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Bharathi Prathap singing, sitting cross-legged and wearing colourful clothes
Darbar
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Sir Antonio Pappano landscape pose
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Two portraits from a magician of orchestral colour, Richard Strauss – plus a young Mozart dances on the violin 

Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No 5
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Lisa Batiashvili violin
A profile shot of Cassie Kinoshi holding her saxophone in front of a concrete wall
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Classical music

Cassie Kinoshi x Ensemble Intercontemporain

Spearheaded by France’s flagship contemporary music group, the new, the nearly new, and a 20th century classic are stitched into a programme that explores slavery and the Caribbean experience. 

Hannah Kendall shouting forever into the receiver
Cassie Kinoshi New work
Pierre Boulez Sur Incises
Ensemble intercontemporain
Nicolò Umberto Foron conductor
NikNak turntables
Tyrone Isaac-Stuart choreographer
Julien Creuzet visuals
Nathan England-Jones Electronics technical support
The Carducci Quartet standing in a line in front of an old, dilapidated building, their instruments in cases on the floor beside them.
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Classical music

Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 5

Our Shostakovich cycle began with the Quartet No 1, and ends, inevitably, with No 15, staring death resolutely in the face, a work heart-stopping in its searing intensity.

Dmitri Shostakovich Quartet No 10
Quartet No 7
Quartet No 15
Carducci Quartet
Kyan Quartet
Lukas Sternath sitting in a seat of an empty concert hall
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Classical music

ECHO Rising Stars at 30: Lukas Sternath

Join pianist Lukas Sternath for a mesmerising recital featuring an eclectic programme full of contrasts.

Sofia Gubaidulina Chaconne
Erik Satie 3 Gymnopédies
Claude Debussy From Preludes Book I:
Des pas sur la neige
La cathedrale engloutie
Erik Satie Gnossiennes
Patricia Kopatchinskaja Three Pieces for Piano Solo
Lukas Sternath piano
Carlos Ferreira standing with his clarinet against an orange wall
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Classical music

ECHO Rising Stars at 30: Carlos Ferreira

Jazz-inspired music meets a brand new commission plus one of the cornerstones of the clarinet repertoire, with Portuguese clarinettist Carlos Ferreira.

Pierre Boulez Domaines
Joseph Horovitz Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano
Claude Debussy Première Rhapsodie
Lanqing Ding New work
Carlos Ferreira clarinet
Pedro Emmanuel Pereira piano
The four members of Quatuor Agate in black suits, sitting in various positions in an empty swimming pool, holding their instruments
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Classical music

ECHO Rising Stars at 30: Quatuor Agate

The Quatuor Agate pairs Ligeti's Bartók-inspired Métamorphoses Nocturnes with Ravel's masterful String Quartet.

György Ligeti String Quartet No 1, Métamorphoses Nocturnes
Anna Korsun New work
Maurice Ravel String Quarter in F Major
Quatuor Agate string quartet
Sao Soulez Lariviere waking down a concrete corridor holding his viola by his side
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Classical music

ECHO Rising Stars at 30: Sào Soulez Larivière

Embark on a journey from the Baroque to the present day with Sào Soulez Larivière, as he brings electronics on board to explore a whole new side to the viola.

Julia Wolfe Cloth for Viola Solo + electronics (new work)
Igor Stravinsky Elegie
György Ligeti Sonata for Solo VIola
Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Partita No. 2 BWV 1004 arr. for Viola in G minor
Sào Soulez Larivière viola
Benjamin Kruithof holding his cello
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Classical music

ECHO Rising Stars at 30: Benjamin Kruithof

Kickstart your morning with music from some of the most influential composers of the late 19th and 20th centuries, performed by cellist Benjamin Kruithof.

