What’s on

Let's party like it’s 1749! Music of pure celebration as Laurence Cummings and the Academy of Ancient Music ignite their 50th anniversary season with Handel’s Fireworks Music and Water Music. 

Through music, poetry and dance, Viktoria Mullova and her ensemble take us on an immersive journey into a nocturnal forest, setting the scene for Schoenberg’s profoundly moving ode to love.

Join one of Denmark’s leading contemporary novelists, Olga Ravn and painter Caroline Walker, as they explore motherhood, narrative, self-care and how this manifests in their creative practice.

‘One of the most beautiful voices Britain has produced in a generation’ (International Record Review), soprano Elizabeth Watts joins Britten Sinfonia in two orchestral song cycles.

The essential all-singing, all-dancing guide to everything you wanted to know about raga and tala music, but were afraid to ask. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Violence, delicacy and sounds to liberate the imagination: as Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Symphony Orchestra put Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring at the centre of a century of sonic adventure. 

Guildhall Chamber Orchestra, under the baton of Joshua Weilerstein, presents a special evening of music to celebrate 10 years of Milton Court.

In a recital that covers a kaleidoscopic range of colours and styles, Beatrice Rana makes her Barbican recital debut with some of the most demanding and dazzling music written for piano.

In this double bill, witness the extraordinary tabla solo as the Khan works his magic and three of the finest young masters on the sitar, sarod and tabla make their debut.

Sarangi maestro Sarwar Hussain Khan and one of the world's leading rudra veena musicians, Jyoti Hegde, perform this exciting double-bill.

Darkness meets light as Shostakovich’s shattering Tenth Symphony confronts music of ecstasy, beauty and soaring optimism by Olivier Messiaen and Outi Tarkiainen.

Come along to gently stretch, bend, twist and still your mind in these fun, easy-going classes that are open to all levels.

Tap into the wisdom of breath and the universal sound of ‘AUM’. Discover breathing techniques grounded in ancient practices, which create harmony with the brain and body. 

Uncover the path to your inner peace at this Sacred Sound Bath with Anne Malone.

A unique chance to glimpse into one of the greatest tabla master minds who has invented an accompaniment soundscape for the ghazal form of music.

Experience a supported journey led by Qi-Rattan. Move beyond mindfulness with sound therapy and a guided meditation for self-healing, and awaken the jewel within.

A thrilling double bill featuring the much-awaited sarod maestro, Alam Khan from Hindustani (north India) and the revered duo, Ranjani & Gayatri Sisters from the Carnatic south.

Experience a supported journey led by Qi-Rattan. Move beyond mindfulness with sound therapy and a guided meditation for self-healing, and awaken the jewel within.

A special morning concert that will transport you to India through the sounds of the bansuri (flute). The charismatic duo, Pravin Godkhindi and Shashank Subramanyam unravel romantic morning ragas.

In this session, the history of Maihar gharana is unwrapped and we discover why raga music is not for entertainment.

Come along to gently stretch, bend, twist and still your mind in these fun, easy-going classes that are open to all levels.

Tap into the wisdom of breath and the universal sound of ‘AUM’. Discover breathing techniques grounded in ancient practices, which create harmony with the brain and body. 

A special chance to get up close to the world-renowned versatile musicians candidly sharing their spiritual insights. Discover how the practice of music is the path towards moksha or liberation.

Uncover the path to your inner peace at this Sacred Sound Bath with Anne Malone.

An extraordinary double bill featuring one of India’s finest female sitar players, Anupama Bhagwat and one of India’s most esteemed Indian classical music vocalists, Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar.

Grammy Award-winning violinist Maxim Vengerov is joined by pianist Polina Osetinskaya in some of the great violin sonatas of the Romantic era.

From Bach to Webern, pianist Piotr Anderszewski finds fascinating connections between composers whose visionary ideas would change keyboard music forever.

Fairytale colours, Ukrainian courage and a talking violin. Roderick Cox conducts Stravinsky and Debussy and Ilya Gringolts gives the world premiere of a violin concerto with a difference.

For its tenth anniversary concert, The Fourth Choir, London’s LGBT+ classical choir, celebrates the life, loves and legacy of Dame Ethel Smyth. 

Violinist Fenella Humphreys joins forces with author Leah Broad and pianist Nicola Eimer to explore some of the most important but neglected figures of 20th century music.