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Singers in the gospel choir performing on stage
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Classical music

A Gospel Christmas

Join Flames Collective for A Gospel Christmas. A choir like no other in the UK, they have received huge praise for their sensational performances with RAYE at the 2024 Brit Awards and at the O2. 

Includes:
Joyful Joyful
Holy Night
Shackles
Love Theory
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Flames Collective
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.
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Classical music

Christmas with Connaught Brass

For its Barbican debut, multi-prize-winning Connaught Brass despatches season’s greetings in a cracker of a programme that gift wraps festive joy with interludes of serene reflection.

Robin Haigh Get Good
Antonio Vivaldi (arr Jeffrey Stone) Concerto in F major
Lili Boulanger Two Pieces (arr for trumpet and piano)
Terry Johns Paolozzi’s Windows
Billy Moore (arr Every) When Santa Got Stuck Up The Chimney
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 'Yuletide' from The Seasons
Gustav Holst (arr Blaskowski) 'Venus' from The Planets
Mark-Anthony Turnage 'Elegy for Andy' and 'Tune for Toru' from True Life Stories
Sergei Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite
Trad (arr Sarah Latto) Little Girl Blue/O come Emmanuel
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr Simon Hogg) Christmas Oratorio
Connaught Brass:
Aaron Akugbo trumpet
Harry Plant trumpet
Zoë Tweed french horn
Chris Brewster trombone
Aled Meredith-Barrett tuba
Zeynep Ozsuca piano
Khatia Buniatishvili wearing a coral pink dress, resting her head on her hand
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Classical music

Khatia Buniatishvili and Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Following last year’s solo recital, accompanied by the perennially stylish Academy of St Martin in the Fields, pianist Khatia Bhuniatishvili returns for two strongly contrasted Mozart concertos. 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni Overture
Piano Concerto No 20
Joseph Haydn Symphony No 104
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No 23
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Khatia Buniatishvili piano
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the LSO on the Barbican stage, holding a baton, with LSO string players in the foreground of the image and audience members in the background.
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

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La rondine, Puccini’s story of love thwarted by society’s conventions, an opera glowing with melody and orchestral colour.

Giacomo Puccini La rondine
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Nadine Sierra Magda
Serena Gamberoni Lisette
Michael Fabiano Ruggero
Paul Appleby Prunier
Ashley Riches Rambaldo
Sarah Dufresne Yvette/Giorgette
Angela Schisano Bianca/Gabriele
Marvic Monreal Suzy/Lolette
Hector Bloggs Crebillon
Tom McGowan Perichaud
Sang Eup Son Gobin
London Symphony Chorus
Sakari Oramo conductor
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Classical music

BBC Symphony Orchestra: Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius

A tribute to Sir Andrew Davis: Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus perform Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius.

Edward Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Nicky Spence tenor
Roderick Williams baritone
BBC Symphony Chorus
Sansara Choir standing on the steps of an old, abandoned church
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Classical music

SANSARA Choir with United Strings of Europe

SANSARA and United Strings of Europe join forces to explore the themes of sanctuary and solidarity in a programme built around Caroline Shaw’s To the Hands.

Basel Saleh oud improvisation
Hildur Guðnadóttir (arr Martin) Fólk fær andlit
Caroline Shaw To the Hands
Piers Connor Kennedy/Julian Azkoul in the midst
Thomas Tallis In manus tuas
Caroline Shaw (arr Kennedy) and the swallow
Basel Saleh oud improvisation
Tahmeel Hijaz
SANSARA Choir
Tom Herring artistic director of SANSARA Choir
United Strings of Europe
Julian Azkoul artistic director of United Strings of Europe
Ellie Slorach guest conductor
Basel Saleh oud
Walid Zaido percussion
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting, smiling and facing the musicians of the LSO.
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Classical music

Vaughan Williams, Elgar & Bax, with David Cohen

Two reflective works from Ralph Vaughan Williams and Edward Elgar, plus Arnold Bax’s evocative portrait of the Cornish countryside.

Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No 9
Edward Elgar Cello Concerto
Arnold Bax Tintagel
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
David Cohen cello
a manger in a dark room
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Academy of Ancient Music: Handel's Messiah

Laurence Cummings and AAM join a truly world-class team of soloists for a seasonal performance of Handel’s Messiah.

George Frideric Handel Messiah
Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummings director & harpsichord
Louise Alder soprano
Tim Mead countertenor
Nick Pritchard tenor
Cody Quattlebaum bass
Portrait photo of Frank Dupree, smiling and facing the camera.
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

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Classical meets jazz with some Christmas favourites – plus a riotous ride with Kapustin, Gershwin’s most swinging tunes, and Bernstein at his exuberant best.

George Gershwin Overture to Girl Crazy
Nikolai Kapustin Piano Concerto No 4
Leonard Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (arr Jeff Tyzik) The Nutcracker Suite
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Selections from The Nutcracker
Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Frank Dupree piano
Sérgio Pires clarinet
Members of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge
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Classical music

Christmas with King's College Choir

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge herald the Christmas season, joined on stage by the superb Crouch End Festival Chorus. 

Philharmonia Orchestra
Daniel Hyde conductor
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Crouch End Festival Chorus
The orchestra performing on stage, surrounded by candles and two Christmas trees
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Candlelit Carols

A sublime concert of carols and seasonal classics, staged in an evocative candle-lit style setting.

Anon (arr Mark Cullen) Joy to the World
George Frideric Handel Christmas sequence from Messiah
David Willcocks Sussex Carol
Johann Sebastian Bach Air on the G String
Trad Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
O Come, All Ye Faithful
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Once in Royal David's City
Eternal Source of Light Divine
Deck the Hall
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Mozart Festival Orchestra
Steven Devine conductor
Harriet Eyley soprano
Coro Spezzato
Louise Dearman singing into a microphone, with pianist Jonathan Cohen on piano behind her
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Classical music

Christmas Carol Singalong

Christmas Carol Singalong is coming to town. Join Jonathan Cohen and Louise Dearman for some festive family fun with some of the very best Christmas songs and seasonal classics.

Frosty the Snowman
Sleigh Ride
Merry Christmas Everyone
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Winter Wonderland
Away in a Manger
God Rest ye Merry Gentleman
Let it Go
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Once In Royal David's City
The Twelve Days of Christmas
London Concert Orchestra
London Concert Chorus
Jonathan Cohen presenter
Louise Dearman guest singer
Three female singers with a pink background
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Classical music

The Big Christmas Party

The Big Christmas Party boasts a spectacular blend of festive pop hits and traditional favourites, featuring a dazzling live ensemble band, four headline singers and incredible live music.

Includes:
Santa Tell Me
One More Sleep
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Last Christmas
All I Want for Christmas
Driving Home for Christmas
Winter Wonderland
Merry Christmas Everyone
Let it Snow
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Step Into Christmas
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
London Concert Orchestra
John Rigby conductor
The brass section of the Glenn Miller Orchestra performing on stage, with the double bassist in the background
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Glenn Miller Orchestra

The UK’s most celebrated big band returns, swinging you back in time with Glenn Miller’s own arrangements of favourite wartime chart toppers and hits from the forties.

Little Brown Jug
Pennsylvania 6-5000
Chatanooga Choo Choo
It's Almost Like Being in Love
Moonlight Serenade
Dambusters March
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Catherine Sykes vocals
Mark Porter vocals
The London Concert Orchestra performing on stage
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The Best of John Williams

An awe-inspiring concert celebrating the iconic scores of John Williams, including music from Harry Potter, Star Wars, Jurassic Park and many more.

includes music from:
Star Wars
Harry Potter
Indiana Jones
Jurassic Park
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Terminal
The Witches of Eastwick
Schindler's List
Munich
Hook
London Concert Orchestra
Robert Emery conductor