What’s on

Wed 19 Mar 2025, 18:30

Kick-start your evening with a Half Six Fix concert. One piece in a 60-minute concert, introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Thu 20 –Tue 25 Mar 2025

Outstanding performers from the first year of Guildhall School’s Opera Course present classical and contemporary operatic excerpts with piano accompaniment.

Thu 20 Mar 2025, 19:00

Miracles and myths abound, from Bartók’s surreal ballet to Sibelius’s Finnish landscape – plus, a captivating new piece by Golfam Khayam.

Fri 21 Mar 2025, 19:30

JS Bach hovers over an enticing programme from Australia’s premiere ensemble, embracing Gubaidulina’s sinewy tribute, and Shostakovich’s riveting Chamber Symphony.

Sat 22 Mar 2025, 17:30

Talented brass and wind players from Junior Guildhall take to the Milton Court Concert Hall stage under the baton of Spencer Down.

Sun 23 Mar 2025, 19:00

Tippet's moving pacifist oratorio meets Beethoven’s immense Choral Symphony.

Tue 25 Mar 2025, 19:30

80 years after the end of WWII, we hear musical responses from then and now. 

Thu 27 Mar 2025, 19:30

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.

Sat 29 Mar 2025, 18:00

Julian Clayton conducts the outstanding young musicians of Junior Guildhall in a programme of 20th-century America-inspired works.

Sun 30 Mar 2025, 11:00

Two classic BBC Television Boulez documentaries - a compilation fronted by Tom Service, and one of Barrie Gavin's many celebrated films.

Sun 30 Mar 2025, 15:00

Boulez’s shattering Second Piano Sonata, and two extraordinary works for solo clarinet, performed by the talented musicians of the Guildhall School and introduced by BBC Radio 3’s Kate Molleson.

Sun 30 Mar 2025, 19:00

An evening-long tribute to the limitless creative mind of Pierre Boulez, culminating in a rare performance of his five-movement epic masterpiece Pli selon Pli. 

Wed 2 Apr 2025, 19:30

Our current Artist Spotlight, Khatia Buniatishvili, joins forces with her sister Gvantsa for an exhilarating evening of piano duo music from Mozart to Gershwin via Ravel.

Thu 3 Apr 2025, 19:00

Shostakovich in both revolutionary and festive mood alongside a MacMillan Concerto, written for Nicola Benedetti.

Thu 3 –Fri 4 Apr 2025

Experience a new dance and sonic performance that takes inspiration from the intersectional life of the Black American composer Julius Eastman.