A vibrant celebration of past, present and future in electronic music. Six of today’s most exciting sonic innovators offer a resonant testament to the radical imagination of Daphne Oram.
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Classical music
Puccini's 'La rondine'
Ermonela Jaho stars in Puccini’s bittersweet romance, his opera La rondine, incorporating music that has not been heard this century.
Experience the next generation of orchestral talent in this concert conducted by Julian Clayton, in a richly varied programme spanning impressionistic colour, sparkling virtuosity and symphonic power.
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Classical music
Renée Fleming: Voice of Nature
A haunting tale of humanity’s evolving connection to nature. Renée Fleming enchants with music from Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene accompanied by an original film from National Geographic Society.
Programme to include songs and arias by Handel, Canteloube, Maria Schneider, Nico Muhly, Kevin Puts, Howard Shore, and Björk, with an original film provided by the National Geographic Society.
Renée Flemingsoprano
Howard Watkinspiano
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Classical musicContemporary music
The Hermes Experiment: Let Us Be a Mighty River
A collaboration between The Hermes Experiment and five international sound artists, this immersive concert-installation responds to the climate emergency.
The Hermes Experiment:
Héloïse Wernervoice
Oliver Pashleyclarinet
Alina Bzhezhinska harp
Marianne Schofielddouble bass
Sonic essayists
Sandeep Bhagwati
Monthati Masebe
Bint Mbareh
Kathy Hinde
Martha Hincapié Charry
Hanna Grześkiewiczcurator
Kathy Hinde live installation
Bint Mbareh voice
Martha Hincapié Charry movement
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Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano
Tchaikovsky faces his demons in the fate-filled Fourth Symphony, before the ravishing pastoral music of English composer Vaughan Williams with soloist Antoine Tamestit.
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikosvkySymphony No 4
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsFlos Campi for Viola & Chorus
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsDona nobis pacem
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappanoconductor
Antoine Tamestitviola
Julia Sitkovetsky soprano
Ashley Riches bass-baritone
London Symphony Chorus
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Classical music
The Marian Consort: The Language of Flowers
Acclaimed choral ensemble Marian Consort pays tribute to flowers and gardens both actual and allegorical, with music from the late Renaissance to the present day.
Rodrigo de CeballosHortus Conclusus
Amy BryceMadrigals for Plants
Juan Gutiérrez de PadillaMissa Ego flos campi – Kyrie and Gloria
Sebastián de VivancoVeni dilecte mi
Benjamin BrittenFlower Songs
Juan Gutiérrez de PadillaMissa Ego flos campi – Credo
Tomás Luis de VictoriaVidi speciosam
Sebastián de VivancoSicut lilium
Leo ChadburnFlower Dictionary
Francisco GuerreroEgo flos campi
The Marian Consortvocal ensemble
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Contemporary music
Dirty Three
The Australian band return for a rare live performance. For their first real tour in over 12 years, they'll bring their unmistakable raw, lyrical, and unpredictable sound.
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Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Vaughan Williams
Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert, showcasing two works by Vaughan Williams. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsFlos Campi for Viola and Chorus
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsDona nobis pacem
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappanoconductor
Antoine Tamestitviola
Julia Sitkovetsky soprano
Ashley Riches bass-baritone
London Symphony Chorus
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Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano
Thea Musgrave paints with radiant colours, Walton gives flight to the viola, and Vaughan Williams dreams of London.
Thea MusgravePhoenix Rising
William WaltonViola Concerto
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsA London Symphony (Symphony No 2)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappanoconductor
Antoine Tamestitviola
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Classical music
A Christmas Odyssey
Following the success of their festive 'Live from London' collab in 2024, Adrian Scarborough (History Boys, Gavin and Stacey) joins the BBC Singers on a Christmas journey of carols & literature.
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Classical music
Arcadi Volodos in Recital
The Russian born master pianist Arcadi Volodos returns to the Barbican for a journey to the heart of the Romantic spirit.
Franz SchubertSonata in A major D959
Robert SchumannDavidsbündlertänze Op 6
Franz Liszt arr. VolodosHungarian Rhapsody No 13 in A minor, S. 244/13
Arcadi Volodospiano
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Classical music
Academy of Ancient Music: Handel's Messiah
Laurence Cummings and Academy of Ancient Music perform Handel’s Messiah – a Christmas tradition that they’ve made their own.
George Frederic HandelMessiah
Academy of Ancient Music
Nardus Williams soprano
Reginald Mobleyalto
Thomas Walkertenor
Ashley Richesbass
Laurence Cummingsdirector & harpsichord
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Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano
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Relive the golden age of Hollywood and beyond with music by some of cinema’s most brilliant and influential composers.
Miklós RózsaPrelude, The Mother’s Love and Parade of the Charioteers from ‘Ben Hur’; Movements 2 & 3 from Violin Concerto
Bernard HerrmannScène d’amour from ‘Vertigo’
David RaksinLaura; Love is for the Very Young from ‘The Bad and the Beautiful’ Suite
Max SteinerOpening Title Sequence from ‘Gone with the Wind’
William WaltonSelections from ‘Henry V’ Suite
Nino Rota‘The Godfather’
Ennio Morricone‘The Mission’, Music from ‘Cinema Paradiso’ and ‘Once Upon a Time in America’
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappanoconductor
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Classical music
MacMillan's Christmas Oratorio
Sir James MacMillan conducts a starry performance of his huge, life-affirming Christmas Oratorio – music that speaks to listeners of all faiths and none.
