Ukraine Chorus
Keri-Lynn Wilson conductor
Three members of Tangram stand with eyes shut, heads resting on each other's shoulders
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Classical music Contemporary music Theatre & dance

Tangram x LSO: Bound/Unbound

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Join trailblazing LSO St Luke's Associate Artists, Tangram, for the premiere of a new music theatre interweaving the stories of two of China’s 19th century heroines: Afong Moy and Qiu Jin.

A pale purple, oval shape, reflective of a mirror or window, sits in the centre of the image, surrounded by a dark orange colour with candle smoke and lens flares creating textural elements.
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Classical music

Rolf Hind: Sky in a Small Cage

Direct from the Copenhagen Opera Festival, Mahogany Opera opens our season with the UK premiere of Rolf Hind’s much-anticipated new work inspired by the influential Sufi mystic and poet, Rumi. 

Rolf Hind Sky in a Small Cage
Mahogany Opera
Riot Ensemble
Elaine Mitchener Narrator
James Hall I and You (becoming Rumi)
Yannis François Bird of the Sun – Shams e Parande
Loré Lixenberg Shaman of the Birds and Kerra, Rumi's wife
Siddhi Lagrutta ensemble singer
Karima El Demerdasch ensemble singer
Anika Venkatesh ensemble singer
Rylan Gleave ensemble singer
Ty Bouque ensemble singer
Harald Hieronymus Hein ensemble singer
Rolf Hind composer
Dante Micheaux and Jalal al-Din Rumi words
Frederic Wake-Walker director
Aaron Holloway-Nahum music director
Sasha Balmazi-Owen designer
Rosabel Huguet movement director
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Sir Antonio Pappano opens a new chapter as Chief Conductor of the LSO, conjuring stunning landscapes from Nielsen and Sibelius - and a world premiere from James MacMillan. 

Carl Nielsen Helios Overture
Sir James MacMillan Concerto for Orchestra (world premiere, LSO commission) *
Jean Sibelius Symphony No 1
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the LSO on the Barbican stage, with LSO cellos and violas in the background.
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Two giants of British music, two blistering orchestral works from the early 20th century, as Sir Antonio Pappano begins his first season as Chief Conductor of the LSO.

Edward Elgar Violin Concerto
Gustav Holst The Planets – Suite
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Vilde Frang violin
Tenebrae
Organist Anna Lapwood
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Hector Berlioz goes to a Roman Carnival, Saint-Saëns gives a Symphony from the organ, and Serge Rachmaninoff shows youthful exuberance in his First Piano Concerto.

Hector Berlioz Roman Carnival
Serge Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 1
Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No 3, Organ Symphony
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Yuja Wang piano
Anna Lapwood organ
Peter Moore holding his trombone
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Classical music

London Schools Symphony Orchestra

Back from their recent tour of Belgium, London’s young musical ambassadors bring another eclectic programme to the Hall.

Gustav Mahler Totenfeier
Jonathan Dove Stargazer
Anna Clyne Masquerade
Edward Elgar Enigma Variations
London Schools Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Redmond conductor
Enyi Okpara conductor
Peter Moore trombone