Nadia Boulanger Three pieces for cello and piano
Maurice Ravel Pièce en Forme de Habanera
Sally Beamish Reverie (new work)
Sergei Rachmaninov Cello Sonata
Benjamin Kruithof cello
Marco Sanna piano
APOLLO5
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Classical music

Anam: Music to move the soul

As part of VOCES8’s 20th anniversary celebrations, sister ensemble APOLLO5 celebrates its own 15th anniversary performing the group’s new album Anam. 

Fraser Wilson Anam
Philipe Verdelot Donna, se fiera stella
Cipriano de Rore Hor che l’aria e la terra
Lucy Walker My heart, my God, is steadfast
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry My Soul, There is a Country
Paul Smith A Soul
Scottish trad arr Adrian Peacock Ca’ the Yowes
Paul Mealor Beneath Thy Compassion
Henrik Dahlgren Without Knowing
Scottish trad arr Blake Morgan Black is the Colour
Michael McGlynn Am gaeth i m-muir
Penelope Appleyard Wildflowers - Wailin’ Jennies
APOLLO5:
Penelope Appleyard soprano
Clare Stewart mezzo-soprano
Oscar Golden-Lee tenor
Joseph Taylor tenor
Augustus Perkins-Ray bass
Matilda Lloyd in a green dress, holding her trumpet. She is stood within the walls of an old stone castle.
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Classical music

ECHO Rising Stars at 30: Matilda Lloyd

British trumpeter Matilda Lloyd presents a thrilling programme of music that tells a story.

Arthur Honegger Intrada
George Enesco Légende
Claude Debussy L'isle joyeuse
Dani Howard Sonata for Trumpet and Piano, Continuum (new work)
Maurice Ravel Miroirs, 3. Une barque sur l'océan
Pauline Viardot Chanson de la Pluie
Gabriel Fauré Le Papillon et la Fleur, Op. 1/1
Pauline Viardot Havanaise, VWV 1019
Matilda Lloyd trumpet
Jonathan Ware piano
Rakhi Singh sitting on a rattan chair, looking to her right
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Classical music

ECHO Rising Stars at 30: Rakhi Singh & Friends

Rakhi Singh, violinist and co-founder of Manchester Collective, is joined by a stellar string quartet for an afternoon of contemporary chamber music.

Dobrinka Tabakova Insight
Edmund Finnis Brother
Caroline Shaw Limestone & Felt for cello and viola
Maurice Ravel Sonata for Violin and Cello
Edmund FInnis Quartet No 2
Rakhi Singh and friends
Rakhi Singh violin
Simmy Singh violin
Ruth Gibson viola
Nicholas Trygstad cello
VOCES8
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Classical music

VOCES8 20th Anniversary Concert

Join VOCES8 for its official 20th anniversary concert, celebrating two decades of inspiring music-making with its Barbican debut.

VOCES8
VOCES8 Scholars
BBC Singers
Jack Liebeck violin
Artwork for Dido and Aeneas
Event
Classical music Theatre & dance

Guildhall School: Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

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Step into the world of Dido and Aeneas, Henry Purcell’s celebrated masterpiece, brought to life in the intimate setting of Guildhall School’s Milton Court Theatre. 

Close up shot of Khatia Buniatishvili with her eyes closed and her hair blowing in her face
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Classical music

Khatia Buniatishvili & Friends

For the finale to Khatia Buniatishvili’s Barbican residency, the pianist invites friends from the performing world to join her for an intimate evening of music and words.

Programme to be announced
Khatia Buniatishvili piano
Jakub Józef Orliński countertenor
Axelle Saint-Cirel mezzo-soprano
Nicola Benedetti violin
Sodi Braide piano
Hélène Mercier piano
Gvantsa Buniatishvilli piano
Melanie Laurent actor
An aerial shot of an arid mountain range
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Classical music Contemporary music

No Friend but the Mountains

Inspired by Behrouz Boochani's book of his refugee journey and six-year-long incarceration in Manus Island, the LSO give the UK premiere of this heart-stopping song-cycle.   

Luke Styles No Friend but the Mountains
London Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Young conductor
Gareth Brynmor John baritone
London Symphony Chorus