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Classical music Contemporary music

Music of the Movies: From the Heart

On Valentine's Day, experience music from some of the greatest love stories in film, performed by violinist Esther Abrami, soprano Carly Paoli and a live orchestra.

London Concert Orchestra
Toby Purser conductor
Esther Abrami violin
Carly Paoli soprano
Davóne Tines, Khari Lucas and John Bitoy sitting on a yellow sofa
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Classical music Contemporary music

ROBESON with Davóne Tines and The Truth

Davóne Tines and The Truth’s new work ROBESON explodes the musical repertoire of Paul Robeson alongside pianist John Bitoy and sound artist Khari Lucas.

ROBESON conceived by Davóne Tines and Zack Winokur
directed by Zack Winokur
Davóne Tines baritone
Khari Lucas bass and sound
John Bitoy piano
Ennio Morricone conducting, with an image of a reel of film in glowing red colours overlaid
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Classical music

Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra: 100 Years of Cinema

In tribute to Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone, the Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra takes us on a journey through 100 years of cinema with music from some of the greatest films of all time.

Includes music from:
The Untouchables
Ben-Hur
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in America
Lawrence of Arabia
Gone with the Wind
Out of Africa
For a Few Dollars More
Jurassic Park
1900
Cinema Paradiso
Gladiator
Titanic
Casablanca
The Godfather
Conan the Barbarian
Schindler's List
The Mission
The Lord of the Rings
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Star Wars
Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra
Fernando Furones conductor
A Spanish flamenco dancer dancing in a red dress. An image of a guitar is Photoshopped on top of her dress.
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Classical music

Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra: Sketches of Spain

The Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra takes us to sunny Spain in a celebration of some of the best classical music from and about their homeland.

Emmanuel Chabrier España
Salvador Bacarisse 'Romanza' from Concertino para guitarra y orquesta
Isaac Albéniz 'Sevilla' from Suite Española
Joaquín Rodrigo El Concierto de Aranjuez
Francisco Tarrega Gran Jota
Gerónimo Giménez La Boda de Luis Alonso
Gioacchino Rossini Overture to The Barber of Seville
Antonio Álvarez Alonso Suspiros de España
Georges Bizet 'Les Toreadors' from Carmen
Manuel de Falla El Amor Brujo
'Danza final' from El Sombrero de Tres Picos
Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra
Kynan Johns conductor
Alejandro Hurtado guitar
Inmaculada Salomón bailaora (dancer)
Black and white photo of Evgeny Kissin sitting at a piano
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Classical music

Commemorating Shostakovich: Evgeny Kissin and friends

A glittering constellation of string players joins Evgeny Kissin for an immersive dive into three sonatas that together span Shostakovich’s creative evolution – the last a soul-searing farewell.  

Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Sonata
Violin Sonata
Viola Sonata
Evgeny Kissin piano
Gidon Kremer violin
Maxim Rysanov viola
Alexander Kniazev cello
Nadine Benjamin smiling and throwing her hands in the air
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Classical music

Women of the Windrush

Nadine Benjamin stars in Shirley J Thompson’s one-woman, one-act opera which weaves together filmic documentary and song in a heart-warming love letter to the resilience of the Windrush migrants. 

Shirley J Thompson Women of the Windrush
Nadine Benjamin soprano
Caroline Jaya-Ratnam piano
Shirley J Thompson artistic director
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Classical music Talks & events

Total Immersion: Meet Steven Daverson

BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Steven Daverson, creative sound engineers and others about symphonic electronics.

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Classical music

Total Immersion: Iridescence

The UK premiere of Juste Janulyte’s Iridescence by the BBC Singers opens a portal into the expanding musical universe of symphonic electronics – 'symphonic' in the ancient Greek meaning 'harmonious'. 

Programme to include:
Juste Janulyte Irridescene (UK premiere)
Guildhall School musicians
BBC Singers
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Classical music

Total Immersion: Continents, Computers and Electronic Dreams

Continents, computers and electric dreams: Tristan Murail’s non-electronic orchestral classic Gondwana charts a course to new worlds with electronics sound from Steven Daverson and Misato Mochizuki. 

Steven Daverson Figures outside a Dacha, with Snowfall, and an Abbey in the Background
Misato Mochizuki Intrusions
Tristan Murail Gondwana
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov conductor
Carl Faia live electronics
A headshot of Shiva Feshareki, with circular blue swirls around her. In the background are black, wavy shapes suggestive of soundwaves.
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Classical music Talks & events

Total Immersion: Meet Shiva Feshareki

BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Shiva Feshareki and sound systems designer Daniel Hulme about Feshareki’s new work Bab-Khaneh: Gatehouse of Memory.

A headshot of Shiva Feshareki, with circular blue swirls around her. In the background are pink and white wavy shapes suggestive of soundwaves.
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Classical music

Total Immersion: Shiva Feshareki and Stockhausen

Vintage Stockhausen plus a new adventure from British-Iranian composer and sonic explorer Shiva Feshareki – the world premiere of her Barbican commission for the BBC Symphony Orchestra. 

Shiva Feshareki Bab-Khaneh: Gatehouse of Memory
Karlheinz Stockhausen Cosmic Pulses
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jack Sheen conductor
Shiva Feshareki turntables, live spatial electronics, sound design
Daniel Hulme systems design
Mansfield Park artwork - a young woman looking up surrounded by smokey haze
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Classical music Theatre & dance

Mansfield Park by Jonathan Dove

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Immerse yourself in the charm and wit of Mansfield Park, Jonathan Dove's enchanting opera based on Jane Austen’s novel, performed in the author's 250th anniversary year.

Martha Argerich playing the piano
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Classical music

Martha Argerich with the Oxford Philharmonic

Following sensational concerts in Oxford and Germany last season, Martha Argerich returns to perform with the Oxford Philharmonic with concerts in both Oxford and London.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Ballade
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No 2
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4
Martha Argerich piano
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Louis Lortie leaning on a table with his armed crossed. He is smiling at the camera.
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Classical music

Louis Lortie

Across a single evening the Chopin pianist par excellence revisits the complete Chopin Études – a set of ground-breaking, multi-faceted works.

Frédéric Chopin Études, Op 10
Trois Nouvelles Études, B130
Études, Op 25
Louis Lortie piano
Photo of Carducci Quartet in formal dress smiling at the camera
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Classical music

Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 2

Sofia Gubaidulina contemplates unfinished J S Bach as the Carduccis survey Shostakovich in triplicate across some two decades.

Dmitri Shostakovich Quartet No 12
Quartet No 6
Sofia Gubaidulina Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H
Dmitri Shostakovich Quartet No 3
Carducci Quartet