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 BarberThe Coolin
PérotinBeata Viscera III
Imogen Holst The Cobbler
Sweet Country
Benjamin BrittenThe Ballad of Green Broom
Aaron CoplandHelp 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 MorleyHard 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-BridgeNew work (world premiere)
The Fourth Choir
Petroc Trelawnypresenter
Samuel Barnettpresenter
Nicholas Chalmersconductor
Séamus Reaconcept and script
Event
Classical music
Academy of Ancient Music: Actéon and Pygmalion
Charpentier’s Actéon and Rameau’s Pygmalion: two mythological mini-masterpieces of baroque opera, in an exuberant concert performance.
Marc-Antoine CharpentierActéon
Jean-Philippe RameauPygmalion
Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummingsdirector & harpsichord
Anna Dennissoprano
Rachel Redmondsoprano
Katie Braymezzo-soprano
Thomas Walkertenor
Event
Classical music
Dudok Quartet: Abandoned Voices
Alongside something hot off the press, death, despair, and eternity stalk the Dudoks’ typically ear-opening programme in which Messiaen tempers the anguished ardour of Gesualdo and Schubert.
Olivier Messiaen (arr Dudok Quartet)Oraison
Bushra El TurkThree Tributes
Carlo Gesualdo (arr Dudok Quartet)'Deh come invan sospiro' from Libro Sesto Madrigali
Franz SchubertString Quartet No 14, Death and the Maiden
Dudok Quartet
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Classical musicContemporary music
Dilshad Khan + Jayanthi Kumaresh
Experience the mastery of India's premier sarangi virtuoso as he mesmerises with soulful ragas, followed by the hypnotic sounds of the veena by Jayanthi Kumaresh.
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Classical musicContemporary music
Pandit Anindo and Anubrata Chatterjee
Witness a much-awaited, turbo charged tabla duet by India’s finest tabla legend with his son Anubrata.
Pandit Anindo Chatterjeetabla
Anubrata Chatterjeetabla
Dilshad Khansarangi
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Classical musicContemporary music
Jasdeep Singh Degun + Shalmalee Joshi
Experience a double bill of sitar brilliance by Jasdeep Singh Degun followed by Joshi's impeccable execution of the Jaipur-Atruli style of khayal.
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Classical music
Academy of Ancient Music: Viennese Virtuosity
Musical metamorphoses: Mozart, Haydn and their colleagues come together as AAM celebrates a friendship that transformed music for ever.
Johann Baptist WanhalSymphony in D major, BryVa D17
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartSymphony No 36, Linz
Carl Ditters von DittersdorfSymphony No 4 from Symphonies after Ovid’s Metamorphosis
Joseph HaydnSymphony No 80
Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummingsdirector & harpsichord
Event
Classical music
Her Stories with Samantha Ege
‘Bold, brilliant, and daring women’ nourish Samantha Ege’s recital of 20th and 21st century piano music, including a work by Havanan ‘fusionista’ Camila Cortina Bello.
Florence PricePiano Sonata
Camila Cortina BelloBravura
Odaline de la MartinezStudies in Rhythm
Chen YiVariations on Awariguli
Gabriela OrtizPreludio e Estudio No 3
Samantha Egepiano
Event
Classical music
Abel Selaocoe: Christmas From Around the World
The BBC Singers join forces once more with their Artist in Association Abel Selaocoe, for a concert of music for the Christmas season from around the world.
BBC Singers
Abel Selaocoedirector, vocals & cello
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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 HaighGet Good
Antonio Vivaldi (arr Jeffrey Stone)Concerto in F major
Lili BoulangerTwo Pieces (arr for trumpet and piano)
Terry JohnsPaolozzi’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 ProkofievLieutenant Kijé Suite
Trad (arr Sarah Latto)Little Girl Blue/O come Emmanuel
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr Simon Hogg)Christmas Oratorio
Connaught Brass:
Aaron Akugbotrumpet
Harry Planttrumpet
Annemarie Federlefrench horn
Chris Brewstertrombone
Aled Meredith-Barretttuba
Zeynep Ozsucapiano
Event
Classical music
Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 1
Marking 50 years since the composer’s death, the Carduccis inaugurate a five-concert odyssey through the complete string quartets – works that enshrine his inner life, loves and closest friendships.
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 1
Quartet No 5
Galina UstvolskayaClarinet Trio
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 9
Carducci Quartet
Sonoro Quartet
Guildhall School musicians
Event
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 ShostakovichQuartet No 12
Quartet No 6
Sofia GubaidulinaReflections on the Theme B-A-C-H
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 3
Carducci Quartet
Event
Classical music
Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 3
The multinational young Kyan Quartet joins the Carduccis as Gubaidulina’s compact Quartet No 2 is stitched into a Shostakovich sequence including the penultimate quartet, with its focus on the cello.
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 14
Quartet No 11
Sofia GubaidulinaQuartet No 2
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 2
Carducci Quartet
Kyan Quartet
Event
Classical music
Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 4
Three quartets unite to perform the Chamber Symphony enlargement of Shostakovich’s 8th quartet, crowning a programme including Firsova’s ardent, deftly-plotted Quartet No 4.
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 4
Quartet No 13
Elena FirsovaQuartet No 4
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 8
Carducci Quartet
Elmore Quartet
Kyan Quartet
Event
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.